Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Year Joined Organization: 2007

Lawyer Overview

Ms. Beal is an associate in the real estate and finance practice areas.  She specializes in commercial real estate loans and has extensive experience in general commercial real estate transactions including the sale, purchase, leasing, development and financing of real estate for commercial developers, investors, banks and mortgage lenders.  She also focuses on tax-exempt and taxable bond financings, including general obligation, refunding, revenue and private activity bonds.  She drafts and negotiates various real estate documents and reviews surveys and title documents in connection with a variety of commercial and residential real estate transactions.

Ms. Beal also provides legal advice to public and private clients in connection with economic development incentives and financings including tax increment financing and the formation of transportation development districts, neighborhood improvement districts and community improvement districts.

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate
• Acquisitions, Sales, Exchanges and Leases
• Environmental
• Land Use, Zoning and Development
• Project Development, Leasing and Sale
• Real Estate Advocacy

West Practice Categories

Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 2006
• Kansas, 2007

Professional Associations and Memberships

• National Association of Bond Lawyers
• Association for Women Lawyers
• American Bar Association

Honors and Awards

• Order of the Curule Chair
• Energy Law Journal
• Phi Delta Phi (Legal Honors Fraternity)
• CALI Award of Excellence, Legal Reasoning, Authorities & Writing II
• Merit Scholarship Recipient

Education

• University of Tulsa College of Law, 2006
  J.D.
  Honors: with highest honors
• Baylor University, 2003
  B.A., Journalism

Published Works

• Rebecca B. Beal Joins Lathrop & Gage as an Associate, 2007

Address

2345 Grand Blvd.
Suite 2800
Kansas City, MO 64108

Phones

(816) 460-5407 (Business Phone)

Faxes

(816) 292-2001 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.lathropgage.com/