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John Blyth has an active Business, Finance, and Real Estate practice. He is the head of the firm’s Public Finance practice group. John has developed a broad-based and diverse background commercial finance, consumer finance, and public finance practice and financial institution BSA/AML and economic sanctions regulatory practice, building on his varied professional experiences.

Prior to joining Nyemaster Goode in 2012, John served for more than 11 years in various in-house legal and compliance roles for affiliates of De Lage Landen, a global provider of leasing, business and consumer finance services, including as general counsel in De Lage Landen’s London office from 2008 to 2011. John was in private practice in Des Moines for 20 years prior to his move to De Lage Landen representing commercial banks and other lenders in asset based lending, securitizations, secured and unsecured commercial lending and consumer finance transactions involving various structures and serving as bond counsel and underwriter, issuer, and borrower counsel in traditional government financing and conduit financing transactions.

THOMAS LOIKITH is a member of Harwood Lloyd, LLC in Hackensack, New Jersey. He is a member of the firm’s Commercial Transaction Department and concentrates his practice in financial services, business, real estate and transactional law. Mr. Loikith received his undergraduate degree from Montclair State College in 1975 and his law degree from Rutgers School of Law-Newark in 1978. He was law secretary to Hon. Peter Ciolino, Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Passaic County during the 1978-1979 term. He has spoken at and prepared materials for seminars regarding commercial loan documentation, Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, business entities and financing, commercial title insurance policy endorsements and New Jersey limited liability companies.