Practice Areas & Industries: Roetzel & Andress, A Legal Professional Association

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Roetzel & Andress represents a diverse range of retail clients including clothing retailers, drug store retailers, regional shopping malls, international specialty retailers, and retail property managers and developers. Our attorneys provide a broad range of transactional and litigation services to retail industry clients to address the myriad of legal issues that affect their businesses.

Representative Matters

• Served as counsel in the acquisition, development, land use, zoning, leasing, construction, financing, and outparcel sales for several grocery store anchored shopping centers located throughout Florida
• Obtained a jury verdict in federal court in favor of a national retail chain regarding an employee's claim of sexual and handicap discrimination
• Defended a major retail chain against age discrimination allegations
• Assisted a client in the acquisition of a shopping center in southwest Florida
• Acted as the zoning and land use counsel for the developer of a multi-million dollar Planned Unit Development
• Acted as the developer's counsel for the development of a major retail center that became contaminated by a former dry cleaning facility located at the site under the Ohio EPA's Voluntary Action Program (VAP)
• Acted as the developer's counsel in a multi-state development of retail out-parcel sites for use by a national office products retailer
• Represented a national auto parts store in expansion from 70 to 260 stores across the country
• Represented the largest coffee and baked goods chain in the world during their acquisition and leasing of locations throughout the U.S.
• Coordinated an orderly liquidation of a national chain of retail stores
• Served as developer's counsel with respect to obtaining stream and wetland permits for construction of a major mixed-used commercial shopping center / residential development
• Acted as counsel for a developer in connection with zoning for a shopping center involving approximately 312,000-square feet of retail, plus five out-parcels for future development
• Obtained dismissal of FAA HazMat enforcement for a U.S. retailer
• Successfully represented a Fortune 250 drug store retailer in a business litigation claim concerning closing retail outlets in violation of its lease
• Acted as special zoning and development counsel for a prominent national improvement store chain with a new retail location
• Represented a Fortune 250 retail drugstore (with over 100 locations in Ohio) in a variety of legal matters related to their operations, including real estate, landlord and tenant disputes, liability claims, pharmacy malpractice, employment, and workers' compensation