Elizabeth A. Clark

  • Experience

    Ms. Clark is a partner and chair of the Real Estate Practice Group. She brings her extensive experience in real estate, land use, banking and commercial transactions for clients ranging from owners of shopping centers, subdivisions, industrial and office projects, residential condominiums and golf clubs, to international banking institutions and hotels. She advises investors, developers and owners on all aspects of their commercial and residential real estate portfolios, including acquisitions, financing, development, construction, leasing, and dispositions. She has served as lender counsel for loans to public utilities, port authorities, universities and shopping centers, as well as for foreclosure actions and workouts. For example, Ms. Clark's clients have included the owners of Kaiser Center, an office and retail complex in Oakland, and Mission Place/The Beacon, a retail and residential condominium project in San Francisco.

    Ms. Clark has received commendations for her volunteer work establishing and serving as supervising attorney for the Low Income Eviction Project for Landlords. The Project was featured in Ms. Clark's Entrepreneur Profile in the East Bay Business Times.

    Prior to relocating to California, Ms. Clark represented a wide array of international clients while partner and chair of the Real Estate and Banking Practice Group at the U.S. Virgin Islands law firm Dudley, Clark & Chan. While there, she was president of the Virgin Islands Bar Association; and served as a faculty member at the University of the Virgin Islands, where she taught real property law and legal research.

    Before deciding to pursue a law career, Ms. Clark served for ten years as chief of staff for the New York City offices of New York State Senator Franz S. Leichter.

  • Education

    J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 1985
    B.A., Hunter College of the City University of New York, Political Science, 1972

  • Admissions

    State Bar of California
    New York State Bar
    U.S. Virgin Islands Bar

  • Affiliations

    Alameda County Superior Court Committee on Elder Access to the Courts, Member, 2003 - Present

    Alameda County Volunteer Legal Services Corporation, Board of Directors, 2007 - Present

    Volunteer Supervising Attorney, Low Income Eviction Project for Landlords, 2002 - Present

    American Bar Association Diversity Committee of the State and Local Government Section, Co-Chair, 2008 - Present, Member, 2006 - Present

    Housing and Economic Rights Advocates, Board of Directors, 2006 - Present

    U.S. Virgin Islands Bar Association, President, 1994, Board of Governors, 1993 - 1997

    YMCA of the East Bay, Board of Directors, 2007 - Present

  • Speaking & Teaching Experience

    Seminar, "Landlord Strategies for Tenant Lease Workouts," Speaker, May 2009

    Legal Assistance for Seniors Conference on Elder Abuse
    Speaker, May 2005

    Alameda County Superior Court Symposium on Court Access for Elders
    Speaker, March 2003

    Oakland Housing Authority Seminars for Section 8 Landlords
    Speaker, 2002 - 2003

    University of the U.S. Virgin Islands
    Faculty Member, Real Property Law and Legal Research, 1990 - 1992

     

  • Honors & Awards

    Alameda County Bar Association
    Individual Distinguished Service Award, 2006

    Alameda County Volunteer Legal Services Corporation
    Mentor of the Year, 2006
    Volunteer of the Year, 2004

    East Bay Business Times
    Entrepreneur Profile, 2005

    State Bar of California
    President's Pro Bono Service Award Nominee, 2004, 2005 and 2006

     

Contact Information

Elizabeth A. Clark Partner eclark@fablaw.com

  • Phone: (510) 451-3300
  • Fax: (510) 451-1527
  • Office: 1221 Broadway
    21st Floor
    Oakland, CA 94612
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