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Shams Merchant is among America's top real estate fund formation and syndication attorneys. He has become a trusted legal authority for real estate investors, developers, investment firms, sponsors, GPs, and private equity professionals across the country, with a particular focus on Texas, Florida, California, and New York.

Back in May 1989, one of those mornings at Portland Harbor stopped being peaceful. A fisherman spotted something near the pier. At first, he thought it was a tarp. Then, it rolled. The color of skin in cold water is something you never forget. The body was a teenage girl. Jessica Briggs. Sixteen.

Ronald L. Bell has had a successful legal career, from being the editor of the John Marshall Law Review as a law student to arguing before former Supreme Court Chief Justice Rehnquist.