Areas of Practice
Commercial real estate purchases and sales (multifamily, industrial, office and mixed use properties)

Site evaluation and development

Commercial and retail leasing

Secured financing transactions

Mergers and acquisitions

Representative Experience
Represented buyers in $150 million acquisition and financing of three office/retail buildings in the Union Station complex in Seattle, involving complex land use, environmental, leasing and condominium issues

Handled real estate and financing issues for seller in $130 million sale of seafood division with real property in 10 locations across the U.S. and Canada

Negotiated purchases and sales for over $160 million of multifamily real estate projects, including coordinating due diligence and negotiating and closing FNMA and other acquisition or assumption financing

Advised landlords and tenants in lease negotiations for retail shopping centers and commercial office space across the country

Served as Washington local counsel for lenders and borrowers in financing and synthetic lease transactions, including negotiating loan documents and issuing opinion letters

Representative Clients
FSC Realty, LLC

Avocent Corporation

Canadian Hotel Income Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

Services Group of America, Inc.

Memberships and Activities
Commissioner, American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession (2003-present)

Board of Directors, United Way of King County (2001-2004); Chair of Community Building Committee (2001-2003)

Board of Directors, Leadership Tomorrow (1998-2004)

Tutor, Youth Tutoring Program at Yesler Terrace Housing Project (2002-present)

Education
J.D., University of Washington School of Law, 1983

Managing Editor, Washington Law Review

M.A., Seattle University (Executive Not-for-Profit Leadership Program)

B.A. in English Literature, with distinction and cum laude, Yale College, 1980