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Top Real Estate Lawyer Terry Danysh Joins Dorsey & WhitneyDorsey & Whitney LLP
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TOP REAL ESTATE LAWYER TERRY DANYSH JOINS DORSEY & WHITNEY
SEATTLE - (July 25, 2002) - Terrence Danysh, one of the Seattle area's top land use and real estate lawyers, has joined the international law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP as a partner in the Real Estate group in Seattle.
The addition of Danysh reflects Dorsey & Whitney's confidence in the long-term vitality of Seattle's real estate market, according to Robert Kaplan, Partner-in-Charge of the firm's Seattle office.
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Danysh joins Dorsey from the Seattle firm of Cairncross & Hempelman, where his practice focused on real estate development and financing, land use and environmental law.His clients have included Capital One, Amtrak, the University of Washington and Holland America.Each was responsible for substantial development projects in the Pacific Northwest for which Danysh was lead counsel.
A prominent civic leader, Danysh has served as chairman of the Seattle Planning Commission and was a member of the Mayor's Committee on Seattle's Comprehensive Plan.He served as a pro tem judge with the City of Seattle's Hearing Examiner and as a lecturer at the University of Washington.
"Dorsey offers a national platform with clientele to match," Danysh said."In this time of increasing regulatory complexity, it is not unusual for projects and transactions to cross borders, and to require expertise in a variety of legal fields.Dorsey not only has a superb real estate group, but it can bring significant international knowledge and experience to the smallest and largest of transactions, as necessary."
Danysh received his B.A. from Harvard in 1980 and his J.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1984.He is admitted to practice in Washington State.
Jay Cook, chair of Dorsey & Whitney's real estate group, said today that "the addition of Terry Danysh to our already strong real estate practice in Seattle will enable us to serve all facets of our clients' real estate needs, whether the clients are real estate professionals who develop, finance and operate projects, or businesses with important facilities and space needs."