Ms. Steele brings almost 30 years of commercial real estate experience to Ferro Steele LLC.  Ms. Steele advises private equity, REIT, corporate, pharma/life sciences, financial services, institutional investor, non-profit and high net worth clients on the acquisition, disposition, financing, leasing, management and structuring of commercial, industrial, retail, office, research and development, warehousing, mixed-use and multifamily properties.  She represents both landlords and tenants in their leasing needs and counsels clients on condominium and planned community formation, conversion and development issues.

 

Ms. Steele is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, Virginia and New Jersey (limited transactional license).

 

Prior to forming Ferro Steele LLC, Ms. Steele was a partner in the Philadelphia office of the international law firm, Morgan Lewis, LLP.  While practicing full-time, she served as the office hiring partner for 6 years in addition to running the office’s women’s initiative.  Ms. Steele graduated from Sweet Briar College, cum laude with a B. A. degree in both Mathematics and Economics.  She received her J.D. degree from The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University where she served as President of the Student Bar Association and was awarded the American Bar Association Student Bar Association of the Year Award.  Ms. Steele resides in Montgomery County with her husband and three children.