Experience

• Part of a team that represented a real estate investor and developer in the $802 million sale of two lakefront blocks in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. The sale price for the 635,000-square-foot property set a per-square-foot record for a Seattle office asset as of February 2022.
• Representation of Sea Mar Community Health Centers in the acquisition and financing of a newly constructed four-story apartment building in Seattle that will be used to provide 39 units of affordable housing.
• Drafted a variety of agreements for real estate or business transactions, including purchase and sale agreements, financing agreements, leases and easements for commercial property, corporate governance agreements, non-disclosure agreements, professional service agreements, security agreements, and licenses.
• Conducted legal research and analysis for a variety of real estate and corporate issues and performed title review and due diligence investigations.

Honors & Activities

Professional Honors & Activities

• Member, NAIOP, 2022–present
• Member, The National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
• Member, Washington Woman Lawyers, 2021–present
• Member, Loren Miller Bar Association, 2017–present
• Member, Asian Bar Association of Washington, 2016–present
• Member, King County Bar Association, 2016–present

Civic Activities

• Board of Directors, Palmer Scholars, 2018–present
• Mentor, Palmer Scholars, 2019–present
• Board of Directors, Washington Woman Lawyers, 2021–2022

Insights & Presentations

• “Landlords Can Enforce ‘Holdover’ Tenancy When Business Premises Are Left in a Dilapidated State” (co-author), Daily Journal of Commerce, October 6, 2022
• “Lack of a Registration Bond Leads to Dismissal of a Lawsuit,” WSBA Construction Law Newsletter, Spring 2021
• “Arbitration Clause May Allow an Arbitrator to Decide Arbitrability of a Dispute,” WSBA Construction Law Newsletter, Spring 2021

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