Position: Of Counsel.
Practice Areas: Real Estate, Lending and Finance Corporations.

Lisa J. Berns practices in the areas of real estate, lending and finance and corporate law. She has extensive experience representing clients in a variety of transactional matters, including the purchase, sale and leasing of office, industrial and retail properties, and construction of commercial properties. She has represented borrowers and lenders in complex financing transactions secured by major St. Louis office and retail properties, as well as transactions involving asset-based and cash flow loans. Her practice also has involved the foreclosure of commercial and consumer properties and workout negotiations. She has represented multiple Fortune 500 clients in the management of their owned and leased properties on a nationwide basis.

Prior to joining the Firm, Lisa practiced with the law firm of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP for twelve years, the last four as a Partner.

• J.D., Washington University School of Law, 1992
  - Articles Editor, Washington University Law Quarterly
  - Order of the Coif

• B.A. Newcomb College of Tulane University, 1989
  
  - Graduated summa cum laude
  - Phi Beta Kappa

• Missouri, 1992
• Illinois, 1993