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T 414.225.4961

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Milwaukee

100 East Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 3300

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

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Renee A. Sannes

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Education

UCLA School of Law
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Juris Doctor (J.D.)
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1980
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Editor-in-Chief, Federal Communications Law Journal
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
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with honors
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1977

Bar Admissions

Wisconsin, 1980

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1980

Nancy Leary Haggerty

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Nancy Haggerty is a partner in the Land & Resources Practice Group. Her 30+ years of experience covers a broad range of real estate law, including assisting clients in purchases, sales and leases of property, and development and zoning work; representing borrowers and lenders in real estate loans; assisting in foreclosures and workouts; advising on questions of condominium law; negotiating construction and architects' contracts; and assisting in real estate litigation. She has worked extensively with TIF financing and municipal development agreements, and with a number of other government financing programs, including SBA loans, MEDC loans and Section 41 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit financing. She is one of the most experienced attorneys in the state in condo/hotel resort development and timeshares, and on business improvement districts (“BIDs”). She also has an expertise in land contracts and other forms of seller financing.

Professional Activities

Member, Georgetown Hospitality Law Conference Advisory Committee
Member, Communications Committee, ABA Real Property Trust & Estate Law Section (2008-present)
Chair, Committee on Hotels, Resorts and Tourism, ABA Real Property Trust & Estate Law Section
Former Chair, E-1 Purchase and Sale of Real Property, ABA Real Property Trust & Estate Law Section
Fellow, American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) (2010-present)
Former Member, American Resort Development Association (ARDA) (2009)
Member, American Bar Association (1981-present)
Member, Commercial Association of Realtors
Member, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
Member, Turnaround Management Association
Member, Wisconsin Bar Association (1980-present)
Planning Committee Member, State Bar of Wisconsin Business and Real Estate Law Institute (June 2010, 2011)
Member, NAIOP (2011-present)
Member, Kenosha Area Business Alliance (2011)

Honors and Recognitions

Ms. Haggerty was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward/White, Inc. and Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of real estate law. She was also distinguished as a "Wisconsin Super Lawyer" in 2005 and 2012 by Milwaukee's M Magazine and was on the Leading Lawyers 2012 list by the same publication. Ms. Haggerty has an “AV” rating, (the highest rating) from Martindale-Hubbell. She was named in 2010 to be a Fellow in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, an exclusive national organization of the most advanced real estate lawyers in the country, with members elected by her peers. In 2011, she was honored as one of the distinguished “Women in the Law,” by the Wisconsin Law Journal.

Community Involvement

Former Trustee, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Former Director, Wisconsin Downtown Action Council, 1995-1997
Former Director, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University
Chair, American Bar Association Real Property Section - Hotels, Resorts and Tourism Committee
Member, American Bar Association Real Property Section - Communications Committee