Carrie Hallberg O'Malley - Attorney

Carrie Hallberg O'Malley - Attorney

 

Carrie Hallberg O'Malley is a shareholder in the Commercial Real Estate and Finance section, with over 15 years of legal and business experience in commercial real estate transactions. Carrie concentrates her practice on real estate acquisitions, sales, financings and securitizations, as well as sophisticated tenant-in-common transactions, Section 1031 like-kind exchanges, commercial leasing matters, loan pool transactions, workouts, defeasances, and telecommunications law. She has extensive experience representing lenders, developers and purchasers in connection with all aspects of commercial property matters, including land acquisition, development and project finance.

Additionally, Carrie has been involved with complex title insurance underwriting matters, both at the firm and during an eighteen-month sabbatical, when Carrie served as Vice President and Counsel of the Richmond National Title Services Division of Fidelity National Title Insurance Company. Carrie is located in the firm's Fredericksburg, Virginia office.

Relevant Experience:

  • Organized and closed $400 million multi-state financing, consisting of over thirty multi-family residential properties throughout the United States for national REIT client.
  • Represented financial institutions and investors in the purchase and sale of loan portfolios and servicing portfolios, and closed multiple loan sale transactions with values in excess of $500 million.
  • Represented a national wireless telecommunications company in regional telecommunications transactions, including leasing matters and wireless infrastructure deployment in Virginia.
  • Closed commercial real estate transactions with values in excess of several billion dollars, including multiple transactions with values in excess of $100 million.
  • Represented national real estate sponsors of tenant-in-common syndications in the acquisition, disposition and commercial leasing of real estate throughout the country, including defeasances of securitized loans and mezzanine lending.
  • Negotiated and drafted commercial leases for national mortgage company.
  • Negotiated and prepared documentation for commercial real estate closings, including contracts of purchase and sale, management agreements, promissory notes, deeds of trust and guaranties.
  • Represented the country's largest bowling chain in obtaining liquor licenses and permits for newly acquired bowling centers across the country.

Education:

  • T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond, J.D., 1996*
  • Richard S. Reynolds Graduate School of Business at the University of Richmond, M.B.A., 1996*
  • E. Claiborne Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond, B.S.B.A., 1991

* Carrie completed the four year JD/MBA joint degree program after only three years of study.

Published Works/Speaking Engagements:

  • Virginia CLE Contract Law in Virginia Handbook (Author, Formation of Contracts, Real Estate Contracts and Construction Contracts), Republication, 2011
  • "Conducting a Foreclosure in Virginia" - Fredericksburg Area Bar Association, June 2009
  • "Focus on Commercial Real Estate in Fredericksburg" - Weinberg Land Use Forum, June 2005
  • "Telecommunications Issues Facing the Real Estate Industry" - Weinberg Land Use Forum, June 2001
  • "The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the Effects on Real Estate Transactions", The Fee Simple, May 2001

Pro Bono/Community Service:

  • Rappahannock Area United Way (Campaign Cabinet, 2008; Board of Directors, 2009-present)
  • University of Richmond Alumni (President, Fredericksburg Chapter, 2007-present)
  • Fredericksburg Area Food Bank (Chair of Legal Food Frenzy, 2007 and 2008; Volunteer, 2009)
  • Legal Information Network for Cancer (LINC) (Referral Attorney and Volunteer, 1996-present)
  • Fredericksburg Ducks Unlimited Chapter Event Volunteer (2005-2009)

Recognition:

  • Influential Women of Virginia, Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 2010 
  • Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite, 2006-2011
  • Legal Rising Star Law and Politics, 2007 and 2009
  • Women of Distinction Award (Law), Girl Scout Commonwealth Council of Virginia, 2009

Membership:

  • Virginia Bar Association
  • Fredericksburg Bar Association
  • CoreNet Global, Mid-Atlantic Chapter

Firm Involvement:

  • Recruiting Committee
  • Women's Initiatives Network (WIN)
  • United Way Campaign Chair, Fredericksburg Office (2005-2008)

Bar Admission:

  • Virginia, 1996