Attorney, Retired
Charles L. Wood (Buzz)
Practice Areas
- Commercial Development & Leasing
Over the course of his career, Buzz Wood has worked on a wide array of projects including retail and mixed-use developments and office buildings. He’s represented big-box anchor tenants, restaurants, developers and owners of strip centers, malls and urban office-retail developments as well as national office tenants and office park owners and developers.
Representative Experience
- Negotiated on behalf of clients of all sizes, with an emphasis on finding practical solutions to complicated issues
- Involved in retail redevelopment projects; acquisition, development and leasing of shopping centers; office development; leasing and financing; and multiple acquisitions from bankruptcy
Education
- University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1980
- Vanderbilt University, B.A. in English, cum laude, 1976
Publications
- Author, The Wills Branch of the Doctrine of Worthier Title and Renunciation of a Devise to Escape Creditors: City National Bank v. Andrews, 30 Alabama Law Review 595 (1979)
- Author, The Uncertain Status of Exculpatory Clauses in Alabama: Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. Sumter Plywood Corporation, 30 Alabama Law Review 517 (1979)
- Author and Presenter of Big Box/Smart Growth Ordinances: Bigger and Better — Is it Possible?
- Contributor, ICSC publications
Industry Engagement
- Presenter, ICSC Conferences
- Member, State Bar of Georgia
- Member, State Bar of Alabama
- Associate Editor, Alabama Law Review
Awards
- AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Fun Stuff
Despite retirement from the active practice of law, Buzz has been kept busy attempting to keep up with his wife Karan, who is Executive Director of the Environmental Education Alliance, daughter Katy, a doctor at the Mayo Clinic, son Charlie, a student at the University of Georgia, Charlie’s hounds, and an extended family, who are artists, NASA engineers and water sports fanatics.