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  • California

Education

  • JD, University of Southern California, 1982
  • M.Ed., Smith, 1973
  • BA, Trinity University, 1970
    cum laude

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Attorney Bio |
Nancy T. Scull
Partner

Executive Committee Member
600 West Broadway
Suite 2600
San Diego, CA 92101
  • P: 619.699.2457
  • F: 619.645.5310
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Nancy Scull's focus is on the representation of commercial, industrial, retail and residential developers in all real property transactions. She advises lenders, borrowers, and guarantors on loan documentation, workout and loan enforcement issues. Ms. Scull has developed a special expertise in mixed use projects, condominium projects and Department of Real Estate regulatory matters. She represents numerous publicly held developers, urban high-rise and mixed use developers, and developers of master planned communities in developing and processing projects and implementing programs to minimize liability. Ms. Scull has worked with many master developers of major communities and urban town centers, advising them with the planning, development and long-term governance of their communities and the sale of parcels for merchant builders. She also represents national, commercial, industrial and retail developers with high-rise office, commercial and industrial projects and retail shopping centers throughout the state of California and has created governing documents for major retail centers in Northern and Southern California.

Recent Work / Representative Matters

Civita – selected to advise the master developer on the governance and structuring for the “Civita” master planned community in San Diego. Civita involves more than 4,000 residences and 900,000 square feet of retail, commercial, hospitality, civic and other uses.

L.A. Live – lead counsel in establishing the governance structure for The Hotel and Residences at L.A. Live, a high-rise story mixed-use building consisting of a J.W. Marriott, a Ritz Carlton, and 224 luxury residential condominiums located within the dynamic and evolving L.A. Live project in downtown Los Angeles.

Pacific Station – represented the developer of an infill mixed-use project consisting of a Whole Foods Market, restaurants, office condominiums and residential condominiums, all in a single building. Involved since the project’s inception, Ms. Scull created the associations, developed the sales documentation and processed the project through the DRE.

Vantage Pointe – lead counsel representing the lender in the workout and ultimate disposition of more than 650 condominiums in a single building mixed-use project in Southern California.

Broken and Distressed Properties - represented numerous lenders and purchasers of notes in connection with the acquisition and disposition of distressed condominium projects.

Memberships

Former chairperson - Downtown San Diego Partnership.

Executive Committee member - Downtown San Diego Partnership.

San Diego Center City Development Corporation - Educational Task Force.

Building Industry Association - Department of Real Estate Committee.

California Building Industry - Urban Council.

Committee for Downtown Education.

San Diego Building Industry Urban Council.

Department of Real Estate Committee - Condominium Conversion Taskforce Committee.

Former chairperson - California Building Industry Association - Department of Real Estate Committee.

Former chairperson - Department of Real Estate - Master Planned Communities Committee.

Recognition

  • Martindale-Hubbell® AV Rating.

    The Best Lawyers in America® - First Year Listed: 1995 - Most Recent Listing: 2012 (Real Estate Law).

    Selected as one of California's Top Women Attorneys for 2011 by the Daily Journal - Read Item.

    Super Lawyers: Corporate Counsel - Most Recent Listing: 2010 (Real Estate).

    Super Lawyers: Business Edition - 2011 (Real Estate).

    San Diego Super Lawyers - Most Recent Listing: 2011 (Real Estate).

    Top 50 San Diego Super Lawyers - Most Recent Listing: 2009.

    Top 25 Women San Diego Super Lawyers - Most Recent Listing: 2009.

    Selected as one of the 500 lawyers in America as "New Stars" for 2006 by Lawdragon.

    Selected as one of the "Top San Diego County Attorneys" for 2005-2010 by The Daily Transcript.

    Selected as one of the "Women of Influence" for 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009 by Real Estate Southern California.