BakerHostetler continues impressive growth with real estate team addition in Atlanta

Amy Bridwell

ATLANTA, GA --

• Josiah Bancroft, Robert Bittner and Amy Bridwell join BakerHostetler’s Real Estate Practice Group team, bringing with them two associates.

Josiah Bancroft

• Bancroft and Bittner join as partners in the firm’s Business Practice Group and, together with counsel Amy Bridwell, are the latest in a string of strategic transactional partner and counsel additions.

Robert Bittner 

• Their arrival marks nearly 40 attorneys added since 2020 to the firm’s Atlanta office, which most recently welcomed a team of white-collar attorneys led by partners Brian McEvoy and Brian Rafferty and securities and financial litigation counsel Kurt Lentz.

 Elise Barajas

Why this matters

Bancroft, Bittner and Bridwell are highly regarded real estate attorneys with vast experience, ranging from retail and office to industrial and hospitality. 

Margaret Butler

Joining from an AmLaw 100 firm, this full-service team bolsters BakerHostetler’s real estate capabilities both in Atlanta and across the United States. 

Their arrival follows the addition of several high-profile business attorneys including Elise Barajas in Dallas, Margaret Butler in New York, Michael Cortez in Houston, Brian Mulcahy in Chicago and Stephen Ruscus in Washington, D.C.

Key quotes

Joann Gallagher Jones

“In the past two years, we have greatly expanded our capabilities in Atlanta. The arrival of Josiah, Robert, Amy and their team continues that trend and will help us better serve our clients in the region and nationally,” said Joann Gallagher Jones, managing partner of the firm’s Atlanta office.

Wendy Markham

“Atlanta is an important real estate market, and we are thrilled to welcome experienced practitioners in this team. They will be an asset to our clients and will become an integral part of our multidisciplinary real estate practice,” said Wendy Markham, chair of the firm’s real estate practice.

 

CONTACTS

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