Sam DeBaltzo Bio

Sam’s practice focuses on real estate, construction, and business law transactions. With respect to real estate transactions, he has a wide variety of experience representing clients in purchases, sales, leasing, and financing, and frequently advises on real estate aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions. He additionally provides counsel regarding associated industries, routinely working with construction and architect contracts and subcontracts. His business law focus includes corporate financing and general corporate matters. Sam is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, where he was Associate Editor of the Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review, and President of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. While a law student, Sam worked as a Tonkon Torp summer associate and as a student attorney at the Community and Economic Development Clinic in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Prior to law school, Sam worked as an intern with the Office of the Speaker of the House, in Washington, D.C. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Sam met his wife Charlotte at Brigham Young University. He spends his free time with Charlotte and their three young sons. Sam enjoys watching or playing almost any sport and participating in fantasy football, basketball, and baseball. Despite his University of Michigan Law School education, Sam is a die-hard Ohio State and Cleveland sports fan.