DAVID C. KELLY

Practice Emphasis
Bankruptcy
Business Planning Law
Commercial Finance
Consumer Finance Regulatory Issues
Debtor / Creditor
Dispute Resolution
Estate Planning
Real Estate

David has been practicing law in the Northwest for over 20 years. His practice focuses on representing banks and other lending institutions, real estate owners and developers, and a wide variety of businesses. He advises clients on commercial finance matters, secured transactions, debtor-creditor issues, real estate leases, property development and financing, and corporate matters such as entity formation and mergers and acquisitions. Over the past few years David has served as lead counsel in creating an asset securitization trust structure to assist medium sized companies to securitize their financial assets.

Education
J.D., Wake Forest University, cum laude, 1983
Wake Forest Law Review
B.A., St. Andrews Presbyterian College, 1974

Bar/Court Admissions
Admitted to Washington Bar, 1983

Professional & Civic Involvement
Washington State Bar Association
Business, Creditor-Debtor and Real Estate Sections
King County Bar Association
Business Section, Commercial Financial Services Committee
Eastside Legal Assistance Program, 1987 to present
Eastside Legal Assistance Program Volunteer of the Year, 1999

Representative Experience

• Counsel to issuer in creating structure for securitization of automobile leases
• Lead counsel for issuer in over 25 automobile lease securitizations valued at more than $750 million
• Counsel for major automobile manufacturer in Chapter 11 bankruptcies involving automobile dealers
• Counsel to national lender for over 100 real estate loans ranging in value from $500,000 to $25 million
• Counsel to bank with respect to the acquisition of over $100 million of automobile lease receivables
• Counsel for numerous national lenders for troubled loan workouts throughout the Northwest including Alaska, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Washington
• Counsel to numerous national lenders for consumer and commercial loan defaults
• Counsel to numerous landlords
• Counsel to numerous real estate developers
• Counsel to numerous national banks, including lead counsel for structuring loan participations on individual loans in excess of $100 million Counsel to numerous business owners on mergers and acquisition matters