Attorney
Area of Focus
Additional Services
Industries
Education
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, JD, 1994
University of Pennsylvania, BA, 1991
Bar Admissions
Ohio Bar
United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Thomas A. Gattozzi Partner
Contact Information
- Area of Focus
- Industries
- Education
Case Western Reserve University School of Law, JD, 1994
University of Pennsylvania, BA, 1991
- Bar Admissions
Ohio Bar
United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Biography
Tom Gattozzi is Chair of the Real Estate Practice Group and also Chair of the firm's Hiring Committee. His practice includes all areas of commercial real estate and general corporate law and has developed a specific focus in retail development matters, including drafting and negotiating leases, purchase agreements, easements and subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements. Tom currently represents a national retailer in all areas of its development of stand-alone retail stores, including the acquisition and leasing of sites and financing related thereto.
Tom also represents clients in filing complaints against the valuation of real property with various county boards of revision in order to reduce the value of real estate taxes.
- Biography
Tom Gattozzi is Chair of the Real Estate Practice Group and also Chair of the firm's Hiring Committee. His practice includes all areas of commercial real estate and general corporate law and has developed a specific focus in retail development matters, including drafting and negotiating leases, purchase agreements, easements and subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements. Tom currently represents a national retailer in all areas of its development of stand-alone retail stores, including the acquisition and leasing of sites and financing related thereto.
Tom also represents clients in filing complaints against the valuation of real property with various county boards of revision in order to reduce the value of real estate taxes.
- Professional & Civic Activities
- American Bar Association, Member
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Member
- Ohio State Bar Association, Member
- International Council of Shopping Centers, Member
- Articles & Presentations
- "Down with PVC? Implications to Construction Industry as EPA is Pushed to Consider PVC as Hazardous Waste" Co-Author E. Camille Yancey, November Issue, Properties Magazine (November 2022)
- "Impacts of the Corporate Transparency Act" Co-Author Louis P. Alexander Jr., February Issue, Properties Magazine (February 2022)
- "Ohio Supreme Court Finds that Purchase Price in 'Drop & Swap' Transaction May Establish Tax Value of Real Estate," Co-Author Hanne-Lore Gambrell, RE&C In Review, Brouse McDowell Blog (February 16, 2021)
- “Can the COVID-19 Pandemic Trigger a Force Majeure Provision in Commercial Leases to Excuse Payment?” Co-Author Christopher T. Teodosio, Real Estate, Brouse McDowell Client Alert (March 31, 2020)
- “Navigating Real Property Acquisitions,” Dana In-House Seminar CLE, Maumee, Ohio (October 1, 2019)
- "Has the County Established a Value for Your Property That is Too High?" Co-Author Terry W. Vincent; Real Estate/Tax, Brouse McDowell Client Alert (March 20, 2019)
- "Words Really Do Matter - Drafting & Enforcing Real Estate Use Restrictions," Properties Magazine (November 2018)
- "Maximizing the Upside: Brouse McDowell LPA protects buyer or seller through the entire real estate process" Properties Magazine (November 2014)
- "Entering into a Lease for Medical Office Space? Key Issues You Need to Know," MD News (October 2013)
- Distinctions
- News
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February 28, 2023Brouse Represented SURTECO in $255M Acquisition of Laminates Business from OMNOVA Solutions
August 18, 2022The Best Lawyers in America 2023 Recognizes 27 Brouse Attorneys in 32 Practice Areas and 5 Attorneys as "Ones to Watch"
August 19, 2021The Best Lawyers in America 2022 Recognizes 28 Brouse Attorneys in 32 Practice Areas and 6 Attorneys as "Ones to Watch"
August 20, 2020The Best Lawyers in America 2021 Recognizes 28 Brouse Attorneys in 33 Practice Areas and 4 Attorneys as "Ones to Watch"
August 15, 2019Twenty-eight Brouse McDowell Attorneys Recognized in 33 Practice Areas to The Best Lawyers in America© 2020
October 18, 2018Brouse McDowell Advises Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center on its New 160,000 Square Foot Campus
September 24, 20184 Brouse Attorneys Attend Akron Children's Bruce F. Rothmann Memorial Golf Tournament
August 15, 201825 Brouse McDowell Attorneys Recognized in 19 Practice Areas to The Best Lawyers in America© 2019
August 15, 201723 Brouse McDowell Attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America© 2018
August 25, 2014Brouse McDowell Attorneys named to The Best Lawyers in America© 2015
- Client Advisories
- Articles
November 15, 2022Down with PVC? Implications to Construction Industry as EPA is Pushed to Consider PVC as Hazardous Waste
February 24, 2022The Corporate Transparency Act: Reporting Requirements and Burdens for Small Businesses
November 28, 2018Words Really Do Matter: Drafting and Enforcing Real Estate Use Restrictions
November 01, 2014Maximizing the Upside - Brouse McDowell LPA protects buyer or seller through the entire real estate process
November 01, 2013Entering into a Lease for Medical Office Space? Key Issues You Need to Know
- Blogs