One of the founders of the firm, Joseph Shallal is a commercial transactions attorney who represents clients in business and real estate matters such as commercial real estate sales and acquisitions, business entity formation and consulting, commercial lease negotiations and lease drafting, tenant evictions, business sales and acquisitions, and restaurant, convenience store, and hotel alcoholic beverage licensing.

Mr. Shallal has decades of experience in alcoholic beverage licensing and has been involved in more than one thousand matters, including hearings, appeals, and trials. He has assisted clients with liquor license procurement and transfers, violation hearings, licensing appeals, regulatory compliance, and court-ordered receiverships over licensed businesses. He has successfully argued numerous appeals of Michigan Liquor Control Commission (“MLCC”) decisions before both the MLCC and County Circuit Courts, helping clients obtain, preserve, and maintain their alcoholic beverage licenses.

He is well-versed in licensing requirements and processes at both the state and local levels throughout southeastern Michigan, and has obtained the zoning, site plan, land use, and variance approvals required of liquor-licensed businesses.