Practice Areas
Stephen J. Szabo III is a partner and real estate business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. He focuses his practice on the areas of commercial real estate; golf course, marina, recreation, and resort development law; leasing and finance; commercial lending; and state taxation. Steve is counsel to large residential developers of both high-end condominium projects and planned unit developments as well as assisted living communities. He also works for owners/developers of apartment complexes and shopping centers and has extensive experience representing lenders on multi-state loan transactions. Steve is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice, its Hospitality & Leisure Practice and the Health Care & Life Sciences Sector.
Career
Peer review rated as AV Preeminent®, the highest performance rating in the Martindale-Hubbel® Peer Review Ratings™ system
Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the fields of: Real Estate Law (2006-2024) and Leisure and Hospitality Law (2015-2024)
Selected for inclusion in the 2006-2018 Florida Super Lawyers® lists
Recognized as one of Florida’s Legal Elite™ by Florida Trend magazine in 2005
Recognized in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the practice area of Real Estate (2022-2025)