Wm. Scott Schulten
Wm Schulten
Atlanta
Georgia (GA)
Business/Corporate
Real Estate
International
Profile
Scott is a business lawyer who has practiced in Atlanta since 1979. Scott's practice includes representing clients in a broad range of commercial transactions, including the formation and governance of partnerships and other corporate entities. His areas of expertise include secured transactions, the sale, leasing, and development of real estate, and the sale and acquisition of ongoing business ventures. His corporate clients include businesses primarily located in Georgia, but also include businesses situated throughout the United States and Europe. Scott is active in Legal Netlink Alliance, a professional association of law firms located in 37 states, the District of Columbia, and over 20 countries worldwide. He also serves as co-chair of the Managing Partners Committee of the Atlanta Bar Association. Scott speaks and writes on the subject of Alternative Fee Arrangements for the corporate client, including presentations at the Legal Netlink Alliance Summer meeting in Atlanta in 2009 and the European Summer meeting in Porto, Portugal in June of 2010. Scott served as a presenter at the American Conference Institute's "Reducing Legal Costs" conference in Philadelphia in 2009, at the 4th National Forum on Reducing Legal Costs in March of 2010 in Dallas, Texas, at the 5th National Forum held in October of 2010 in Philadelphia, and is slated to appear again this year at the 6th National Forum in Philadelphia. Scott spoke on Alternative Fee Arrangements at the Legal Marketers' Association annual meeting in Orlando in 2011.
Selected To
Georgia Super Lawyers 2011
Georgia Super Lawyers 2010
Georgia Super Lawyers 2009
Georgia Super Lawyers 2008
Georgia Super Lawyers 2007
Georgia Super Lawyers 2006
Georgia Super Lawyers 2005
Georgia Super Lawyers 2004
Articles about Wm Schulten appearing in Super Lawyers
Scott Schulten’s Bucket List
After an epiphany at 57, the business/corporate lawyer hit the road
About Wm Schulten
Admitted: 1979, Georgia
Professional Webpage: www.swtlaw.com/attorneys/a_schulten.htm
Honors and Awards:
- Member, Ky. Law Journal
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Member, Georgia Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association, State Bar of Kentucky. Co-Chair, Managing Partners Committee, Atlanta Bar Association. Executive Committee, Legal Netlink Alliance. Admitted to practice in Georgia and Kentucky, and before the U.S. Court of Claims, the U. S. Supreme Court, the Northern District of Georgia, and the U.S. Circuit Courts for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eleventh circuits., 2008
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Pro Bono work for the newly established City of Sandy Springs, in connection with acquisition of city parks, and providing below-cost wills to firefighters, 2007 - 2010.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Webinar, "Weathering the Storm: Practical Advice for Uncertain Times" (Georgia Automobile Dealers Association, December, 2008). Speaker, Interface Southeast Distressed Real Estate Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November, 2009. Presenter, American Conference Institute 3rd National Forum on Reducing Lega Costs, Phildelphia, Pennsylvania, November, 2009; presenter, American Conference Institute 4th Annual Forum on Reducing Legal Costs, Dallas, Texas, March, 2009.
Transactions:
- TWELVE Atlantic Station, a mixed use residential and hotel project in midtown Atlanta - handled acquisition and construction financing; TWELVE Centennial Park - a mixed use residential and hotel project in midtown Atlanta - handled acquisition and construction financing; 260/270 Peachtree Street - refinance; Two Urban Licks restaurant, Atlanta - represented landlord in lease transaction; The Flatiron Building - refinance; The Tabernacle entertainment venue, Atlanta - represented owner in sale; Rhodes-Haverty Building, Atlanta - represented owner in sale; Century Center Hotel, Atlanta - represented owner in sale; Toyota of Augusta, Augusta, Georgia - represented purchaser in acquisition of assets from debtor-in-possession; Fogo de Chao restaurant, Atlanta - represented landlord in lease transaction; Magnolia Pointe, McComb, MS, tax credit multifamily development - represented tax credit purchaser; Belle Hall, Portsmith, VA - tax credit multifamily development - represented tax credit purchaser; 90 Fairlie, residential adaptive re-use project, Atlanta - represented developer; The Biltmore, Atlanta - represented purchaser in acquisition and initial development; coastal land assemblage, Liberia, Costa Rica - represented U.S. owner in sale to Nicaraguan purchaser; Johnston Mill Lofts, Columbus, GA, tax credit housing - represented developer. Served as outside general counsel for medical products company doing business in 20 states. Currently serve as outside general counsel for retail company with 25 locations in 5 states. Over $3 Billion in real estate transactions handled by the Firm in the last 5 years.
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Member, Executive Committee, Legal Netlink Alliance, a group of 70+ law firms located in 40+ States and 20+ countries., 2008
Educational Background:
- University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., 1979; Oberlin College, B.A., 1975.
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