McHolm is a 25-year veteran of the commercial real estate law.His practice involves acquisitions and sales; industrial,commercial and retail leasing; large-scale, build-to-suittransactions; matters related to construction, real propertydevelopment and finance; and formation of limited-liabilitycompanies.

Discussing trends in the county's commercial real estate market,McHolm says, "I would say it's more R&D, flex-tech; that kindof product is certainly hotter and certainly growing more [inOrange County]. We have had a few office buildings built in pastfew years, and they've filled up well. But the real kind ofbackbone of the industry is the kind of product you see in theIrvine Spectrum and the Pacific Commerce Center," he adds. "In onedeal, the client's biggest concern was the ability to expand. It isthe one thing tenants want to be sure of, if they make a largeinvestment in a facility or a campus-like facility…if they needmore space they can find it."

Winton has been handling complex real estate matters for 27years,representing primarily developers. He contends that whenpeople are secure in their jobs, quality-of-life issues becometheir primary focus. And that, he said, is the real driving forcebehind the agenda people have regarding the El Toro airportcontroversy, the Greenlight Initiative, and other controversialissues in Orange County that affect development.