Lori focuses her practice on real estate and business law. She represents buyers and sellers in the acquisition, disposition and development of shopping centers. In addition, she represents shopping center developers and other commercial property owners with respect to borrowing and refinancing transactions. Lori has conducted due diligence analysis on hundreds of properties and has significant experience in recognizing and resolving title problems. She is experienced in representing shopping center landlords on leasing matters. Lori also has business experience on the tenant side as the former Real Estate Manager for Dairy Mart Convenience Stores, a 700+ store retail chain operating in seven Midwest states. While at Dairy Mart, she played a key role in managing the real estate portfolio through Dairy Mart's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, including the securitization of the company's debtor-in-possession financing and the divestiture of approximately 700 properties (100 of which were sold to third parties or rejected in bankruptcy and 600 of which were sold to Mac's Convenience Stores, LLC, a subsidiary of Alimentation Couche Tard for over $88 million). Lori managed Dairy Mart's licensing function, including liquor licenses.