David Ranich has an extensive corporate and business law practice, regularly advising a variety of clients in real estate, banking, transactional, and trust and estate planning matters.

A highly respected real estate attorney, Mr. Ranich handles matters ranging from development and financing, to taxation, contracting, and land use regulation.

He represents businesses in the organization or formation of the business, mergers and acquisitions, and the sale of businesses. He is proficient in drafting business contracts and shareholder agreements.

Mr. Ranich assists clients in instituting estate planning to reduce the ultimate tax liability of their estates. He also implements clients’ intentions in the distribution of their assets, and maximizes the value and growth of their assets during their lifetimes.

In addition to his transactional practice, Mr. Ranich litigates commercial matters, and is a certified alternative dispute resolution mediator. Mr. Ranich joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in April 2007. Previously he was a partner at Burke Costanza & Cuppy LLP since 1988. Mr. Ranich began his legal career in 1977 as a law clerk for the late Phil M. McNagny, Jr., District Judge for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, Hammond Division. From 1978 to 1980, he was an associate of Wilson, Donnesberger & Reid, a specialty civil practice firm emphasizing banking, corporate, real estate development and commercial work. Mr. Ranich spent the next seven years at Murphy McAtee Murphy & Costanza, where he became a partner in 1984.

Mr. Ranich is certified by the Indiana Commission for Continuing Legal Education as an alternative dispute mediator.

In May 1997 the Indiana Chamber of Commerce named Mr. Ranich as one of Indiana’s 100 Most Influential Business Leaders. He holds the AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for ethics and legal ability.

Mr. Ranich’s professional memberships reflect his business law practice. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce and past president of the East Chicago Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Mr. Ranich is a member of the Lake County Bar Association, where he has served on its Board of Managers. He is also a member of the Indiana State Bar Association and Federal Bar Association, and is a past president of the Northwest Indiana Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Mr. Ranich is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honorary. Mr. Ranich’s presentations include:

• “Ethics Rules for Indiana Professional Engineers,” Illinois Society of Professional Engineers, live webinar, April 2012.
• “Professional Engineering – Law and Ethics,” Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana, March and February 2012.
• “Incentive Trusts, Transfer on Death Planning, and Trusts that are Off the Beaten Path,” Hinshaw Breakfast Briefing for Accountants, Schererville, Indiana, October 2011.
• “Considerations in Business Entity Formation,” Hinshaw Breakfast Briefing for Accountants, Schererville, Indiana, October 2009.