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Attorney Profile Of Linda Walters
EXPERIENCE
SAGE REALTY LLC
and
LAW OFFICES OF LINDA WALTERS
8/03 to present
Owner of residential real estate brokerage company
providing real estate services to home
buyers as a PA-licensed REALTOR®, EPro, and
Accredited Buyer’s Representative. Also maintains sole
practice law firm, limited to real estate matters,
particularly For Sale by Owner transactions.
DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH
4/00 to 7/03
Real Estate associate, providing
legal advice to major corporations in commercial and
retail leasing (both major landlords and NYSE tenants);
construction; acquisition and disposition; zoning,
subdivision; land use and secured lending matters.
TACTIX REAL ESTATE ADVISORS, INC.
6/98 to 4/00
Provided tenant representation
commercial brokerage services to regional corporations
and law firms, including financial analysis, negotiation
of leases and requests for proposals. Licensed in PA
and NJ.
ASSIGNED COUNSEL INCORPORATED
6/96 to 5/98, Managing Attorney, Delaware Valley region
· Responsible for temporary attorney staffing sales and
service to area corporations and law firms.
· Increased
sales by 112% in 1997 and increased by a factor of 3.6
the number of attorneys working.
ECOGEN, INC.,
2/95 to 5/96 (Contract basis)
Assisted sole general counsel of publicly traded biotech
company with sales and distribution agreements, leasing
and construction matters, corporate governance,
international matters, private placements and securities
filings.
PNC
BANK, Wilmington, DE
12/93 to 1/95 (Contract basis)
Responsible for legal support of real estate lending
group, including general advice, preparation and
negotiation of all commitment letters and loan
documentation, and review of title and related closing
documents.
DECHERT PRICE & RHOADS, Philadelphia, PA
6/83 - 8/83, Summer Associate
9/84 - 7/91, Real Estate Associate
· Associate
in charge of negotiating real estate aspects of many of
the office's largest real estate leveraged buyout
transactions, supervising junior associates and
paralegals; coordinating all due diligence activities
for up to 300 properties in numerous states; advising as
to the structure of the transactions; supervising
preparation of all transfer and loan documentation;
coordinating local counsel in all states and negotiating
legal opinions.
· Associate
responsible for all major sale/leaseback transactions,
working closely with lessee's financial and operations
executives, investment bankers, tax specialists and
accountants.
· Developed
standard forms for national insurance company lender;
able to work cost effectively on loans of all amounts as
borrower's or lender's counsel; familiar with basic
workout techniques for troubled loans.
· Developed
standard lease form for two center city office buildings
and handled all negotiations for owner; regularly
represented shopping center tenants.
NATIONAL LIBERTY CORPORATION, Frazer, PA
3/79-8/81, Legal Assistant to General Counsel
RAWLE & HENDERSON, Philadelphia, PA
7/77-2/79, Litigation Paralegal
SHULMAN TRANSPORT ENTERPRISES, INC., Cherry Hill, NJ
9/76-6/77, Corporate Paralegal
EDUCATION
THE
LAW SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA,
Philadelphia, PA
J.D., May 1984 (graduated in top third of class)
THE
INSTITUTE FOR PARALEGAL TRAINING, Philadelphia, PA
General Practice, September 1976
DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, NC
B.A., May 1976,
magna cum laude
MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES
Member of Delaware County Bar Association; Policy
Committee member of Radnor Conservancy; Board member,
Surrey Senior Services; former Program Chair of
Philadelphia Bar Association's Committee on Women in the
Profession and of Bar Association’s Geography Task Force
REFERENCES
available upon request
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