Education
Boston University School of Law
- J.D., cum laude, 1987
- Editor and Staff Member, Boston University Law Review
Cambridge University
- International Law Program, 1985
University of Southern California
- B.A., cum laude, 1984
- English Literature and Political Science major
Bar and Court Admissions
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1987
- District of Columbia, 1987
Practice Focus
Ms. Ellis is Counsel to the firm and a member of the firm’s Real Estate Department. She is responsible for all aspects of commercial real estate transactions including:
- representing lenders and developers in construction, permanent and secondary financing
- drafting and negotiating commercial leases and purchase and sale agreements
- reviewing intricate title matters and certifying titles
- negotiating loan restructures and conducting mortgage foreclosures
- researching and analyzing zoning issues
Notable Experience
Outside counsel to major telecommunications company in the leasing, acquisition and disposition of its real estate portfolio throughout New England and in the negotiation and documentation of its utility easements.
Represent developer of residential complexes in the acquisition, financing and disposition of single and multifamily rental and condominium properties.
Represent a national shopping center developer in connection with the acquisition and redevelopment of regional shopping malls in the greater Boston area.
Outside counsel to international insurance company in financing transactions secured by properties throughout Massachusetts.
Background
Joined the Firm in 1987
Cadwalder, Wickersham & Taft, 1986
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- The Real Estate Bar Association (“REBA”)
- New England Women In Real Estate (“NEWIRE”)
- Volunteer Lawyers Project, Lawyer for the Day, Boston Housing Court
- Ms. Ellis' has raised over $20,000 for the Dana Farber-Jimmy Fund as a rider in the Pan-Mass Challenge.