Johanna advises clients across industries on commercial real estate transactions. She has significant experience representing borrowers, owners, investors, developers, and lenders with a wide range of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, development, construction, joint ventures, and financing. She has extensive experience in multifamily housing developments, medical use developments (including free standing emergency rooms/hospitals and medical office buildings), hotels, and industrial properties. She also regularly advises landlords and tenants on leasing matters.

Johanna regularly represents borrowers in negotiating and obtaining financing from agency lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and uses her legal savvy and experience to fit within the agencies' required framework. She has represented both sponsor borrowers, common equity and preferred equity investors in agency deals.

Johanna has a thriving pro bono practice and has represented several local nonprofits in connection with real estate leasing, acquisition, and financing. In 2024, the firm was awarded HomeAgain's "Community Partnership" award based on Johanna's work on HomeAgain's behalf in negotiating a leasing agreement with the City of Richmond for the operation of a new homeless shelter. Johanna also proudly serves on the board of Connor's Heroes, a local non-profit with a mission of providing hope, guidance, and support to children with cancer and their families.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, William & Mary Law School, Order of the Coif, William & Mary Law Review, 2011

BM, James Madison University, 2005