Brian Smith

Specialties & Capabilities

• Zoning & Land Use

Languages Spoken

English

Stanley, Esrey & Buckley, LLP was founded with a clear vision: to deliver sophisticated and experienced legal support coupled with a highly personalized approach. The firm's partners, including Robb Stanley, Tom Buckley, Greg Michell, Jim Sherman, and Brian Smith, bring extensive, proven track records in their respective fields. Together, they have cultivated an organization that seamlessly blends exceptional legal skills with a strong commitment to building enduring client relationships.

The firm prides itself on a team of professional and ethical attorneys, each highly skilled in their core practice areas. While individual attorneys specialize, SEB operates with a collaborative, client-focused culture, ensuring a holistic approach to legal challenges. This combination of deep subject matter expertise, strategic understanding, and a team-oriented methodology provides clients with unparalleled quality and service.

SEB's Commercial Real Estate practice is a cornerstone of its offerings, providing strategic guidance for clients managing the entire lifecycle of their commercial properties. The team possesses broad experience across diverse industries, including office, retail, hospitality, medical, industrial, and mixed-use properties. Services encompass a wide array of real estate matters such as acquisitions and sales, development and finance, lending, and leasing. The firm represents national, regional, and local property owners and developers, assisting with everything from negotiating letters of intent and sales documents to handling development agreements, ground leases, easements, and financing documents.

Furthermore, Stanley, Esrey & Buckley has a long-standing history of representing both landlords and tenants in commercial lease negotiations, having successfully negotiated over 3,500 leases impacting more than 15 million square feet of retail, office, and industrial space. Beyond real estate, SEB's Corporate and Securities Practice offers strategic direction for commercial clients, while its Litigation practice provides skilled representation in complex commercial disputes. The firm's overarching goal is to be deeply knowledgeable about clients' issues, enabling them to protect their businesses, make sound decisions, and foster stronger organizations.