Attorney Deborah Best, Jameson Babbitt Stites & Lombard, PLLC, Seattle, Washington

Deborah L. Best
Seattle, Washington

Member
phone	(206) 516-3219
fax	(206) 292-1995
email	Email Me

Deborah has been with JBSL since 1995. Her practice emphasizes representation of lenders who originate loans under the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac multifamily housing loan programs. She has extensive experience with the due diligence, documentation and closing of these loans. She also represents borrowers, real estate developers, landlords and tenants in transactions involving the acquisition, financing, development, leasing, and sale of commercial property,

Areas of Practice:: Real Estate; Business Law

Bar Admissions:: Washington, 1994; U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, 2001

Education:: University of Puget Sound School of Law, Tacoma, Washington, 1994
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1991
B.A.
Major: History

Representative Clients:: Lenders; Commercial Landlords; Commercial Property Owners

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Seattle-King County Bar Association; Member; Washington State Bar Association; Member; Washington State Bar Association, Real Property Section, 2000 - Present; Member; Washington State Bar Association, Probate & Trust Section, 2000 - Present; Member; Commercial Real Estate Women-Seattle; Member; Cornell Alumni Recruitment Committee; Member; Seattle-King County Bar Association, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section; Member

Past Employment Positions:: Kitsap County Superior Court, Judge Leonard W. Costello, Judge Karlynn Haberly, Judge Jay B. Roof and Commissioner Thurman W. Lowans, Law Clerk, 1994 - 1995; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Office of General Counsel, Law Clerk, 1992 - 1994

Birth Information:: 1969, Bremerton, Washington