Phoenix Office
One Renaissance Square Two North Central Avenue
Phoenix,
Arizona
85004
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Diane
M.
Haller
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Partner
Chairman of Real Estate and Land Use Practice Group
Professional Experience
Diane Haller has extensive practice experience in multiple aspects of commercial real estate development. Ms. Haller’s experience includes:
- Representation of a national convenience store operator and a Fortune 100 international integrated energy company on an ongoing basis in the acquisition, disposition, sale and leaseback, and financing of several thousand gas stations and convenience stores located throughout the United States; also represented the convenience store operator in its development, management and operation of distribution facilities.
- Representation of local and national homebuilding companies in connection with acquiring, developing, joint venturing, financing and selling master planned communities and other real property, including commercial properties, and in connection with the joint venture, sale and leaseback of office buildings.
- Representation of pension funds, REITS, national developers and local developers to acquire, sell, develop, manage, operate, finance and joint venture commercial properties including high rise office buildings, multi-use commercial projects, industrial parks, multifamily buildings and mixed-use projects.
- Representation of privately held investment management firms, which manage and control portfolios of real estate related investments on behalf of private and institutional capital; representation includes ongoing acquisition, financing, leasing, management and sales of office, industrial, and multifamily buildings.
- Representation of a major national bank in the acquisition, development, leasing and sale of its office buildings, bank branches, in-store bank premises, and other bank properties.
- Representation of national and local banks and other financial institutions in the workout and restructuring of troubled loans; restructurings and workouts involved converted industrial lofts, assisted living facilities, redevelopment projects, golf courses, and office buildings; and the resale of the properties.
- Representation of court-appointed receivers in the workout and restructuring of troubled real estate assets including homebuilder assets and businesses.
Education and Honors
- University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1986)
- University of Utah (B.S., magna cum laude, 1983)
Bar Admissions
Arizona,
1986
Professional Recognition
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (2005-present: Real Estate Law). Listed in Chambers USA® (2004-present: Real Estate). Martindale-Hubbell AV ® Peer Review Rated. Selected for inclusion in the 2007-2012 Southwest Super Lawyers® lists (Real Estate).
Professional and Civic Activities
- Habitat for Humanity, Central Arizona (Former Member of Board of Directors and Executive Committee; Current Member of Advisory Council).
- Phoenix Community Alliance (Member of Board of Directors and Executive Directors).
- Arthritis Foundation, Greater Southwest Chapter (Former Member of Board of Directors).
- Arizona Leadership 2000 (Member, Class of 1996).
- Valley Partnership (Member of Board of Directors).
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Member).
Selected Presentations/Publications
Publications:
- CoreNet Global “Advanced Lease Analysis,” 2008.
- “Regulations and Laws Relating to Homebuilding,” Arizona State University, Del E. Webb School of Construction, 2006.
- Contributing Editor, Commercial Real Estate Transactions Practice Manual, Arizona State Bar Association,
1988-1989 (First Edition).
- Co-author, “Subleasing Commercial Property in Arizona,” Arizona Journal of Real Estate and Business, 1995.
- “Breach of a Real Estate Contract,” Arizona Journal of Real Estate and Business, 1995.
- Co-author, “Who May Sign a Contract?,” Arizona Journal of Real Estate and Business, 1995.
- “Securing Personal Property Using a UCC,” Arizona Journal of Real Estate and Business, 1995.
- “Prison Industries: A Case for Partial Privatization,” Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy
(Vol. 2, Issue 2, Winter 1986).
- Co-author, “Quick Turnaround Management Reviews,” Fourth National Conference on Research, Demonstration and Evaluation in Public Social Services (Conference Proceedings), 1984.
- “Review of Contract Monitoring in the Division of Services to the Handicapped,” 1983.
- “A Review of the Utah Board of Pardons Composition, Workload and Support Staff,” 1982.
Presentations:
- Has conducted in-house seminars for clients and attorneys regarding surveys, real property taxes, deeds in lieu of foreclosure and other real estate issues.
- Has spoken at several outside seminars, including Maricopa County Bar Association, “From the Napkin to the Closing Dinner: The Anatomy of an Asset Sale of an Operating Business,” 1998.
- “Real Estate Broker Issues,” Arizona Best Real Estate, 1995.
- “Structuring Commercial Real Estate Contracts,” Institute of Real Estate Management, 1994.
- “The Legal and Transactional Aspects of Buying Notes and Deeds of Trust/Mortgages,” Arizona School of Real Estate & Business, 1994.
- “What You Better Know About Writing a Contract,” Arizona School of Real Estate & Business, 1994.
- “A Practical Approach to Contract-Related Issues,” Arizona School of Real Estate & Business, 1993.
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