
Brad M. Dashoff
Shareholder
Brad M. Dashoff, an attorney in the firm’s Real Estate and Corporate/Business practice groups, is known for delivering strategic, practical counsel that helps clients transform complex real estate and business objectives into successful outcomes. He represents clients on projects throughout Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and across the United States.
Brad advises developers, investors, family offices, private equity funds and non-traditional property owners – including religious and nonprofit institutions – on a broad range of real estate matters. His experience includes acquisition, disposition and ground leasing of commercial properties; real estate development; and the structuring of sophisticated debt and equity financing arrangements.
A significant focus of Brad’s practice is representing developers in public-private partnerships with municipal, county and multi-jurisdictional governmental entities. He also represents parties in the formation of joint ventures, where he navigates the legal and business challenges inherent in shared control, governance and decision-making.
Brad regularly represents owners and developers in large-scale, multi-parcel mixed-use developments. In addition, he counsels both borrowers and lenders in traditional, construction, securitized and mezzanine financings, giving him a well-rounded understanding of stakeholder priorities and risk considerations.
Brad is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and plays a leadership role within the firm’s Real Estate practice.
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PRACTICE AREAS
Read More- Public/Private Partnerships
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Finance
- Corporate/Business
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EDUCATION
Read MoreJ.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 2000
B.A., University of Michigan, 1997
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ADMISSIONS & CERTIFICATIONS
Read MoreMaryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
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Read MorePROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Urban Land Institute
- 2019 Organizing Committee
- 2019 District of Columbia Real Estate Trends Conference
Maryland State Bar Association
- Member, Real Estate Section
District of Columbia Bar Association
- Member, Real Estate Section
Virginia State Bar Association
- Member, Real Estate Section
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- Top Attorney, Bethesda Magazine, 2019 and 2021
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for work in Real Estate Law, 2022–26
SPEAKING
- Panelist at ABA’s Affordable Housing and Community Development Law Annual Meeting, May 26, 2017
AUTHORSHIP
- Quoted in “3 Biggest Drivers of Public-Private Partnerships in the D.C. Region,” Washington Business Journal, November 1, 2022
- Author, “What we can all learn from Donald Trump,” Washington Business Journal, September 22, 2016
- Author, “Rate Lock Agreements: Timing is Key,” cpexecutive.com, July 17, 2013
- Contributing Author, “The Truck Stops Here—Or Should It?” Commercial Lease Law Insider, 2013 (also cited in May 2013 issue of Commercial Lease Law Insider)
- Co-Author, bylined ABA article, “Organizing Transaction Closings,” 2013
- Contributing Author, book, Real Estate Closing Deskbook (3rd Edition), 2012
- Co-Author, bylined ABA article, “Understanding Real Property Interests in Deeds,” 2011
- Co-Author, Perspectives on Real Estate newsletter, “Mirror World Meets Real World: A Crash Course on Emerging Technologies for Real Estate Owners and Developers,” 2010
- Co-Author, bylined ABA article, “Closing Checklists: Important Survival Tools in Real Estate Deals,” 2010
- Co-Author, book, Commercial Real Estate Transactions: A Survival Guide, 2009
