Sikora Law helps best-in-class developers complete deals and resolve disputes.

Rick is the Managing Director of Sikora Law. Rick’s practice is focused entirely on real estate law. Rick handles real estate transactions and resolves disputes for real estate companies. Rick’s extensive experience litigating hundreds of real estate disputes has helped shape his approach, advice, and mindset related to our real estate transactional Clients by providing practical and common sense solutions to avoid deal landmines and focus on issues that actually matter. He also handles title claims and direct litigation for title insurance companies. Rick spearheads deal documentation for developers, lenders, owners, tenants, brokers, and other corporate and individual Clients involving development issues, commercial landlord-tenant matters. From a transactional perspective, Rick helps clients navigate in a cost-effective manner through acquisitions, sales, leasing, loan document review, financing, title and survey review, and closing coordination.

Rick has been selected as an Ohio Rising Star by Super Lawyers in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. Rick is a member of the Real Property Law Committee of the Columbus Bar Association. He is a Board Member of the Central Ohio Chapter of NAIOP, and he previously served as Legislative Chair for the Chapter. Rick’s prior experience includes a judicial clerkship with the Seventh District Court of Appeals. He obtained his law degree magna cum laude from Capital University Law School, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration magna cum laude from The Ohio State University.

Mike is a major advocate for real estate companies in cases, regulatory and legislative matters, and on deals. Mike has appeared in most of the common pleas courts in Ohio, Federal Court in the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and The Ohio Supreme Court.  Mike graduated from Capital University Law School magna cum laude, where he was Moot Court Champion, Chief Justice of the Moot Court Board, and was published in the Law Review. 

Mike graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, as a Finance Major. Mike previously worked for a real estate boutique law firm, a litigation boutique firm, and a statewide corporate defense firm. Prior to attending law school, Mike worked for Andersen Consulting, Pizzuti Realty, and Buckeye Real Estate Property Management.

Mike was chosen as an Ohio Super Lawyer or Super Lawyer Rising Star for 7 times, most recently in 2019.  Mike was also named one of Crain’s Cleveland Business Forty Under Forty Award Recipients in 2011.   Mike is a Past President of the Ohio Land Title Association, former Chair of the Ohio Land Title Association Education Committee (4 years), former Chair-Elect of the Chair of the Education Committee and Trustee of the Northern Ohio Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (7 years), past President of the Northern Ohio Chapter of NAIOP (which won NAIOP Chapter of the Year for that year), and Ohio State Bar Association, and Real Property Section Council. Mike will Chair the Ohio State Bar Association Real Property Section Council from 2021-2022.

Mike is also a licensed title insurance agent and real estate salesperson (inactive status).  He has written numerous articles and given many presentations on subjects of interest to the real estate industry. He is also the Editor of the Lexis-Nexis Treatise in Ohio Real Property Law & Practice (since 2018).  His background in real estate and passion for litigation makes him well-suited to handle disputes and to structure deals for real estate companies.

George was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1998, the District of Columbia Bar in 1999, and is admitted in the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, other federal District Courts, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fifth, and Sixth Circuits. He is a seasoned and respected litigator, with considerable trial experience and successfully resolving matters prior to trial. George works primarily with our title insurance Clients and developer Clients. For our title insurance company Clients, George oversees title claims litigation and direct litigation matters. For our developer Clients, George handles construction disputes, development disputes, title disputes, and ADA and fair housing matters – proactively and reactively. George is an extremely well-respected litigator and dispute resolution attorney.

Frank has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial real estate and has handled a wide variety of commercial real estate transactions across the country. Prior to joining Sikora Law, Frank served as General Counsel for one of Greater Cleveland's largest privately held industrial property owner and developer. As General Counsel, Frank managed and oversaw all legal aspects of the company's approximately 25 million square foot portfolio serving over 800 tenants.

Outside of work, Frank enjoys playing and watching sports, outdoor activities, coaching youth sports, and spending time with his family. He and his wife Theresa live in Chesterland with their two children, Enzo and Lina.

Bill Smith is among the most seasoned and respected real estate transactional lawyers in Ohio with many years of first-chair experience representing lenders, developers, and investors in all aspects of commercial real estate development, ownership, and financing. Bill has played a key role as lead attorney for structuring, closing and helping to monitor a variety of transactions, including construction loans and construction “miniperm” facilities, land acquisition and development loans, agented and multi-lender facilities, as well as individualized “one-off” transactions.

He has successfully represented a broad range of financial institutions regarding lending and portfolio management activities, including workout, forbearance, and enforcement matters. Bill has diliegently represented owners, users and developers of real property and related interests in a variety of transactional and advisory assignments, including single-site and portfolio acquisitions, dispositions and financings of real property and real property interests, leasing transactions, and retail leases for anchor and line stores.

A graduate of Washington & Lee University and The University of Virginia School of Law, Bill is admitted to practice in Ohio and is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association. Bill has served as a partner in a number of Cleveland-based law firms, including Jones Day, and is currently practicing as “Of Counsel” with Sikora Law LLC in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. Bill is rated “AV-Preeminent” in Martindale-Hubbell and has frequently been listed among the “Best Lawyers in America”.

Michael has broad experience as a real estate attorney handling a wide range of real estate legal matters (both litigation and transactional) throughout Ohio, including mineral rights, contract review and finalization, and a wide range of real estate litigation.