Nominate a Leading Attorney for Connect CRE’s 2026 Lawyers in Real Estate Awards

For the seventh year in a row, Connect CRE has opened nominations for our annual Lawyers in Real Estate Awards. This program spotlights attorneys nationwide who have made an impact through their practice in commercial real estate-related matters as well as the contributions they have made as members of the industry and the community. Accordingly, we’re inviting industry members to nominate those they’d like to see included this year.

As with each of our annual awards programs, we’re looking for National honorees and candidates from every region we cover with daily news: California, Texas, New York & Tri-State, Chicago & Midwest, Washington DC, Boston & New England, Atlanta & Southeast, Florida & Gulf Coast, Phoenix & Southwest, and Seattle & Pacific Northwest.

Please take a few minutes to nominate one or more real estate attorneys through the link provided here.

After considering your recommendations, we’ll choose this year’ honorees. We’ll begin announcing them in early December.

The deadline for nominations is Friday, Oct. 23.

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About Paul Bubny

Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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