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Anne DeVoe Lawler 
Seattle, Washington
Managing Member
phone (206) 516-3204
fax (206) 292-1995
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Anne Lawler has been a transactional lawyer since 1981. She represents owners, landlords, developers, lenders and business owners in a wide variety of transactions involving real property. In that capacity, she has prepared purchase and sale agreements; exchange agreements; commercial, retail, office & industrial leases; condominiums (commercial, residential, mixed use & conversion); commercial loan documents; opinion letters; organizational documents for limited liability companies, corporations, partnerships and tenancies in common; easements; development agreements with municipalities; and other documents and matters that are necessary to the acquisition, development, ownership and/or operation of real property.

Ms. Lawler also advises clients on hazardous waste issues affecting real estate as well as on entitlement issues (i.e. zoning and land use).

Areas of Practice:
Commercial Real Estate Law
Hazardous Waste Law
Land Use Law
Business Law
Landlord and Tenant
Bar Admissions:
Washington, 1980
U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, 1980
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1981
U.S. Federal Courts, 1980
Education:
University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Washington, 1980
J.D.
Law Review: Washington Law Review, Managing Editor, 1979 - 1980


Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, 1975
B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude


Honors and Awards:
L & P Washington State Super Lawyer, 2003 - Present


Top 50 Washington Women's Super Lawyers, 2003 - 2005


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Seattle-King County Bar Association
Member


Washington State Bar Association
Member


American Bar Association
Member


Washington Center for Real Estate Research
Chair, Board of Trustees


Duke University Alumni Association, 2005 - Present
Board of Directors


Duke University Alumni Admissions Advisory Committee
Puget Sound Chair


National Board of Advisors, College of Business & Economics, Washington State University, 2004 - Present


CREW-Network, National President, 1995


CREW-Seattle, President, 1990 - 1991


CREW Foundation, Chair, Board of Trustees, 2006 - 2007


Past Employment Positions:
Ferguson & Burdell, 1981 - 1988


Ferguson & Burdell, Partner, 1988 - March 1, 1994


Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Hon. Eugene A. Wright, Law Clerk, 1980 - 1981


Fraternities/Sororities:
Kappa Alpha Theta
Birth Information:
October 15, 1953, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America