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Anna A. Schmelzle

Associate
Denver

Anna Schmelzle is an associate in the firm’s Finance Department, specializing in housing and real estate finance and real estate law matters. Anna's practice includes preparing and reviewing a variety of loan documents for loans secured by mixed-use developments, hospitality assets, office buildings, and multifamily properties. She has additional experience in the areas of branded residential and country club communities and condominiums.

Prior to joining Ballard Spahr, Anna worked at an Am Law 100 firm where she advised institutional lenders in the origination and structuring of commercial mortgage-backed security loans and warehouse lending facilities. 

Anna gained further experience as a legal intern for the Criminal and Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida, and as a judicial intern at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Professional Highlights

Professional Activities

Member, Florida Bar – Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section

Florida Real Estate Broker, 2023

Board Memberships & Community Service

Volunteer, Special Olympics, 2019-2020

Volunteer, Shelter for Abused Women and Children, 2017

Publications

"Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid and Customary Use: Protecting the Public's Right to Recreate on Dry Sand Beaches," Colorado Environmental Law Journal, 2024; to be reprinted in the Zoning and Planning Law Handbook, 2025 ed.

Credentials 

Education

University of Miami School of Law (J.D./LL.M., Real Property Development, 2023)
Order of the Coif
CALI Award, Secured Transactions
Dean's Certificate of Achievement Award, Commercial Law; Family Law

University of Miami (B.A. 2019)

Admissions

Florida

Not admitted to practice in Colorado