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James E. Rauh is a partner within the Hospitality, Alcohol and Leisure Industry Group at Greenspoon Marder. Mr. Rauh <br />focuses his practice on the laws governing the nightlife, hospitality and alcohol industries, including diverse and multi- <br />discipline areas of legal needs common to those industry clients. He has accumulated over 10 years of experience in <br />those practice areas, including representing hotels, restaurants and nightclubs at all levels of municipal land use and <br />zoning approvals, along with complete business licensing and permitting at the federal, state, and local levels. <br />Mr. Rauh’s experience includes working with nightlife, hospitality and alcoholic beverage industry clients in a wide variety <br />of issues, including business transactions for the purchase and sale of hotels, restaurants and nightclubs, as well as the <br />acquisition of alcoholic beverage licenses for those operations. His experience also includes all aspects of alcohol <br />licensing and structuring of alcohol service operations, defending regulatory enforcement actions, administrative litigation, <br />state and local government lobbying efforts relating to nightlife, hospitality and alcoholic beverage regulations, and <br />commercial leasing for alcohol industry tenants, as well as assisting clients with business permitting and transfers of <br />business licenses as a result of new business ventures, expansion, and national mergers and acquisitions between <br />nightlife, hospitality and alcohol industry clients, including contractual issues, obtaining business tax receipts, building <br />permitting, certificates of use and occupancy, and other related operational permits. <br />Mr. Rauh’s clients include real estate developers, hotels, restaurants and nightclubs, as well as management companies <br />for those operations, situated in Miami Beach and other jurisdictions. <br />Mr. Rauh served on active duty in the United States Marine Corps and served as an Officer with the Second Marine <br />Division and subsequently served in the Select Marine Corps Reserve as a Platoon Commander within TOW Company, <br />8th Tank Battalion, in Hialeah, Florida. <br />Bar Admissions <br />Florida <br />Education <br />J.D., St. Thomas University School of Law, magna cum laude, 2003 <br />B.A., Finance, Fordham University, 1996 <br />Practice Areas <br />James E. Rauh <br />Partner <br />Phone: (305) 789-2732 <br />james.rauh@gmlaw.com <br />600 Brickell Avenue, Suite 3600, Miami, FL, 33131 <br />70