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John D. Ruffier

Partner

Practice Areas

• Real Estate Transactions, Development and Finance

Education

• University of Florida College of Law, J.D., 1996
• Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1992

Admitted

• State Bar of Georgia - 1996
• The Florida Bar - 1996
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida - 1997
• State Bar of Illinois - 2002

Appointments and Elected Positions

• Florida Real Estate Commission
• National Board of Governors of the Human Rights Campaign

Recognition

• "Chuck Hummer II Visionary Award" from the Hope and Help Center
• "Best of the Bar" Orlando Business Journal
• "Florida Legal Elite" 2007 Florida Trend Magazine

Professional Certification, Memberships and Activities

Professional Associations
American Bar Association
The Florida Bar

Community Activities

Florida Real Estate Commission, Commissioner
Coalition for the Homeless, Board of Directors
Human Rights Campaign, Central Florida Co-Chair and Member, National Board of Governors
Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission, City of Orlando Governmental Liaison
Hope and Help Center of Central Florida, Board of Directors/Advisory Board and past President
Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Associate Board, past President
City of Orlando Public Art, Advisory Board, Former Member
Vanderbilt University Alumni Recruiting Committee, past Chairman

Publications and Lectures

Speaker - "Title Insurance In Florida", Lorman Educational Services CLE Seminar
Presenter - "Commercial Lending Requirements and Loan Documentation in Florida," January 29, 2004, Lorman Educational Services CLE Seminar
"Buying and Leasing Real Property in Florida" University of Central Florida's 24th Annual Accounting Conference

Representative Client Experience

• Currently represents one of the nation’s largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in the acquisition and financing of restaurants, commercial retail, hotels and retirement communities
  • A $537 million acquisition of fourteen properties in six states
  • A $270 million acquisition of twenty-two properties in eight states
  • A $344 million acquisition of twenty-one properties in seven states
  • A $184 million acquisition of eleven properties in six states
  • A $109 million acquisition of eleven properties in six states
  • A $64 million acquisition of eight properties in seven states
• Represented a private corporation in the acquisition of a public golf course and continues to represent the golf course with respect to operational and regulatory matters
• Represented and continues to represent, a variety of commercial lenders in loan workout and refinance situations