Joseph M. Scherpenberg

Joe is an associate in the Vorys Cincinnati office and a member of the finance, energy and real estate practice group.  His practice focuses on real estate financing transactions, affordable housing transactions and general real estate matters. 

Joe represents clients from all perspectives in transactions involving the acquisition, financing, ownership, development and sale of office buildings, apartment projects, industrial facilities and other commercial properties.  He represents both lenders and borrowers in financing transactions, purchasers and sellers in real estate transfers, and landlords and tenants in commercial leasing transactions.  His experience also includes counseling developers and investors in structuring the entities that own real estate assets, including nonprofit entities in affordable housing projects.

Joe received his J.D. cum laude from the University of Kentucky Law School, where he was a member of the executive Board of the Student Bar Association and Moot Court Team.  He received his B.A. with honors from the University of Cincinnati, where he was captain of the varsity swim team.  Joe is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association and Cincinnati Bar Association.

Joe is also a board member of the nonprofit Lane 8 Fund, Inc., which works to provide competitive swimming equipment and financial assistance to children served by the City of Cincinnati’s neighborhood public pools