Northwest Real Estate Law Blog : Northwest Real Estate Lawyer & Attorney : Davis Wright Tremaine Law Firm : Land Use, Development, Commercial Property : Seattle, Portland, Alaska, Washington, Oregon

Linda White Atkins, Of Counsel, Bellevue, WA

Linda White Atkins focuses her practice on commercial real estate transactions, real property development, and water resources management. Her work involves buying, selling and leasing commercial and investment property, securing land use and development permits and entitlements, and acquiring and managing water rights. Linda has particular expertise in site acquisition and development permitting for telecommunications providers.
 

Greg Chaimov, Of Counsel, Portland, OR

Greg Chaimov represents clients before government officials and bodies, including state and federal courts and agencies. His extensive experience includes issues faced by businesses in the fields of lending, health care, intellectual property, natural resources and real estate. Greg focuses on matters involving administrative rules, ballot initiatives, constitutional law, elections, and state and local government rights and obligations.
 
 

Lloyd Chee, Associate, Seattle, WA

Lloyd Chee concentrates his practice on commercial real estate transactions, with an emphasis on sustainable practices within the commercial real estate industry. Lloyd has been designated as a LEED Accredited Professional by the U. S. Green Building Council (USGBC). As a LEED AP, Lloyd advises clients on all aspects of sustainable real estate, including LEED certification of new and existing commercial real estate projects, green leasing and sustainable maintenance and operation of commercial properties. On behalf of tenants and landlords, he has negotiated leases that total more than one million square feet of office, industrial and retail space. He has also assisted clients with the acquisition of real estate valued at more than $500 million.
 

Marco de Sa e Silva, Partner, Seattle, WA

Marco de Sa e Silva focuses on real estate transactions and land use planning. He handles condominium conversions, large purchases and sales, and commercial and residential development projects. He helps clients resolve ownership and use issues and create easements, covenants, leases and licenses. Marco’s land use planning background includes frequent representation before government agencies and extensive work in acquisition and finance due diligence, development agreements and permitting. He has represented clients in land use hearings before state and municipal agencies throughout the Northwest.
 

Clayton Graham, Associate, Seattle, WA

Clayton Graham focuses on the areas of land use planning and real estate transactions. Clayton advises clients on permitting and land use issues issues under state and local regulations, including local zoning codes, historic preservation laws, the Shoreline Management Act, the Growth Management Act, and the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), and represents clients in administrative and judicial appeals of land use decisions. He performs due diligence in connection with real estate acquisition and finance, and creates covenants, easements, and licenses.
 

Gene Grant, Partner, Portland, OR

Eugene Grant, co-chair of the real estate and land use practice, is experienced in all aspects of real estate transactions and land use entitlement work on all types and sizes of property including residential, industrial, office, retail and municipal. Having served six years as planning commission chair and eight years as mayor of Happy Valley, Oregon, he has a unique appreciation and understanding of the public sector.
 

Jim Greenfield, Partner, Seattle, WA

Jim Greenfield primarily assists clients with large, complex public infrastructure projects. He helps public, private and nonprofit clients with real estate and development transactions; land transactions with or on behalf of public agencies by negotiation or eminent domain; and public relocation assistance for businesses and residences, including land use matters and administrative proceedings. He also has substantial experience in resource land conservation, historic preservation and landmark designation, telecommunications, municipal law, government relations, and sports law. Jim's client roster includes public agencies, private companies, property owners and corporations.
 

Jayanne Hino, Partner, Seattle, WA

Jayanne Hino focuses on the purchase, sale, financing and leasing of multifamily, office, industrial and mixed-use commercial real estate, and on related land-use and environmental issues. Her work includes negotiating leases for commercial office space as well as ground leases, and guiding clients through site evaluation and development. Jayanne regularly represents clients in secured financing transactions; she also serves on the firm's opinion letter committee.
 

Brian Hulse, Partner, Seattle, WA

Brian Hulse focuses his practice on real estate finance, commercial lending, finance and business transactions, loan workouts, and bankruptcy.






John Parnass, Partner, Seattle, WA

John Parnass practice focuses exclusively on construction law, and is split equally between disputes and transactions to provide clients unified counsel. He handles transactions and cases for clients ranging from regional transit agencies and sports franchises to general contractors and engineers. John negotiates and drafts all types of industry contracts, including preconstruction agreements, design service agreements, design/build agreements, GC/CM agreements, insurance coverage, trade contractor agreement (where owner acts as its own general contractor), and crane easement agreements. John has handled over 50 arbitrations and trials and has argued cases in the Washington State Supreme Court and all Washington Courts of Appeal. 
 

Coni Rathbone, Partner, Portland, OR

Coni Rathbone focuses on real estate, corporate and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, and general business transactions. She regularly helps clients in the purchase, development and sale of commercial property. Coni works on securities transactions including private placements, focusing on real estate securities. She does significant work in corporate and limited liability company formation. Coni has significant expertise in representing tenants-in-common (TIC) sponsors and investors. She also serves as general counsel for several Oregon corporations.