For over 40 years, Mark Dopkin has helped mid-Atlantic real estate companies develop residential, office, and commercial properties. He concentrates in all aspects of commercial real estate law, including land acquisition, zoning, construction, and permanent financing. A licensed title attorney, he also writes title insurance for Chicago Title Insurance Company and Old Republic National Title Insuranc...
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For over 40 years, Mark Dopkin has helped mid-Atlantic real estate companies develop residential, office, and commercial properties. He concentrates in all aspects of commercial real estate law, including land acquisition, zoning, construction, and permanent financing. A licensed title attorney, he also writes title insurance for Chicago Title Insurance Company and Old Republic National Title Insurance Company, and advises lenders in various financing transactions.
Because he understands the needs of all parties involved in every stage of real estate development projects, he can get to heart of each matter efficiently. He appreciates the need for responsive service and comes to know his clients’ businesses well in the course of his representation.
Mr. Dopkin’s practice has included:
- Serving as regular counsel to one of the largest real estate developers in the mid-Atlantic area;
- Acting as title agent and escrow for hundreds of commercial real estate sales and loans for transactions as large as $75,000,000;
- Representing both borrowers and lenders in multi-million dollar loan transactions, including revenue bonds;
- Establishing and structuring business entities for development, tax, and estate planning purposes;
- Representing industrial customers before the Maryland Public Service Commission; and
- Advocating on behalf of commercial landowners in leasing negotiations.
Leadership
Mr. Dopkin has been appointed a Fellow of the Maryland Bar Foundation and of the Baltimore City Bar Foundation, designations signifying a high standing within the legal community. He is also a past chair of the Real Property, Planning, and Zoning Section of the Maryland State Bar Association and a current member of the Section Council. He serves as the MSBA member of the Real Property Records Improvement Fund Oversight Committee. He chaired the Assumption and Enforceability Sub-committee of the MSBA’s Legal Opinions Project. He was a member of the Baltimore County Charter Revision Commission and served on the boards of many civic and community organizations. Mr. Dopkin is also a member of the Baltimore Advisory Board of the Chicago Title Insurance Company.
Mr. Dopkin has lectured on and written about various real estate matters, including:
- "Surveys-Easements-Riparian Rights," a MICPEL program (1991);
- "Boundary Law in Maryland," a National Business Institute (NBI) program, (1990-1992); and
- Editor of chapter on Residential Construction Contracts for MICPEL's Residential Real Estate Transactions (4th ed. 2005).
In 2012, Mr. Dopkin was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for his real estate practice. In 2011, he was named by Maryland Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Maryland for his real estate practice. Mr. Dopkin is AV® Peer Review Rated – the highest possible peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Prior to joining Tydings & Rosenberg LLP, Mr. Dopkin was a member of the firm of Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg, Engelman & Belgrad, P.A.
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