Katharine E. Allen

Katharine Allen is an associate in the Real Estate, Environmental and Land Use and Natural Resources Practice Group in the firm's San Francisco Office.

Areas of Practice

Ms. Allen’s practice focuses on sophisticated commercial real estate transactions. She has experience with a variety of commercial real estate dealings, including purchase and sales agreements, lease agreements and amendments, real estate financing, construction contracts, easement issues, licenses, and related matters. Ms. Allen has worked with many types of properties, including retail shopping centers, office buildings, industrial facilities and warehouses, and hotel and resort properties.

Education

• J.D., University of California, Davis, School of Law, 2006, Senior Articles Editor, U.C. Davis Law Review, Witkin Awards for Academic Excellence in the subjects of Torts and Bioethics
• B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2003, Honors

Clerkships

• Extern for the Honorable Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Admissions

• California

Memberships

• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, San Francisco Bar Association

Articles

• When Good Leases Go Bad: Workout Strategies for Landlords and Tenants, May 1, 2009
• Real Estate-Secured Loan Workouts: The Borrower’s View, Journal of Bankruptcy Law, April 1, 2009
• Subleasing Concerns, The Marin Lawyer, March 2009
• When Good Leases Go Bad: Workout Strategies For Landlords and Tenants, The Marin Lawyer, March 2009
• Purchase and Sale of Distressed Real Estate-Secured Loans, February 2009
• Subleasing Concerns, February 2009
• When Good Leases Go Bad: Workout Strategies for Landlords and Tenants, February 2009

Real Estate & Construction Law Blog Articles

• "EPA's New Source Performance Standard Does Not Apply to Discharges of Mining Slurry Regulated Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act", July 8, 2009
• "Checklist Approval Of Design Plan Conforming To Guidelines Established Under Specific Plan Constitutes A Ministerial Act Under CEQA", July 8, 2009
• "County Outside Counsel Work Product Not Part of CEQA Record Even If Disclosed To Real Party In Interest", June 19, 2009
• "Bureau of Reclamation Decision to Withhold Water, As Required by Federal Law, Did Not Breach 1983 State Water Contracts Nor Did it Constitute a Taking of a Vested Property Right", March 26, 2007
• "Physical Recordation Of A LIS Pendens With The Recorder's Office Does Not Provide Constructive Notice Of The Claim Until the LIS Pendens Is Propely Indexed By The Recorder", March 6, 2007
• "Exculpatory Clauses In a Purchase Agreement Do Not Bar Claims By Buyers of Real Property Alleging That the Seller's Brokers made Intentional Misrepresentations About the Property", February 3, 2007