Kelsey Swaim Miller

Representative Experience

• Acted as lender’s counsel in a transaction for the acquisition of nine grocery-anchored shopping centers in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania
• Acted as lender’s counsel in refinance transaction of six cross-collateralized credit facilities involving seven related entities and collateral located in three states
• Served as buyer’s counsel in the acquisition of decommissioned coal-fired power plant in Montgomery County, Maryland
• Represented local and regional banks and other financial institutions in various commercial transactions including the acquisition, construction, and refinance of hotels, retail stores, self-storage facilities, mixed-use development, and single-family residential subdivisions
• Served as settlement agent for commercial and residential real estate transactions including the preparation of deeds and other incidental closing documents

Licensed In

• Maryland
• Pennsylvania
• West Virginia

Education

• J.D. Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law

• B.S. West Virginia University

Memberships

• Law School Mentoring Program Mentor, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
• Fellow, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (2023)
• Leadership Berkeley, Martinsburg-Berkeley County Chamber of Commerce (2015)
• Board of Directors, Eastern Panhandle Bar Charitable Foundation, Inc.
• Board of Directors, Boys and Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle, Inc.

Achievements

• The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch – Banking and Finance Law (2024), Real Estate Law (2024)

Publications

• “UCC Amendments in 2022 Address Emerging Digital Technologies,” Community Bankers of West Virginia Newsletter (December 2022)
• “Alternative Dispute Resolution and Social Media: How Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Impact Social Networking,” 5 Yearbook on Arbitration & Mediation (2014)
• “Education & Entrepreneurship: Implications for Contemporary Microfinance,” 4 American Journal of Business Education 11 (November 2011)