Katharine J. Mueller

Ms. Mueller is an associate in the Real Estate Group in the firm's Washington, D.C. office.

Areas of Practice

Ms. Mueller focuses on commercial sale-leaseback transactions, real property acquisitions and dispositions, and commercial real estate development and finance.  She represents real estate investors (including pension funds, private equity funds and real estate operators) on transactions, development projects and financings.  She also represents lenders on new loans, refinancings and workouts.

Ms. Mueller’s international trade practice builds on her prior experience working for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.  Ms. Mueller has expertise in U.S. free trade agreements, trade in textiles and apparel and industrial goods, U.S. trade preference programs and WTO dispute settlement.

Education

• J.D., Harvard University, 1999, President, Harvard European Law Association
• B.A., The Ohio State University, 1995, summa cum laude, with honors

Clerkships

• Law Clerk to the Honorable Donald C. Pogue, U.S. Court of International Trade

Admissions

• New York
• District of Columbia

Languages

• German

Memberships

• Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)
• American Bar Association, Real Property and International Law Sections
• Member, Trade Policy Forum

Articles

Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog Articles

• "Decision to Deny a Zoning Change Subject to 90-Day Statute of Limitation," February 17, 2012
• "Tiered EIR Must Be Prepared Where Program EIR Provides Insufficient Guidance on Discretionary Choices," February 17, 2012