• State Bar of Georgia
• International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) - ICSC Law Committee Member
• American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL)
• American Bar Association (ABA)
• International Bar Association (IBA)
  – Member, Law Firm Management Committee
• National Association of Industrial and Office Professionals (NAIOP)
• Atlanta Vending Review Board, 1992 - 1994
• Atlanta Urban Design Commission, 2001 - 2005
• International Franchise Association
• Editorial Board, Shopping Center Business Magazine
• Editorial Advisory Board, Atlanta Property News
• Selection, "Georgia Super Lawyers," Atlanta Magazine, 2004-2009
• Member, Public Safety and Judicial Facilities Authority for the City of Atlanta - Current
• Board Member, Jewish National Fund (Current co-chair of major giving campaign)
• Member, AIPAC
• Member, American Israeli Chamber of Commerce (Atlanta)
• Blog contributor, RealTalk: Top Atlanta Experts in Real Estate, in the Atlanta Business Chronicle

• J.D., Emory University, 1976
• B.A., Emory University, 1973

• State of Georgia, 1976
• State of Ohio, 1976

• Co-author, “International Influx,” Commercial Investment Real Estate Magazine (CCIM Institute), May/June 2010.
• Quoted, "How to Negotiate a Lease," Entrepreneur, May 2010
• Quoted, "The Legal Perspective on Distressed Properties," Shopping Center Business, March 2010
• Quoted, "Atlanta Attorneys Matching Israeli Investors with U.S. Real Estate Firms," Atlanta Jewish News, March 2010
• Author, “Israelis Taking Note of City’s Real Estate,” Atlanta Business Chronicle and Washington Business Journal, March 2010
• Author, “Creating Healthy Shopping Centers,” Shopping Center Business, February 2010
• Quoted, “‘Jews and Baseball’ Packed with Content,” Atlanta Jewish Times, February 3, 2010
• Quoted, “Distressed Real Estate Equals Work for Lawyers,” St. Louis Business Journal, February 5, 2010
• Co-author, “New, Burgeoning Wave of Foreign Investment in American CRE: Fact or Fiction?”, Real Estate Law & Industry Report (BNA, Inc.), December 1, 2009
• Quoted, "Atlanta Needs Five Years to Absorb Empty Office Space," Bloomberg News, November 17, 2009 
• Interviewed, "For Israeli Investors, Atlanta Office Deal Yields Dividends," GlobalAtlanta.com, November 5, 2009
• Quoted, "Real Estate Community Greets Growth with Caution," GlobeSt.com, October 29, 2009
• Quoted, "Pizza Chain Wants Slice of Atlanta Pie," Atlanta Business Chronicle, October 2, 2009
• Author, "Mixed-up Use," International Bar Association Legal Practice Division Real Estate Newsletter, October 2009
• Author, "Practice Healthy Leasing: Perform a Check Up on Your Lease," Atlanta Hospital News, October 2009
• Interviewed, "Health Care Facilities' Move to Malls Creates 'Win-Win' for Landlords, Patients," Bureau of National Affairs, September 10, 2009
• Interviewed, "Centers of Influence Double-Header," Professional Atlanta Radio, August 24, 2009
• Featured, "Israel Investments, Interest Rising," Atlanta Business Chronicle, August 7, 2009.
• Interviewed, "Israelis Renew Interest in U.S. Real Estate," GlobeSt.com, July 2009
• Featured, “The Israel Team: Firm Fosters Relationships with the Holy Land,” Atlanta Jewish Times, June 2009
• Interviewed, “Top Retail Experts Answer Questions Pertinent to Retailers and Owners in Today’s Economy,” Shopping Center Business, June 2009
• Author, “A Law Firm’s Focus on Israel-oriented Business is a Satisfying Experience,” The Jewish Georgian, May/June 2009
• Featured, "People In The News," Atlanta Business Chronicle, June 15, 2009
• Interviewed, "Sound Off," Atlanta Business Chronicle, June 5, 2009
• Quoted, "Belk Pulling Plug on North Point Store," June 4, 2009
• Author, "Re-inventing Dated Shopping Centers to Accommodate a New Generation of Users," Real Estate Law & Industry, May 5, 2009
• Interviewed, "Mall Operator Files for Bankruptcy," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 16, 2009
• Quoted, "General Growth Files Chapter 11," Atlanta Business Chronicle, April 16, 2009
• Quoted, "Midtown Office Leasing Will Prevail," GlobeSt.com, April 3, 2009
• Featured, "Atlanta Lawyers Look Abroad for Commercial Real Estate Buyers," Global Atlanta, March 6, 2009
• Quoted, “New Cherokee Retail Complex Defies Slowdown,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 22, 2009
• Quoted, “Law Firms Feel the Grip of Real Estate Turmoil,” Atlanta Business Chronicle, October 31, 2008
• Featured, "World's Top Power-Breakfast Spots," MSNBC, July 21, 2008
• Featured, "World's Top Power-Breakfast Spots," National Post, July 14, 2008
• Featured, "World's Top Power-Breakfast Spots," Forbes Magazine, June 30, 2008
• Author, “The Kick-Out Revisited,” Shopping Center Business, May 2008
• Featured, “Atlanta attorney's love for the game shines through,” Atlanta Business Chronicle, February 15, 2008
• Author, “World-class cuisine: Five must-visit restaurants for entertaining clients in Tel Aviv,” Fulton Count Daily Report, February 14, 2008
• Featured, "Law Firm Targets Israeli Interest in the Southeast," GlobeSt.com, January 2008
• Quoted, "Housing: Rate Cuts May Help Beleaguered Industry," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 23, 2008
• Deal Watch: Completion of Muvico Lease, Fulton Count Daily Report, June, 2007
• Featured, George Vecsey, New York Times article, April 16, 2007
• “Inside Pitch: Newsletter Talks Baseball,” Fulton County Daily Report, August 2006
• “Up Close/Abe Schear, attorney and newsletter writer,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 2006
• Author, “Insurance Provisions: What Is Adequate Coverage?” Shopping Center Business, May 2006
• Author, “Updating A Lease: Why Do It And How Often,” Shopping Center Business, September 2005
• Author, "Leasing Concerns When Mixing Uses," Southeast Real Estate Business, May 2005
• Co-author, "What Tenants Don't Know About Mixed-Use Can Prove Costly," National Real Estate Investor, June 2004
• Featured, Atlanta Business Chronicle, January 16, 2004
• Author, "Using Kick-Out Clauses to Your Advantage," Southeast Real Estate Business, May 2004
• Co-author, "Assignment vs. Sublease," Southeast Real Estate Business, February 2004.
• Author, "The Guaranty," Franchising World, January/February 2004
• Co-author, "Assignment vs. Subletting: Do You Care Which One You Use (or Why)?," Square Ft., April 2002
• Author, "Baseball's a Hit In Israeli League," Atlanta Jewish Times, June 29, 2007
• Author, "Top Ten Legal Considerations for Restaurant Leases", Shopping Center Business, February 2007
• Co-author, "Restrictive Lease Clauses and the Exclusion of Discounters from Regional Shopping Centers," Emory Law Journal, 1976

