Barbara A. Casey

Real Estate, Real Estate Development, Distressed Real Estate, Planned Communities and Condominiums, REITs, Resort and Hotel, Transactional Finance, Zoning and Land Use

Barbara A. Casey is a partner in the Real Estate Department and co-partner-in-charge of the Real Estate Development Group. She is also a member of the Planned Communities and Condominiums, Resort and Hotel, REITs, Transactional Finance, and Zoning and Land Use Groups as well as the Distressed Real Estate Initiative. Her practice is concentrated in the areas of real property acquisition, development, sales and leasing, and commercial lending. Ms. Casey represents numerous clients before local planning and zoning boards to obtain land-use approvals, variances, and other zoning approvals.

Ms. Casey represents clients in the registration and development of condominium and homeowners' association and time-share projects, including mixed-use projects. Additionally, she represents purchasers and sellers in large commercial transactions; negotiates acquisition and development contracts, including construction contracts; negotiates commercial leases for tenants and landlords; and represents lenders and borrowers in large commercial loan transactions.

Between 1997 and 2001, Ms. Casey acted as Solicitor for Voorhees Township in Camden County, New Jersey.

Pro Bono Experience

Ms. Casey has represented ECO Charter School in Camden, New Jersey, in obtaining facilities for this new environment-based elementary charter school. She also represented Urban Promise Ministries in its efforts to provide a home through the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" program for a struggling family in Camden, New Jersey, and continues to represent Urban Promise Ministries in various land-use matters. She has previously worked on a pro-bono basis with the Borough of Fanwood, in Union County, New Jersey, in trying to develop the pilot transfer development rights program targeted to historic preservation. 

Professional Activities

New Jersey State Bar Association
Past Chair, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section Board of Consultants (2008-2009); past board member, Land Use Law Section

Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Land Use Committee

New Jersey Builder's Association, Legislative Committee and Legal Action Committee

Ballard Spahr Diversity Committee

Recognition & Accomplishments

Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, real estate, 2008-2010

Recipient, New Jersey Builder's Association Chairman's Award, for her work with the Legislative Committee, 2008

Publications

"Distressed Condominium Projects: Fractional Interest Sales Might Save the Day," New Jersey Law Journal, June 22, 2009

Co-author, "Bill Seeks to Regulate Homeowner Associations," New Jersey Law Journal Real Estate Section, July 5, 2005 (analyzed the version of the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act that was being proposed for adoption in New Jersey)

Speaking Engagements

Moderator and presenter, New Jersey Bar Association Annual Builder's Convention Program on HOA Transition, March 2010

Presenter, Real Estate Education Track, Redeveloping Redevelopment Law, New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Meeting 2010

Presenter, New Jersey ICLE Program on Easement 2009, Redevelopment Law 2010, Ethics on Transactions 2010

Coordinator and instructor, Redevelopment Training Institute's Redevelopment Planning segment (four-day program), New Jersey Redevelopment Authority and Ballard Spahr, October 2008, October 2009

Coordinator and instructor, Redevelopment Training Institute's Redevelopment Planning segment (four-day program), New Jersey Redevelopment Authority and Ballard Spahr, October 2008

Coordinator, Real Estate Education Track, and presenter on redevelopment, New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Meeting, May 2008

Moderator and presenter, New Jersey State Bar Association 2008 Real Estate Symposium, March 2008

Board Memberships

Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey, Audit and Bylaws Committee

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law-Camden (J.D. 1985, high honors)
Symposium Editor, Rutgers Law Journal

University of Cincinnati (B.A. 1981, magna cum laude)
Member, Phi Beta Kappa

New Jersey

Pennsylvania