Overview

For more than 40 years, Alan Mark has concentrated on corporate, commercial and real estate finance matters. He has served as outside counsel to numerous local, regional and national financial institutions, publicly traded biotechnology companies and hotel owners and operators.

Alan has also served as outside counsel to information and telecommunication technology clients, government entities and individuals in connection with technology transfers, business acquisitions, project development and equity and debt financings.

Committed and focused on aligning outcomes, Alan takes a 360-degree view of his clients’ matters, making sure he understands the needs and wants of all participants.

Since 1996, Alan has overseen more than $1 billion of structured lease financing transactions for the acquisition and development of nearly 2 million square feet of biotechnology research and development facilities and cGMP pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities. In 2006, he was lead counsel for the seller/lessee in what is believed to have been one of the largest private real estate transactions in the State of Maryland, to that point in time.

Alan previously served as Co-chair of the Real Estate and Chair of the Financial Services practice groups at Paley Rothman. Between 1987 and 1998, he was an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law School and was an Adjunct Professor of Law at American University’s Washington College of Law between 1992 and 2017, where he taught real estate finance and development. Alan served on the Montgomery County Advisory Board of Branch Banking & Trust Company (BB&T now Truist Bank from 2006-2022) and on the Strategic Council of the Children’s Hospital National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. (2008-2013) and has been profiled in Who’s Who in America.

Outside of the office, Alan enjoys Arizona desert golf and spending time in Talbot County, Maryland.

Education

  • George Washington University Law Center (LL.M. in Taxation, 1977)
  • American University Washington College of Law (J.D., Cum Laude, 1973)
  • New York University (B.A., 1969)

Admissions

  • Maryland
  • District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
  • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

Honors and awards

  • Best Lawyers in America – Best Lawyers , Real Estate Law, Corporate Law, Litigation (2014-2023)
  • “2004 Best Real Estate Deals” – Best Office Sale-Suburban, Washington Business Journal
  • Ranked AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings

Community involvement

  • Strategic Council of the Children’s Hospital National Medical Center (2008-2013)

Professional memberships

  • Montgomery County Advisory Board of Branch Banking & Trust Company (BB&T now Truist Bank from 2006-2022)
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, American University’s Washington College of Law (1992-present)
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law School (1987-1998)

Practice Areas

Real Estate

Developers, commercial property owners, and investors turn to Lerch Early’s “dirt lawyers” when they need to buy, sell, lease, or develop commercial real estate in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. 

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