In Brooke’s experience as an attorney, she has had the opportunity to work with a variety of clients including privately-owned companies, national and community banks, and individuals. Brooke’s practice involves commercial real estate, general business law, and commercial loan structuring and workouts. Whether assisting a business client with all aspects of purchasing or selling commercial real estate, or counseling individuals on the formation of a new business entity, she prides herself on frequent communication, close attention to details, and effective and efficient representation in the matters at hand. Brooke’s clients look to her as a partner to their businesses, and they appreciate that she takes the time to learn about their challenges and goals in achieving business success.
EXPERIENCE
- Assisting businesses with commercial real estate and other closings
- Negotiating and drafting commercial lease agreements for landlords and tenants
- Working with business owners on the formation of their companies and beyond, including asset and equity sales and purchases.
- Representing banks on commercial loan structuring and workouts
Brooke was admitted to the North Carolina State Bar in 2007. She is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association, and the Wake County Bar Association.
Brooke has served as a board member and the chair of the Government Affairs committee for the Triangle Commercial Association of Realtors. She previously served on the board of Oak City Soccer, a non-profit group providing soccer instruction to children on the autism spectrum and with other processing challenges, and was the charter president of the Young Professionals Civitan of Raleigh group.
While attending law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Brooke was Notes and Comments Editor for the North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, participated in the Juvenile Justice Clinic, and won the Gressman-Pollit award for appellate advocacy.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Served as local counsel in $57.3 million acquisition of a multifamily apartment complex.
- Represented developer group in acquisition of multiple sites throughout North Carolina involving in-depth title review and addressing title matters and negotiating agreements with municipalities related to proposed developments.
- Represented lender in restructuring banking relationship involving over sixty loans and numerous forms of collateral, allowing the lender to successfully upgrade the majority of the loans in the relationship.
EDUCATION
Brooke earned her J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2007 and her B.A. from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida in 2004.
- Super Lawyer (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- Best Lawyers (2023, 2024)