Bethany Kelsch

Attorney - Counsel

[email protected]

(206) 812-1984

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Practice Area

  • Commercial Leases

  • Real Estate Purchase and Sale Agreements

  • Business Transactions and Acquisitions

  • Real Estate Finance

Education

  • Seattle University School of Law, J.D., cum laude

  • Seattle University, B.A., Criminal Justice/Spanish Language, summa cum laude

  • Universidad de Salamanca, Spanish Language Certificate

Before FKSDO

  • Stoel Rives LLP, Associate, 2019-2022

  • Carson & Noel PLLC, Associate, 2017–2019

  • AGM, Inc. Commercial Real Estate, House Counsel, 2015–2017

Experience

  • Served as part of real estate leasing team for public company tenant during lease renewals, expansions and tenant improvement projects.

  • Represented local bar and restaurant owner in asset acquisition, leasing and property acquisition matters.

  • Assist Seattle-based real estate developer in multiple sales of 100+ unit low-income housing apartment buildings, including LIHTC financing redemption and defeasance processes.

  • Oversaw title due diligence process for real estate investment firm during acquisitions of several industrial properties.

  • Represented family trust-landlord in trust asset liquidation, leasing, and general real property matters, including drafting and negotiation of sewer expansion easement.

More

  • Department of Licensing Instructor:  Continuing Broker Education for the Commercial Brokers Association, 2020-Present:

    • Leasing Forms

    • Advanced Topics in Leasing

    • Core Curriculum

  • Named in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (Real Estate Law), 2021 and 2022

  • Adjunct Professor of Advanced Legal Writing and Oral Advocacy, Seattle University School of Law, 2021

  • Member, Commercial Brokers Association

  • Member, Urban Land Institute Young Leaders Forum Group (2018-2019)

  • Member, Washington State Bar Association

  • Member, King County Bar Association

  • Volunteer Resident Attorney, The BLOCK Project, Facing Homelessness, 2018–present

  • Nominee, Rising Rockstar, CREW Seattle: Elevate Women’s Leadership in Commercial Real Estate, 2017

Speaking Engagements

  • “Case Law Update,” Critical Legal & Regulatory Issues with Trees & Fauna, The Seminar Group, CLE Seminar, Seattle, WA, Oct. 2019

  • “Tree Liability in an Era of Urban Growth – Part I: Underground Encroachments; Part II: Timber Trespass,” King County Bar Association, CLE Seminar, April 2017