Mark Lamb

Mark Lamb is a Shareholder with Carney Badley Spellman PS, and Chair of the Real Estate Practice Group. He has practiced law for 26 years in both Washington and California. His practice centers on three primary areas: real estate & land use, business litigation & transactions, and First Amendment, campaign finance & election law. Mark was Mayor of Bothell for four terms and served on the Bothell City Council from 2004-2015. 

Mark Lamb’s primary real estate and land use clients include residential and commercial builders & developers, property owners, and community interest groups including homeowner associations. He has served as counsel to landowners and purchasers in sales, acquisitions, and financings of commercial and residential projects throughout the United States. Mark has also represented landowners and tenants in government acquisitions of property, including Eminent Domain proceedings. He has successfully litigated numerous complex boundary disputes including adverse possession, trespass, nuisance, easement, and related damage claims. Mark has extensive experience in the formation and management of real estate investment LLCs and limited partnerships, including foreign investment in U.S. commercial and residential projects and as U.S. counsel for the acquisition and sale of international properties. His expertise in land use matters includes negotiating development agreements for and with local governments, entitling properties for development, creating private and municipal wetlands mitigation banking instruments, negotiating pre-annexation agreements, and drafting and negotiating comprehensive plan updates and zoning changes. 

Mark Lamb’s business practice centers on serving as outside general counsel and litigation counsel to executives and privately held businesses of all sizes and in various industries. He has also served as strategic counsel to several non-profits, including investment funds, churches, and public policy organizations. He is a trusted advisor on M&A, corporate governance issues, strategic litigation, and internal investigations. He works with CEOs and Boards of Directors on matters involving mergers and acquisitions, high-stakes litigation, corporate finance, government investigations and regulatory compliance, and he handles a variety of issues regarding shareholder disputes, investments, real estate, insurance coverage, and board-executive relations. Mark Lamb has defended numerous businesses, executives, trade associations and non-profits in government investigations and civil litigation, including Consumer Protection Act (CPA) cases.  Mr. Lamb regularly appears before arbitration panels when disputes arise that cannot be settled at the negotiating table. In addition, he regularly advises companies and non-profits with internal investigations and litigation risk avoidance. 

Mark Lamb serves as Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure counsel to trade associations, businesses, PACs, legislative caucuses, elected officials and statewide campaigns. He has successfully litigated on First Amendment issues for over twenty years, including campaign finance enforcement actions, religious liberty and freedom of association matters.  Mark has drafted and defended statewide initiatives, and successfully defended numerous elected officials in recall efforts, ethics complaints, government investigations and administrative proceedings. 

Mark Lamb has also served as a Special Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and as government Special Counsel in connection with investigations and litigation.  He also counsels businesses, trade associations and individuals on local government relations including legislation, public records requests, litigation and public-private partnerships.