Ballard Spahr LLP
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Amy McClain
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Partner and Chair of the Real Estate Department
Career
Amy M. McClain represents housing authorities and affordable housing developers in the context of mixed-finance transactions. She is the Chair of the firm's Real Estate Department.
Amy is based in Baltimore and is a lawyer who closes affordable housing transactions involving a variety of funding sources, including Low Income Housing Tax Credits, the Rental Assistance Demonstration program, public housing and Section 8 funding sources, HUD-insured loans, tax-exempt bonds, state housing finance agency loan funds, and conventional financing.
These transactions have provided her with the opportunity to negotiate issues among the financing parties, housing authorities, and developers while also coordinating various U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development review and approval processes. Amy also addresses traditional real estate issues intertwined with affordable housing development.
AdmissionsMaryland
Memberships
American Bar Association, Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, Past Chair
Housing and Development Law Institute
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service
Msgr. O'Dwyer Youth Retreat House, 2012-2017
Harbor Walk Townhouse Association, 2015-2017
Southeast Community Development Corporation, 2009-2016
Education
University of Maryland School of Law (J.D. 2002, with honors) Student Lawyer, Community Transactions Clinic; Member, Order of the Coif; Associate Editor, Maryland Law Review
American University (B.A. 1993, magna cum laude)