Real Estate Update 2026

Mr. Stanfield is a Partner at Meyer Unkovic & Scott LLP, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He regularly assists clients with contract drafting and interpretation; business acquisitions, sales, and divestitures; commercial real estate acquisition and sales; commercial real estate leasing and licensing arrangements; financing arrangements; exempt-securities transactions; franchise agreements; business entity formation and structure; and nonprofit organization matters. Within his entertainment practice, Mr. Stanfield assists production companies, marketing and branding agencies, artists, entertainers, fashion designers, and other creative industry professionals with all aspects of their art form and their business – from advising on general business and intellectual property matters to assisting with any of the needs mentioned above. Within the firm, Mr. Stanfield is a member of the Corporate & Business Law, Real Estate & Lending, Intellectual Property, and Nonprofit Practice Groups. Prior to joining Meyer Unkovic & Scott, he was an associate with the Corporate, Hospitality and Real Estate Finance practice groups at a large national law firm headquartered in Pittsburgh. Mr. Briskman Stanfield received his J.D. from Southwestern Law School, and his B.A. from Washington & Jefferson College.

Jim Conmy is Vice President and Major Transactions Counsel for Commonwealth’s Philadelphia National Commercial Services (NCS) operation. He has 35 years’ experience in the title insurance industry and has held positions in underwriting, marketing and management. Jim has twice served on the Executive Committee of the Real Property Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association and chaired several of its committees. He is Vice Chairman of the Pennsylvania Land Title Institute, and Chairman of its Curriculum Committee. Jim served as President of the Pennsylvania Land Title Association in 1995-1996. He was designated a “Certified Land Title Professional” (CLTP) in 1994 and was awarded the James G. Schmidt Distinguished Career Service Award by the Pennsylvania Land Title Association in 2003. Jim received his BA degree in History and Theology from Fordham University and his JD degree from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago.

Mr. Gentilcore is a Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Real Estate (Construction) for Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law. Ed has been a frequent speaker at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Day on Real Estate programs on a variety of topics of construction topics encountered in his 35-plus year career as a construction contracts attorney and litigator. Mr. Gentilcore has been both an outside counsel, recognized as Best Lawyers in America Construction Lawyer of the Year for the Pittsburgh Region in both 2014 and 2018 and Construction Litigation Lawyer of the Year for the Pittsburgh Region in 2016 and multiple years of recognition by both Best Lawyers of America and Super Lawyers, and in-house counsel, where Ed served as Deputy General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer in owner and design organizations. Mr. Gentilcore is Chair Emeritus of the Marketing Committee of the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law and a former member of that organization’s Governing Committee. Ed obtained his undergraduate B.A. (cum laude) from the University of Pittsburgh and his J.D. (cum laude) from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.