Top Rated Real Estate Attorney in Denver, CO

Michelle Z. McDonald is a member of MDH Law Group LLC, located in Denver, Colorado. A key member of the firm's real estate and development team, she has focused her career on assisting her clients throughout the Denver area in their real estate and development transactions since the early 1990s, managing private and public equity investments for a top real estate investment company even prior to attending law school.

After receiving her Bachelor of Business Administration in 1994, Ms. McDonald went on to obtain her Juris Doctor from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Following law school, she began her long career in real estate and development law, practicing in those areas first at two well-known area law firms before joining Fortis Law Partners LLC.

Ms. McDonald's clients include national, regional and institutional banks, private equity investors and borrowers, whom she represents in originating and restructuring complex real estate projects and developments. She has assisted her clients through completion of extremely large real estate deals, including assisting a private equity fund client with the purchase and sale of 28 multi-unit family apartment complexes valued at $800 million across the nation. The latter transaction involved securing $300 million in financing through FHA multi-family supplemental and originating loans.

Ms. McDonald has been named as a fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys. She is a member of several professional organizations, including the Colorado Bar Association, the Colorado Women's Bar Association, the Denver Bar Association, Vistage International and CREW Denver. She has been published in The Colorado Lawyer and the Colorado Real Estate Journal, and she has given presentations on lender liability and mechanic's liens.