Michael A. Barrett

Mike Barrett, a partner in the firm's Real Estate & Land Use practice, has more than 25 years of experience in the areas of real estate acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, joint ventures and investments, real estate aspects of mergers and acquisitions, real estate finance, and workouts. His clients have included entrepreneurs, investors, pension funds, commercial banks, investment banks, private funds, corporate owners of real estate, non-profits and governmental agencies. He has represented these clients in the development, purchase, sale and financing of raw land, office buildings, shopping centers, hotels, golf courses, resorts, marinas, bank branches, aviation-related properties, government facilities and portfolios of properties. His financing work has included the representation of lenders and borrowers in acquisition, development, construction and term financing, as well as unsecured corporate credits and synthetic leases. He regularly represents landlords and tenants in office, industrial and retail leasing.

During times of weakness in the real estate industry, Mike has handled workouts and bankruptcies involving hotels, office buildings, shopping centers, mixed-use projects and residential developments. He has worked on properties from the Pacific Northwest to Florida, New England to Southern California. His projects have ranged in size from tens to hundreds of millions of dollars.

Professional Recognition

• Named the Best Lawyers’ 2012 Seattle Real Estate Law Lawyer of the Year
• Ranked by Chambers USA, as “America’s Leading Real Estate Lawyers," 2004 - 2012
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law, 2001 - present 
• Listed in Washington Law & Politics, “Washington Super Lawyers," 2002 - 2012
• Listed in the Madison Who’s Who
• Listed in Seattle Magazine, “Seattle’s Best Lawyers," 2006
• Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell
  

  (AV®, BV® and CV® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.)

Professional Leadership

• American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Member, 2005 - present; Orientation and Integration Committee, Member, 2011 - present; Selection Committee, Member, 2008 - 2012
• Washington State Bar Association, Real Property, Probate & Trust Section, Chair, 2012 - 2013; Chair-Elect and Treasurer, 2011 - 2012; Director, Real Property Council, 2009 - 2011; Executive Committee Member, 2004 - 2006, Newsletter Editor, 2003 
• Pacific Real Estate Institute, Member
• Seattle Rotary Club, Board of Directors, 2003 - 2005; Youth & Schools Committee, Chairman, 2001 - 2003
• The Alliance for Education, Board of Directors, 2001 - 2006
• Richard Hugo House, Board of Directors, 2002 - 2005

Related Employment

• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, Associate, 1984 - 1989; Washington, D.C., Partner, 1989 - 1997
• Foster, Pepper & Shefelman PLLC, Seattle, WA, Associate, 1981 - 1984

Clerkships

• Hon. Levin H. Campbell, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1980 - 1981