Markita Morris-Louis is an associate in the firm's Real Estate Practice Group. She joined Drinker after completing a Philadelphia Public Interest Fellowship at Regional Housing Legal Services in Glenside, Pa., where she represented nonprofits in the development of affordable housing. Her practice is focused on real estate, particularly zoning and land use matters in the City of Philadelphia, real estate development, and finance.
Markita has represented public and private clients in zoning hearings and appeals, land subdivision, and development matters. She also has experience representing lenders in complex, multistate refinancing transactions and counseling clients on realty transfer tax issues.
In General. Markita is a member of Drinker’s Diversity Committee. She has lectured on zoning and land use issues at the Wharton School’s Real Estate Center and has contributed research and editing to the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s seminar on Winning Zoning Cases in Philadelphia. |