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Admissions
  • Oklahoma, 1982
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Education
  • J.D., University of Oklahoma, 1982; Editor-in-Chief, Oklahoma Law Review
  • B.A., University of Oklahoma, 1979
Professional Organizations and Memberships
  • Oklahoma County Bar Association
  • Oklahoma Bar Association (Health Law Section; Real Property Law Section)
  • American Bar Association (Business Law Section; Health Law Section)
  • Oklahoma Health Lawyers Association
  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • Oklahoma Hospital Association
Civic Involvement and Leadership
  • Oklahoma County Detention Advisory Committee (Representative of Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce)
  • The Redbud Foundation (Director and Past President)
  • Leadership Oklahoma City, Class XXV
J. Michael Nordin
Shareholder

Biography

Since 1982, Michael Nordin has represented clients in a wide range of complex business transactions, including the organization, financing, acquisition, and merger of companies, the acquisition, development, leasing, management, and financing of real estate, and the negotiation of business contracts. He has significant experience with vendor, supply, and distribution agreements in several industries with both foreign and domestic parties.

His client list includes public and private companies engaged in a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, food distribution, medical equipment, petroleum marketing, real estate, financial services, and automobile.

Michael also advises clients in the healthcare industry on matters such as joint ventures, healthcare facility acquisitions, regulatory and legal compliance issues, investment and ownership arrangements, development of outpatient surgical and diagnostic facilities, physician practice mergers and acquisitions, corporate affiliations, and physician compensation arrangements.

Michael is a past leader of the firm’s business law group, and his achievements in the areas of healthcare and real estate law have earned him inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America and Oklahoma Super Lawyers.

Representative Experience

  • Organization of joint ventures for the acquisition, development, and financing of numerous office buildings
  • Representation of a manufacturing company in the negotiation of an economic development agreement with the City of Oklahoma City for funding of public improvements necessary for plant expansion
  • Structuring, negotiation, and documentation of a ground lease and land use matters for the development of a $50,000,000 specialty hospital
  • Representation of an oilfield equipment manufacturing company in the sale of its remote well monitoring business division 
  • Representation of a national wholesale food distributor in acquisitions of competitors and in supply and distribution arrangements with grocery and convenience store chains
  • Acquisitions, sales, and financings of automobile dealerships and dealership facilities
  • Negotiation of the lease for the corporate headquarters of a major petroleum marketing company, including an economic incentive package from the City of Oklahoma City
  • Representation of real estate development companies in workouts and lease disputes with retail, commercial, and other tenants
  • Multiple sales of developed and undeveloped real property by investors and developers, including title and land use issues
  • Acquisition of and construction financing for a medical research foundation’s new research facility
  • Reorganization and sale of a physician-owned surgical hospital

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