J. Michael Ivens

Attorney

J. Michael Ivens concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate development, lending, commercial transactions, and business planning. He began his law career in 1983 and has extensive experience in commercial transactions. He also represents lenders and borrowers in secured transactions and clients who develop or own real estate, including condominium projects, planned unit developments, resorts, subdivisions, offices, and retail centers.

Mike represents issuers of securities in private placements; buyers and sellers of real property and of business assets or equity; and landlords, tenants, and owners of operating companies. He also handles contract preparation and negotiation and closing of transactions for business entities, both large and small, and for individuals.

Mike, who joined Long, Ragsdale & Waters in 1988, became a shareholder Jan. 1, 1990. From 1983 to 1988, he practiced law with Fennemore Craig, P.C., in Phoenix, Arizona. He was a member of, and reporter for, the State Bar of Arizona Corporate, Banking, and Business Law Section Subcommittee on Rendering Legal Opinions in Business Transactions.  He also was a member of the Tennessee Bar Association Special Committee on Opinion Standards.

He was born in 1958 in Rockwood, Tennessee, and enjoys hunting, canoeing, snow skiing, and the outdoors.

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