Media Mentions

Commercial Mortgage Alert Highlights Benesch’s Continued Growth with Addition of Reed Smith Real Estate Finance Team

August 14, 2026

Commercial Mortgage Alert featured Benesch in its “The Grapevine” column, noting the arrival of four additional partners as part of the firm’s recent expansion of its Real Estate Finance and Structured Finance capabilities. The publication reported that Marissa Hight, John Hogan, Samuel Lee and Robert Stalzer joined Benesch from Reed Smith as part of a team of approximately 20 attorneys led by Partner Jodi Schwimmer, further strengthening the firm’s real estate finance, securitization and structured finance capabilities.

More: Commercial Mortgage Alert, “The Grapevine” (subscription required).