Goggans, Stutzman, Hudson, Wilson & Mize, LLP

Welcome to Goggans, Stutzman, Hudson, Wilson & Mize, LLP. We are always expanding our suite of services, but our roots are in the real estate industry, working with lenders, brokers, developers, investors and homeowners to make their goals reality.

With over 100 years of combined experience in both a large firm and small firm setting, Goggans, Stutzman, Hudson, Wilson & Mize – named for our founding partners – delivers excellent service and leads the industry in providing superlative legal expertise.

We invite you to learn more about our team and our services and hope to welcome you to one of GSHWM’s offices soon.

Our Services

Affordable Housing

Legal services for affordable housing and community development, leveraging relationships and experience to benefit their clients.

Commercial Real Estate

Providing responsive, efficient, and dynamic legal services, specializing in all aspects of commercial real estate, including leasing transactions, landlord and tenant matters, investments, acquisition and development, and real estate finance.

Commercial Leasing

Our leasing practice at GSHWM is responsive, cost-effective and covers anything from multi-building portfolios to one-off leases and from national retail tenants to corporate real estate programs.

Business Entities and Transactions

Our team provides advice as to the best business structure, along with formation of entities for clients. We also provide continued representation to our entity clients and the owners, on matters such as buy-sell agreements, contracts, leases, and other matters related to the operation of a business.

Multifamily Housing

Our team assists clients with the acquisition, finance, and sales of market-rate and affordable housing multifamily projects. At GSHWM, you can expect responsive service and effective solutions for a hassle-free process.

Residential Real Estate

Representing lenders, buyers, sellers, and agents in national markets, providing cost-effective, high-quality services from basic closings to sophisticated transactions.

Landlord/Tenant Representation

Providing exceptional customer service and timely assistance from default notice to dispossessory warrants, writs of possession, and evictions for residential and commercial landlords.

Community Associations

Assisting developers, builders, lenders, boards of directors and property management companies in planned community development, ensuring effective and efficient legal counsel while interpreting and enforcing governing documents and laws.

Estate Planning

We help our clients design and implement plans to accomplish their personal goals, whether that is through a simple Will or a complex multigenerational trust.

Real Estate Litigation

Delivering value-added industry-focused representation, working together to diagnose the best path forward for developers, commercial property owners and homeowners in building appraisals, construction defects and more.

Single Family Residential Investment

Representing both publicly and privately held investment portfolios in multistate acquisitions, dispositions, property management, and default services. Our priority is efficient and responsive client communication.

What Our Clients Say

4.7 Over 136 Reviews

Catherine Stanton-Schmoll 7 months ago

Nick, Jake, Edward, Stephanie, and everyone on their staff I have interacted with are great. This office handles real estate closings and estate planning. I have used their services for several closings, and they always handle them seamlessly and no stress. Easy to work with.

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Zach Chapman 10 months ago

It’s been a pleasure interacting with Michelle Lee and staff.

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TR Adams 10 months ago

I’ve done Real Estate closings with them for years and it has always been excellent. Top notch group of people to work with.
TR Adams & Assoc Real Estate Sales and Marketing

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Our News and Events

GSH Attorneys Announces Two New Attorneys Joining Firm Posted in: News – ATLANTA (November 20, 2024) – GSH Attorneys, a real estate law firm with offices throughout Atlanta and in Columbus, has announced that Vito Polera and Scott Mills have joined the firm. “We are pleased to have Vito and Scott on our team,” said Managing Partner Vanessa Goggans. “Adding these experienced real estate attorneys also allows us to open a new… Read more
Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) – Important Reminder Posted in: News – We posted about this back on January 11th of this year, but we continue to see countless clients who either are not aware of this new law, or (incorrectly) assume it doesn’t apply to them, or (incorrectly) assume we are just talking about their annual corporate/LLC filing with the Secretary of State. For that reason, and with the deadline fast… Read more
Real Estate Matters – Fall 2024 Posted in: News – STATE OF THE MARKET The Columbus market in 2024 has been slower than the past few years, but still steady. We are seeing a shortage of inventory and pent up demand, largely because of higher interest rates.With inflation easing and optimism of declining interest rates, we are hopeful the market will rebound the end of 2024 and into 2025. -Partner… Read more