Partner, Real Estate Department
Chair, Planned Real Estate Practice Group
Co-Chair, Distressed Real Estate Practice Group
Member, Community Association Practice Group
Member, Redevelopment Practice Group Practice Focus Ms. Li focuses her practice in condominium and planned real estate development law, including the conversion of rental properties to the condominium form of ownership, mixed-use developments, commercial and business condominiums, workouts of distressed communities, community association law, and the registration of planned real estate developments with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. She has experience in the acquisition and sale, financing and leasing of commercial and residential real estate. She represents developers, sponsors of the conversion of rental properties, community associations, and lending institutions. Professional Activities / Honors · Member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. · Member of the College of Community Association Lawyers. · Chair, Board of Consultors of the Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA), 2010-2011. · Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated AV®. · Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the Real Estate Law category. · Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the Real Estate category since 2007. · Selected for inclusion for Super Lawyers - New Jersey Edition in Real Estate since 2008; Super Lawyers - Corporate Counsel Edition since 2009; and one of New Jersey's Top 50 Women Lawyers, 2008 and 2011. · Listed in the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association's (NAPABA) Directory of Asian Pacific American Partners and Senior Attorneys in Major U.S. Law Firms. · Member of the Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey. · Certified Mediator by the New Jersey Chapter of the Community Associations Institute (CAI-NJ) in alternative dispute resolution. · Member of CAI-NJ's Legislative Action Committee. · Recognized as one of New Jersey's prominent real estate Lawyers by Real Estate New Jersey magazine, 2006. · Recognized in New Jersey Law Journal's annual report on leaders among women and minority lawyers in New Jersey, 2003. · Recipient of a Distinguished Service Award by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJ-ICLE), 2000. · Former elected member of the Board of Directors and vice president of CAI-NJ. · Former member of CAI-NJ's Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act Task Force, Education Committee and Editorial Committee. · Former member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Ad Hoc Committee on the Skills and Methods Course. · Former member of the Amicus Committee of the NJSBA. · Instructor of the New Jersey Real Estate Law and Practice component of the Skills and Methods Course administered by NJ-ICLE, 1988-2008. Publications / Articles / Presentations · Co-Author, New Jersey Condominium and Community Association Law (Smith, Estis & Li, Gann Law Books, 2012). · Author, Real Estate Closing Procedures, Practical Skills Series, NJ-ICLE, 1997-2010. · Author, "Common Interest Ownership in Commercial Real Estate" chapter of Commercial Real Estate Transactions in New Jersey, NJ-ICLE, 2003, 2006, 2009. · Author, "Weathering the Current Real Estate Market: Developers In Existing Residential Communities," 2008. · Author, "Homeowners Associations: The Regulation of Common Interest Communities," New Jersey Lawyer Magazine, 2006. · Author, "Towns Within Towns: Age-Restricted Communities," Special Supplement to New Jersey Lawyer, 2007. · Author, "Making Tenants Part of Your Community" Community Property Advisor, 2006. · Organizer and Moderator, "Community Association Law Summit," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2011. · Presenter, 2011 Annual Real Estate Conference, "Update on Condominium Issues and Transfers," NJ-ICLE, 2011. · Moderator/Presenter, "Distressed Real Estate: Defaults, Workouts and Opportunities," NJ-ICLE, 2010. · Moderator, 2010 Annual Real Estate Conference, NJ-ICLE, 2010. · Presenter, Commercial Real Estate Transactions: From Handshake to Closing Table (Part II) on "Common Interest Ownership", NJ-ICLE, 2009. · Presenter, "Distressed Condominiums and Planned Developments: Strategies for a Challenging 2009," Webinar, 2009. · Moderator/Presenter, 2009 Annual Real Estate Conference, "Challenges Facing Planned Real Estate Developments in Today's Economy," NJ-ICLE, 2009. · Moderator/Presenter, "Hot Topics in a Down Economy, Distressed Planned Real Estate Developments: Issues and Strategies," NJ-ICLE, 2008. · Presenter, "Condos & Planned Developments: Challenges in Today's Real Estate Market," NJ-ICLE, 2007. · Presenter, 2006 Annual Real Estate Conference, "Condominium Conversions," NJ-ICLE, 2006. · Presenter, "Legal Aspects of Condominium Development and Homeowners' Associations in New Jersey," Lorman Education Services, 2006. · Presenter, "Residential, Commercial and Mixed Use Developments: Opportunities in Today's Real Estate Market," 2006. · Presenter, "Breaking New Ground - Lessons in Real Estate Law from the Trenches," NAPABA, 2006. · Presenter, "How to Make Rain (That Stays Mainly on Your Plain)," NAPABA, 2007. · Presenter, "Disclosures in Residential Real Estate Transactions," Middlesex County Bar Association, 2001. · Presenter, "Condominiums, Co-Ops, and PUD's," New Jersey Land Title Institute for Continuing Education, 1998. · Presenter, "Resolving Recurrent Problems in Real Estate Transactions," NJ-ICLE, 1997. · Presenter, "Tenants in Planned Residential Communities: Representing Tenants, Landlords, and Community Associations in Dealing with Community Associations," NJ-ICLE, 1997. · Presenter, "The Greying of Condominium Law," NJ-ICLE, 1991. · Presenter, "Codes: Fines, Handicapped Access, Multiple Dwelling & Asbestos," NJ-CAI, 1991. · Presenter, "Handling Transfers of Interest in Condominiums and Cooperatives," NJ-ICLE, 1990. · Presenter, "Community Association Law: Emerging Opportunity for the 1990s," NJ-ICLE, 1989. |