Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

A member of the firm’s Business Group, Real Estate Team and Green Business and Sustainability Team, Jessica M. Parker holds the distinction of being a Florida Bar Certified Real Estate Attorney. She counsels clients in matters related to property acquisitions and sales, leasing, finance, permitting, operation, management, development and re-development, zoning, land use planning and approvals for a wide range of property types, including commercial, retail, industrial, residential and mixed-use projects.

Ms. Parker’s practice includes the representation of land owners, developers, buyers and sellers, tenants and landlords, lenders and borrowers and owners of multistate commercial real estate operations, including apartment complexes, office buildings and shopping centers, and she has substantial experience representing national homebuilders.

Ms. Parker assists clients in complex, multi-faceted real estate activities and financing transactions. Her assistance to clients runs the gamut from negotiating on behalf of clients and drafting the multitude of documents needed for each transaction, to resolving title and survey issues and strategic planning with the client and other consultants to achieve client objectives.

Ms. Parker also has experience representing clients in structuring transactions to minimize transfer and mortgage tax implications.

Ms. Parker is active in the Central Florida business and civic community and currently serves as the President of the Board of Directors for the Girl Scouts of Citrus Council, Inc. She is a member of the Florida Bar Association; Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar; the Central Florida Real Estate Council (CFREC); Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) and Urban Land Institute (ULI). She actively participates in the Baker’s B.E.S.T. program (providing community service and support to designated causes), by working with the Girl Scout troop sponsored by Baker Hostetler at Orange Center Elementary School and spearheading and coordinating the firm’s Habitat for Humanity Orlando pro bono legal assistance project. She regularly participates in the pro bono program through the Orange County Legal Aid Society and is Chair of the Steering Committee for the 2010 Habitat Orlando Women Build Project.

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate: Asset Program
• Real Estate: Development & Land Use
• Real Estate: Finance
• Real Estate: Transactions

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 2003

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Florida Bar Association (Member)
• Florida Bar (Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section)
• Central Florida Real Estate Council (CFREC)
• Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)

Pro Bono Activities

• Central Florida Business and Civic Community and Currently Serves as the President of the Board of Directors for the Girl Scouts of Citrus Council, Inc.

Education

• University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 2003
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
• The Florida State University, 1999
  B.A.
  Honors: magna cum laude

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