Practice Areas
Honors and Awards
Education and Professional Activities
Bar Admissions and Professional Affiliations
- Commercial Leasing and Property Management
- Office, Retail, Industrial , and Flex Space Leases
- Ground Leases
- Office, Retail, Industrial , and Flex Space Leases
- Acquisitions and Dispositions, General Business Matters and Estates
- Financings and Equity Investments
- Acquisition, Development, and Construction
- Acquisition, Development, and Construction
- Project Development and Ownership Structuring (including Joint Ventures)
- Design, Construction, Project Management, and Related Agreements
- Dispute Resolution (Litigation and Arbitration)
- Public-Private Partnerships (P3s)
Honors & Awards
Best Lawyers in America in Real Estate Law, 2004-2012; 2017 - 2023
Super Lawyer – Washington, D.C. and Maryland in Real Estate Law, 2012, 2017, and 2018
U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers & Law Firms Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Real Estate, 2021 Tier 2; 2011, 2012, 2019 Tier 3
A Legal 500 Recommended U.S. Real Estate Lawyer for DC Transactions and Finance, 2007– 2009
Martindale-Hubbell AV 5.0 Preeminent Peer Review Rating (highest possible rating) since 1998
Co-Chair (elected) and Financial Officer, D.C. Bar Real Estate Section and Steering Committee Member 1992-1997
Avvo 10.0 Rating (highest possible rating)
Appointee – D.C. Bar Board of Elections, 1996 – 1998
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1984
Cornell University’s S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Business Management, 1979
Yale University, B.A. 1979
Professional Activities
Co-Chair and Financial Officer – D.C. Bar Real Estate Section , 1992 – 1997
Frequent D.C. Bar Continuing Legal Education Faculty Panelist – Commercial Leasing and Development
Member – Board of Directors, National Foundation for Cancer Research, 2009 – present
Member and Past President – Board of Directors, Yale Club of Washington, D.C., 2009 – 2016 (President 2011 – 2015; Treasurer – 2016)
Member, Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Corporate Counsel Association
Former Member, Association of Corporate Counsel, 2012 – 2015
Bar Admissions
Maryland District of Columbia Virginia Pennsylvania
Professional Affiliations
Maryland State Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar
Virginia State Bar Association
Commercial Real Estate Practice Areas
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