Jonathan H. Peyton

Associate

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JONATHAN H. PEYTON's practice focuses in the areas of real estate development and lending, corporate and business law, commercial law, and technology transfer and commercialization.

Mr. Peyton represents clients varying in size (ranging from start-ups to mature companies with net sales exceeding 100 million) on a full array of corporate, commercial and real estate issues. Mr. Peyton devotes a significant portion of his practice to representing lenders and borrowers involved in FHA-insured multifamily real estate loan transactions; including financings under HUD's Section 202 and Section 811 loan and grant programs, as well as HUD’s Section 232, 221(d), and 223(f) programs. In addition, Mr. Peyton’s practice involves establishing various business organizations, commercial real estate acquisitions, sales, financing, leasing, homeowners’ association management, contract drafting and negotiation, as well as representing lending institutions in secured transactions. Mr. Peyton regularly counsels general contractors, subcontractors, owners, and suppliers on construction contracts and mechanic’s liens issues. Mr. Peyton handles commercial litigation for his real estate and business clients.

Mr. Peyton is admitted to practice in the states of Tennessee, Kentucky and New York. He is a member of the Knoxville Bar Association, as well as, the Tennessee and Kentucky Bar Associations. Mr. Peyton graduated cum laude from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts (Doctor of Jurisprudence 2003). While at Suffolk University, he served as the Associate Executive Editor for the Suffolk University Law Review. Before law school, Mr. Peyton attended Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, where he received a Bachelors and Masters degree in Business Administration (B.B.A. 1999 & M.B.A. 2000).

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What Arbitration Clause?: The "Appropriate" Standard for Measuring Notice of Binding Arbitration To an Employee, 36 SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 745 (2003).