Colin Uckert focuses his practice on commercial real estate transactions with a particular emphasis in representing lenders and servicers in connection with real estate secured loans, including workouts and foreclosures. He has extensive experience documenting and closing commercial and multifamily mortgage loans throughout the country and advising clients regarding the origination, sale and servicing of mortgage loans (including pools of loans) involving commercial mortgage-backed securities, traditional financing sources, mezzanine debt and the use of low income housing tax credits and new markets tax credits. He also represents developers and owners of commercial and residential real estate in acquisition, development, construction and disposition matters.

Mr. Uckert is a frequent lecturer on advanced real estate practice issues, such as financing techniques, mortgage and deed of trust enforcement actions and loan workouts and restructures, including several Virginia continuing legal education seminars for the National Business Institute. Mr. Uckert is a contributing author to the practitioner's reference book, "Real Estate Practice in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia" and is a former member of the editorial/review board of the DC Bar Practice Manual.

  

Education
 
J.D., College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, 1986
B.A., With Distinction, American University, 1983

Bar & Court Admissions
 
Maryland, 1993
District of Columbia, 1988
Virginia, 1986

Memberships
 
Arlington Little League, Board of Directors
Clarendon Alliance
Virginia Bar Association
Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: Real Estate Games Steve Laubel Volunteer Award Winner, 2003; Member National Capital Chapter Board of Directors
Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.
Urban Land Institute
Virginia State Bar Association
Virginia Land Title Association

Publications
 

Financing Initiatives Through NAHASDA, REAL ESTATE FINANCE JOURNAL, Winter, 2006

Developer Strategies to Limit Warranty Claims, REAL ESTATE FINANCE MAGAZINE, February, 2006

A Primer on New Markets Tax Credits, REAL ESTATE FINANCE JOURNAL, Spring, 2005

The Continuing Evolution of Single Member LLCs, REAL ESTATE FINANCE JOURNAL, Summer, 2004

Select Federal Statutes, Regulations, Organizations and Practices Affecting Real Estate Transactions, REAL ESTATE FINANCE JOURNAL, Winter, 2003

CMBS Servicing in a Correcting Market, COMMERCIAL LENDER MAGAZINE, March, 2002

In This Slump, a New Force in Real Estate is Key Player, THE WASHINGTON BUSINESS JOURNAL, March 8, 2002

Real Estate Finance Through the CMBS Market, THE FEE SIMPLE, VIRGINIA STATE BAR REAL PROPERTY SECTION NEWSLETTER, 2000

Internet Sites for Real Estate and Bankruptcy Laywers: Real Estate Practice in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PRACTITIONERS' REFERENCE BOOK, Paul Pearlstein, Editor, 2000

On Ethics and Professionalism, THE FEE SIMPLE, VIRGINIA STATE BAR REAL PROPERTY SECTION NEWSLETTER, 1999

The Impact of Federal Statutes, Regulations and Practices on Real Estate Transactions, THE FEE SIMPLE, VIRGINIA STATE BAR REAL PROPERTY SECTION NEWSLETTER, 1998

Ethics and Professionalism: Real Estate Practice in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PRACTITIONERS' REFERENCE BOOK, Paul Pearlstein, Editor, 1999 and 2000

Financing Real Estate: Real Estate Practice in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PRACTITIONERS' REFERENCE BOOK, Paul Pearlstein, Editor, 1998, 2000 and 2002
 
 
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