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Kathryn J. Carlisle-Kesling

Of Counsel

222 South Main Street, Suite 2200, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
P 801.799.5739 F 801.618.4090
OVERVIEW

Kate brings over two decades of industry experience to assist developers, builders, lenders, and title companies with real estate and construction transactions, projects, and workouts.

Kate has extensive experience guiding clients at every stage of the project development lifecycle–from planning to due diligence and title to acquisition and through lease out, management, and operation. Kate has led transactions involving a wide range of development projects including commercial, industrial, retail centers, office buildings, hotels and resorts, restaurants, senior living centers, multifamily apartments, condominiums, oil and gas projects, and subdivisions. She draws on experience with dispute resolution, bringing persuasive communication and negotiation skills to help clients navigate thorny issues that arise in transactions.

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CLIENT RESULTS

Client Results

  • Before joining Holland & Hart, some of the matters Kate worked on include:

    • 20 year-representation of one of Ohio’s largest independently owned title agents, involved in title/escrow issues/reviews/closings, claim resolution, preparation of conveyance documents. Co-authored “Best Practice” policies (including security and IT/cyber policies) and assisted client to become one of the first ALTA Best Practice certified agents (by a third-party auditor), in Ohio.

    • Lead counsel for a major financial institution in the review of hundreds of leases, licenses, easements, service agreements, and right of way agreements for bank branches and ATM locations. 

    • Local counsel for a fully integrated real estate development, construction, property management, and capital company located in Utah. 

    • Lead counsel for a major hotel acquisition and franchise in Cleveland, Ohio. 

    • Lead counsel for one of Ohio’s largest gas and oil operations, as land owner, including leases, pipeline agreements, and access agreements. 

    • Lead counsel in Johnson v. New Direction IRA FBO King C. Lam, 2018-Ohio-4608, 2018 Ohio App. LEXIS 4920, successful oral argument and appeal in Cuyahoga County, Eighth Appellate District Court, involving a purported termination of easement appurtenant, bona fide purchaser statute, and forfeiture deeds.

    • Lead counsel for land developer in sale of a subdivision and preparation of covenants, conditions and restrictions. 

PRACTICES

Practices

Real Estate Development and Finance
Commercial Leasing
Residential and Community Development
Zoning and Land Use
Distressed Assets
NEWS AND INSIGHTS

News

Publications

"Utah's Continued Momentum in Residential and Commercial Real Estate," The Enterprise: Utah's Business Journal, 10/12/2020
"Revised Ohio Title Standards," co-author, Ohio State Bar Association, Real Property Section, 2010-2019
"History of Recording and Ohio Standards of Title Examination: A Multi-Year Project," Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Real Estate Section Newsletter, Fall 2017
"A Break in the Chain of Title: Curing Defective Titles," Properties Magazine, February 2017
"Complaints Against the Valuation of Real Property Moving into 2017 - Delivering Value to Your Customers," Title Topics, Ohio Land Title Association Newsletter, 2017

Speaking Engagements

"Beware of the Boilerplate," Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association's 41st Annual Real Estate Law Institute, November 2019
"Investing in Real Estate, Using Self-Directed IRA's," Draper Library and Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, August 2019 and June 2019
"The Crossroad Between Real Estate and Estate Planning: Disability and Estate Planning Institute for Peace of Mind," Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Utah, March 2019
"Purchase Agreements: The Title Condition, the Conveyance, and the Solar Addendum," Wasatch Transactional Attorney Group, February 2019
"At the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - Mixed Use Leasing, New Urbanism from the Tenant Perspective: Residential and Office," Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association's 39th Annual Real Estate Institute, November 2017
"Lender and Title Agent Best Practices in Real Estate Transactions and Closings," Ohio State Bar Association's 24th Annual Bradley J. Schaeffer Real Property Institute, December 15, 2016
EDUCATION AND ADMISSIONS

Education

University of Toledo
J.D., 1999
University of Cincinnati
B.A., 1996

Bar Admissions

Ohio
Utah

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
RECOGNITION

Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America©, Real Estate Law, 2021
  • Utah Business Magazine, Utah Legal Elite, Real Estate, 2020
  • Martindale-Hubbell®, Client Champion Silver, 2019
  • Super Lawyers Rising Star, Real Estate, 2013
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC AFFILIATIONS

Professional and Civic Affiliations

  • NAIOP/Commercial Real Estate Development Association, Member
  • Commercial Real Estate for Women (CREW) Utah, Member
  • Urban Land Institute, Member
  • Women Lawyers of Utah (WLU), Career Advancement Committee Member
  • Utah State Bar Association, Member, Real Property and Estate Planning Sections
  • Ohio State Bar Association, Section Counsel, Real Property Section
  • Ohio State Bar Association, Member, Committee on Re-writing Ohio Standards of Title Examination
  • Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, Real Estate Section, Chair (2017-2018)
  • MountainWest Capital Network, Member
  • Salt Lake Estate Planning Council, Member
  • Salt Lake Community College, Planned Giving Committee, Member
  • TEENS, Inc., Board Member
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