Scott A. Dienes - Lawyer in Grand Rapids, MI

Scott Dienes is a real estate, municipal and finance attorney assisting clients with complex projects that define and shape communities. With a strong municipal and real estate background, alongwith tax-exempt bond and public finance experience, Scott keeps projects ontrack and on budget. Scott has served as general counsel to municipal clientshis entire career. He acts on behalf of local governments, developmentauthorities, school districts, water and sewer authorities, district libraries,mental health authorities, police and fire departments and boards. He is alsooften engaged as special counsel on complex matters local governments face.

Scott provides counsel on variety of public finance matters,a discipline that has grown out of his work with local governments. He servesas bond counsel for various public improvements such as water and sewerprojects, municipal buildings, fire, police, and public safety departments, androad and sidewalk projects, and as bank counsel and as underwriters counsel onprojects with a public finance element throughout the state. Additionally,Scott is approved as bond counsel for USDA and MEDC projects.

From modest projects to complex developments, simplestructures to entangled TIF districts and incentives, from rural communitieswith basic regulations to layers of land use and zoning processes, and fromcommon easement and land interest disputes among neighbors to those whichimpact entire communities or regions, Scotts experience includes residential,commercial and industrial sites of virtually all scale.

Scott works with public and private higher educationinstitutions on issues such as financial restructurings, reductions in force,internal investigations, strategic planning, significant real estate transactions,the establishment and closure of satellite campuses, and searches for keyleadership.