Frank Bazzel, Morris, Manning & Martin
Frank Bazzel joined Morris, Manning & Martin when it was founded and helped it grow to become an Am Law 200 firm. In his almost 40 years in commercial…
June 29, 2017 at 11:31 AM
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Frank Bazzel joined Morris, Manning & Martin when it was founded and helped it grow to become an Am Law 200 firm. In his almost 40 years in commercial real estate law, he represented local, regional and national developers, owners and investors in acquiring, selling, developing, leasing and financing office buildings, multifamily projects, industrial buildings and shopping centers throughout the U.S. He graduated from Emory University School of Law in 1975.
You joined Morris, Manning & Martin when it was founded. What were your hopes when you went to work there?
When I graduated from law school, I very much wanted to do commercial real estate transactions. I clerked in law school with the firm, then Hansell, Post, Brandon & Dorsey (now Jones Day), the largest law firm in Atlanta and at that time the firm with Atlanta's largest real estate practice. However, rather than accepting their offer, I accepted an offer from Sonny Morris at Stack & O'Brien. Stack & O'Brien was a very young firm, and Sonny Morris had been highly recommended to me as a terrific lawyer who had a very good real estate practice. I thought my opportunity as a young lawyer to get more and better experience early was better at Stack & O'Brien. In 1976, eight lawyers from Stack & O'Brien, including me, formed the firm that would become Morris, Manning & Martin.
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