Bernice is experienced in commercial real estate, specializing in the multifamily housing industry, including lender representation in Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and conduit lending programs. Her experience also includes regional and strip shopping center leasing, office leasing, construction and permanent lending, commercial real estate foreclosures, workouts and financings and the disposition of REO property by auction.
Representative Experience
Represent Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lenders closing pools of loans to various affiliates of Apartment Investment and Management Company (AIMCO).
Represented in the year-end closing of a pool of 14 loans secured by projects in 8 states; committed, documented and funded in a two-week time frame.
Represented in 3 Fannie Mae bond credit enhancement transactions totaling $66MM, financing affordable housing projects in Southern California.
Represented in closing a pool of 9 Maryland IDOT transactions.
Coordinated multiple lender/servicer approval and documentation on a 32-property, $241,000,000.00 joint venture transaction.
Publications
"Shopping Center Leases," Landlord/Tenant Law and Practice Handbook.
"Title Insurance," National Business Institute.
"Same Rules - New Applications: Ethical Obligations and Practice Technology," Probate and Property Magazine, March/April 1995.
Other Distinctions
Recognized in Law & Politics' Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition and as a Virginia Super Lawyer in Real Estate (2006-2011)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in Real Estate Law (2012)
Memberships
· Mortgage Bankers Association of America
· American College of Mortgage Attorneys
· Virginia Bar Association
· American Bar Association, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law