Alan Mark

Alan Mark

Principal, Paley Rothman
  • Bankruptcy, Business Law, Collections ...
  • District of Columbia, Maryland
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Alan Mark is a Co-Chair of the firm’s Real Estate and Chair of the Financial Services practice groups. He is also a senior member of the Corporate group. For more than 40 years, Alan 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. He 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. 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 is a member of the Maryland and District of Columbia bars. Between 1987 and 1998 he was an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law School and has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at American University’s Washington College of Law since 1992, where he has taught real estate finance and development. Alan serves on the Montgomery County Advisory Board of Branch Banking & Trust Company (BB&T - 2006-present) and formerly 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. Alan was selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America (2014-2017) for Real Estate Law.

Practice Areas
Bankruptcy
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Debt Relief
Business Law
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
Collections
Real Estate Law
Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
Additional Practice Areas
  • Science & Technology
  • Project Development
  • Financial Services
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
District of Columbia
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Maryland
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Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
Principal
Paley Rothman
Current
Education
The George Washington University Law School
LL.M. (1977) | Taxation
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American University Washington College of Law
J.D. (1973)
Honors: Cum Laude
Activities: Editor of The American University Law Review
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New York University
B.A. (1969)
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Awards
Best Lawyers in America (2014-2018)
Best Lawyers
“2004 Best Real Estate Deals” - Best Office Sale-Suburban
Washington Business Journal
Best Law Firms
U.S. News & Best Lawyers
- Tier 2 National Ranking for Real Estate - Tier 1 Metropolitan (D.C. area) Ranking for Real Estate
Professional Associations
Maryland State Bar
Member
Current
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Montgomery County Advisory Board of Branch Banking & Trust Company (BB&T
- Current
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Adjunct Professor of Law, American University’s Washington College of
Adjunct Professor of Law
- Current
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District of Columbia Bar
Member
- Current
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Websites & Blogs
Website
Paley Rothman
Contact & Map
Paley Rothman
4800 Hampden Lane
6th Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814
Telephone: (301) 656-7603
Fax: (301) 654-7354