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Kenneth T. Bills is a partner of the firm in the Real Estate Department and member of the Redevelopment Practice Group. He concentrates his practice in the representation of owners, developers, tenants and financial institutions in real estate matters. Mr. Bills joined the firm in 1981. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and the U.S. District Court (1979). Mr. Bills' experience in real estate-based lending qualifies him to represent both financial institutions and property owners. He has substantial experience in the negotiation and preparation of commercial leases. Mr. Bills also concentrates in protecting the interests of owners and developers of real estate, including the negotiation of sales and purchases, identification and resolution of title problems, the obtaining of land use, environmental and other governmental permits and approvals, and the preparation of contracts with design professionals and contractors. Mr. Bills is a graduate of Haverford College (1976), magna cum laude, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his law degree from Rutgers University School of Law, Newark (1979), where he received the Morris Gann Prize in Evidence, the Prentice Hall Federal Tax Award, and the Anthony Engelbrecht Prize for maintaining the highest grade point average during his senior year. He served as an editor of the Rutgers Law Review and graduated with high honors. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Bills joined a litigation firm concentrating in the representation of surety bonding companies in disputes related to distressed construction projects. Mr. Bills is a member of the Real Property and Probate and Land Use Law Sections of the New Jersey State Bar Association, and is also a member of the Christian Legal Society. He has lectured on real estate closing procedures for the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education. | 