Ann Clary Gordon

Of Counsel
Practice Groups
Real Estate
Admissions
Maryland
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Ann Clary Gordon | Shapiro Sher

Overview

Ann Clary Gordon is Of Counsel to the Firm and concentrated in all aspects of real estate law, with emphasis on commercial development, financing, and leasing. Ms. Gordon has been with the Firm since 1976.

Ms. Gordon’s commercial real estate practice emphasized the representation of real estate developers (including several of the region’s major developers) in acquisitions, development, financing, construction, leasing, and sales. She represented developers in a wide variety of transactions including innumerable build to suit lease negotiations with national tenants and major loan transactions including securitized financings with a variety of lenders and joint venture institutional, pension, and high income individual equity investors. Ms. Gordon served as local counsel to national real estate companies and lenders in connection with various multi-state transactions and represented owners wishing to subject their properties to conservation easements.



Credentials

Education

  • University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., with honors)
  • Wellesley College (B.A.)

Bar Admissions

  • Maryland
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Honors & Awards

  • Named in Best Lawyers in America® for Real Estate Law annually since 2012
  • Selected for inclusion in Maryland Super Lawyers annually since 2008

Affiliations

  • Member, Maryland State Bar Association
  • Member, Real Property, Planning and Zoning Section of the MSBA
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law of the ABA
  • Former member, Baltimore Advisory Board, Chicago Title Insurance Company
  • Former Trustee, University of Maryland Law School Fund
  • Officer, Baltimore Wellesley Club (1970-2009)
  • Trustee, Friends School of Baltimore (1988-1991)
  • Co Editor, “Residential Real Estate Transactions,” Maryland Institute for
  • Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, Inc. (MICPEL) first published in 1981 and regularly supplemented
  • Lecturer on commercial leasing and other considerations in real estate transactions, including the Graduate Real Estate Program of The Johns Hopkins University and MICPEL
  • Provided pro bono legal services to The Women’s Housing Coalition, among others

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Practice Groups

Real Estate