Lila Shapiro-Cyr

Real Estate, Housing, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Leasing, Transactional Finance

Lila Shapiro-Cyr is a partner in the Real Estate Department and a member of the Housing, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Leasing, and Transactional Finance Groups.

Ms. Shapiro-Cyr represents clients in connection with real estate acquisitions, development, leasing, and financing. Her clients include owners and developers of commercial real estate properties. Her practice focuses on shopping center and urban development, and she is a member of the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore's Business and Economic Development Committee. Ms. Shapiro-Cyr also has significant experience in complex mixed-finance affordable housing, representing a variety of public-housing authorities in ongoing redevelopment efforts.

Pro Bono Experience

Ms. Shapiro-Cyr represented the Sisters Academy of Baltimore in the acquisition of its existing school building. The Sisters Academy is a Catholic, community-centered middle school that educates girls of different races, ethnic groups, and religions from families of limited economic means, particularly those in southwest Baltimore.

Along with other members of the Ballard Spahr Housing Group, Ms. Shapiro-Cyr represented the Housing Authority of New Orleans in connection with post-hurricane-related needs and redevelopment activities after Hurricane Katrina.

Ms. Shapiro-Cyr serves on the Acting Board of Advisors for the Maryland Public Interest Law Project and on the Boards for Harbor City Services Inc. and Chesapeake Search Dogs.

Judicial Clerkships

Hon. Kathleen O'Ferrall Friedman, Circuit Court of Baltimore City

Professional Activities

American Bar Association
Fellow, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section; member, Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law

Maryland State Bar Association
Chair, Real Property, Planning, and Zoning Section; member, Code Revision Committee

International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)

Maryland Public Interest Law Project, Acting Board of Advisors

Recognition & Accomplishments

Named among 2012's Top 100 Women in Maryland by The Daily Record, in recognition of "high-achieving Maryland women who are making an impact through their leadership, community service and mentoring"

Speaking Engagements

Participant and moderator, panels for various national organizations that include National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies, Housing Development Law Institute, ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, and ICSC Law Conference

"Attracting Tax Credit Investors: Do's and Don'ts," Ballard Spahr Housing Authority Summit, November 2009

Roundtable leader, "Revisiting Your Lease Form in Light of Recent Experiences," ICSC Law Conference, October 2009

"Beyond Housing: Opportunities in Mixed-Use Development," 2009 National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials Summer Conference, July 2009

Breakfast Roundtable leader, "Radius Restrictions," ICSC Law Conference, October 2008

Co-chair and instructor, "Basics of Real Estate Transactions," Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, Inc. (partner of MSBA), Spring 2007

Moderator, "Improving Housing Diversity," Fall Educational Conference, National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies, November 2006

Moderator, "New Developments in Asset Based Management," 2006 Fall Conference, Housing Development Law Institute, October 2006

"The Future of Public and Affordable Housing After Katrina," Annual Conference, ABA Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, May 2006

Breakfast Roundtable leader, "An Anchor Tenant's Perspective on the Redeveloping Shopping Center: Reviewing Title and Other Due Diligence Matters," ICSC Law Conference, October 2005

Board Memberships

Harbor City Services Inc.

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Board of Trustees

Kol Halev, Inc.

University of Maryland School of Law (J.D. 1999, with honors)
Member, Order of the Coif

Haverford College (B.A. 1995)

Maryland