LAURA D. CORAN

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San Jose, California 95123

Telephone: 415-***-****

Email: ab7loo@r.postjobfree.com

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Accomplished real estate transaction attorney with over eleven years of experience drafting and negotiating

real estate agreements, with a focus on retail and office leases, and resolving real property legal issues.

Ability to apply real estate legal knowledge to corporation’s day-to-day real estate matters. Possess solid

knowledge of real estate business and property issues through experience as a Property Manager and Leasing

Manager. Fluent in Spanish language.

EXPERIENCE:

Assistant General Counsel, Bank of America, National Association, San Francisco, CA

November 2007 to Present

Initially hired as full-time contract attorney. Subsequently promoted to direct employee

Successfully manage all day-to-day legal real estate matters for commercial properties owned and leased

by Bank of America and Merrill Lynch in Northern and Central California, consisting of more than 800

office, retail, and ATM sites (one of Bank’s most active and high-profile portfolios)

Draft variety of real estate agreements, including retail, ATM, ground, and office leases and lease

amendments, subleases, purchase and sale agreements, SNDAs, access, easement and license agreements,

early lease termination and settlement agreements

Work with transaction, portfolio, project and property teams and facilities partners/brokers and within

organization (insurance, risk, tax, regulatory, and lease administration) to resolve range of property

questions and issues, including condemnations, OPEX disputes, real estate litigation, requests for

easements and access, and issues relating to maintenance and surrender

Assign projects to and supervise outside counsel

Supervise work of paralegal

Notable projects include: sale/lease-back of $90 million data center in San Francisco; analysis, resolution

and documentation of OPEX dispute, resulting in payment to Bank of over $1.3 million; and negotiation

and documentation of surrender agreement resulting in cost savings to Bank of $5 million+. Recognized

for outstanding contributions on a number of projects and regarded as one of top team members

Leasing Manager, March Development Company, Los Gatos, CA

June 2005 to October 2007

Negotiated and documented new leases and lease renewals for retail and industrial portfolio of 1 million+

square feet. Achieved over 90% tenant retention. Assessed and resolved lease and property management

issues, including interfacing with contractors, vendors and tenants on construction, property maintenance and

surrender issues. Spearheaded property ownership conversions from general partnerships to limited liability

companies.

Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto CA and Hopkins & Carley, San Jose, CA

Associate Attorney - October 1985 to October 1987 (Hopkins & Carley) and October 1987 to October

1991 (Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati)

Reviewed, drafted and negotiated real property contracts, including purchase and sale and loan

documentation. Strong emphasis on drafting and negotiation of leases for high-technology tenant clients.

Represented both landlord and tenant clients. Represented developer in successful lease-up of entire R&D

campus in Fremont, CA

Advised corporate attorneys on real estate issues associated with corporate transactions, including real

property “due diligence” issues.

Successfully challenged “change of ownership” determination by Santa Clara County Assessor, resulting

in client refund of $2+ million

Trammell Crow Company, Santa Clara, CA and San Jose, CA

Receptionist & Assistant Property Manager - September 1980 to August 1982

Worked as receptionist/administrator during college. Promoted to full-time position as Assistant Property

Manager for Gateway Project in San Jose, CA for one year between last year of college and first year of law

school. Interfaced with tenants and contractors on property and construction issues.

Between October 1993 and June 2005, successfully ran solo practice as immi gration attorney representing

high-technology companies and their employees in procuring temporary and permanent visas for engineering

and scientific personnel. Developed successful practice drawn exclusively from existing clients and

professional referrals, without any outside advertising

EDUCATION:

J.D., University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1985

B.S., Political Science, Santa Clara University, 1981 (cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) (One year studies abroad

program in Madrid, Spain where studies undertaken exclusively in Spanish)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Member, State Bar of California. Past Member, Barrister’s Board, Santa Clara County Bar Association.

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