Books

• Author, I Remember When, published July 2007

• Program Chair, "Israel-U.S. Cross-border Investment: Real Estate and Corporate," Doing Business With Israel: First Annual American Bar Association Section of International Law and Israel Bar Association Conference, Eilat, Israel, May 30 – June 2, 2010
• Moderator and presenter, "Keeping the Cash Registers Ringing: The Challenges Facing Retail Real Estate," American College of Real Estate Lawyers program, March 13, 2010
• Speaker, Society of Industrial and Office Realtors luncheon, February 25, 2010
• Presenter, Arnall Golden Gregory Landlord Conferences, May and November 2009
• Speaker, “Views from the Top: Creating Partnerships in Challenging Economic Times,” The Luxury Marketing Council Georgia, November 19, 2008
• Moderator – AGG Briefing – "Hot Issues in a Cold Economy," April 22, 2008
• Speaker, CCIM Atlanta – Retail Review, March 27, 2008
• Speaker, “Taking it to the Next Level: Latest Trends in US-Israel Business,” American-Israel Chamber of Commerce Southeast Region and The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, August 23, 2007.
• Speaker, ICSC Law Conference, 1992-2007.
• Speaker, ICSC University.
• Speaker, Georgia Real Estate CLE, 2002-2004.

• Baseball Digest (periodic interview publication)