Related Practices

Education

J.D., with Highest Distinction, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, 1984, Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa
B.A., with Highest Distinction, University of Arizona, 1981

Bar Admissions

Arizona, 1984

Lewis D. Schorr

Practice Group Leader

Partner

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Tucson

One S. Church Avenue
Suite 700
Tucson, Arizona 85701

Phone 520.629.4417

Fax 520.879.4719

About Lewis Schorr

Mr. Schorr, a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Group, is Practice Group Leader of the Business Transactions section. Business Transactions includes the Corporate and Securities, Tax, Real Estate, Public Finance and Wills and Trusts groups. He concentrates in real estate, land use regulation, zoning and general business law.

His experience includes real estate sales and purchases, financing, subdivision, leases and other matters; rezoning, variances and other land use approvals, including representation of clients before various legislative and administrative bodies; municipal, county and state land use regulation, including development agreements; and annexation, initiative and referenda disputes.

Mr. Schorr is also active in firm management through his current position as Practice Group Leader and his prior memberships on the firm's Policy (Executive Committee), Finance, Hiring and Business Development Committees.

Representative Cases/Matters

Mr. Schorr has:

Represented an Arizona based real estate investment group in the acquisition and disposition of numerous major commercial, industrial and apartment projects located in Arizona and other states, as well as in connection with the financing and leasing of those projects. Mr. Schorr represented that group in negotiating, structuring and documenting a 19-property industrial portfolio sale transaction.
Represented Nevada-based development company in the assemblage of 4,000 acres in Southern Arizona for mixed-use master planned community.
Represented Tucson-based development company in the sale of, and negotiation and documentation of a development agreement for, 100 acre industrial site to be used by national big-box retailer for 1,000,000+ square foot internet sales fulfillment center.
Served as counsel for a national home building company in connection with dozens of land acquisitions in the Tucson metropolitan area.
Served as counsel for Los Angeles-based investment company in the acquisition and disposition of Arizona apartment and self-storage projects and the disposition of Nevada mobile home parks.
Represented development company in the sale of land to a national big-box retailer for a new store location. That representation also included the negotiation of a development agreement with a municipality, the buyer and an adjacent landowner for the construction and cost-sharing of on and off-site improvements for the development.
Represented Phoenix-based developer in the negotiation and documentation of a complex ground lease and build-to-suit leases for a state of the art medical research building located on the campus of a world-renowned health care provider.

Memberships and Affiliations

Southern Arizona Leadership Council, Member
Stonewall Foundation, Board Member
Real Property Section of the State Bar of Arizona, Member
Pima County Bar Association, Member
Citizens Transportation Advisory Committee of the City of Tucson, Former Member
Technical Committee of the Southern Arizona Home Builders Association, Former Member
Planning and Allocations Divisions of United Way of Greater Tucson, Former Member
Arizona Theatre Company, Former Board Member
Tucson Jewish Community Center, Former Board Member, Advisory Council Member
Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Southern Arizona, Former Board Member
Planning and Allocations Divisions of United Way of Greater Tucson, Former Member

Publications

Author, "Tenant 'Lock-Outs': Pitfalls to be Avoided by the Commercial Landlord," BOMA News (Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater Tucson), February 1995
Author, "Protecting Judgment Lien Creditors from Prior Unrecorded Conveyances by the Debtor: Rowe v. Schultz," 24 Ariz. Law Review 1024, 1982.

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court, Arizona, 1984

Other Distinctions

Mr. Schorr and Lewis and Roca LLP were selected to receive Arizona Theatre Company's "Georgy Award" in 2011 for outstanding commitment and support to that organization.

Mr. Schorr has been selected to the 2011 edition of Arizona's Finest Lawyers and has an "AV/Preeminent Attorney" rating with Martindale-Hubbell. He is listed in the 2001-2013 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, by Woodward/White, Aiken, S.C. in the category of Real Estate Law. He is included in the 2007-2013 editions of Southwest Super Lawyers and the 2009 edition of Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel, both in the category of Real Estate. Mr. Schorr is also included in the April 2010 edition of AZ Business' Top Lawyers, in the category of Construction & Real Estate Law.

Mr. Schorr was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Order of the Coif.