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Ms. Duffy is a partner who practices primarily in the areas of commercial real estate, land use, and development, with a special expertise in large public and private entity transactions. She has acted as principal counsel for numerous major development projects and real estate transactions, including the two largest development projects in San Francisco. Ms. Duffy represents clients in the acquisition, planning, construction, and sale of major developments. Because of her in-depth understanding of the long-term implications of development requirements and exactions and how they relate to construction, financing, operation, leasing and sale of a development project, Ms. Duffy is adept at helping clients find workable solutions to the difficult problems that arise in the development of complex public/private projects. She counsels clients as varied as Prologis, Forest City Enterprises, Cadence Designs Systems, eBay Inc., the San Francisco 49ers in conjunction with its stadium development, Gap Inc. and the San Francisco Giants. She served as lead counsel to Catellus Development/ProLogis in connection with its 300-acre San Francisco Mission Bay development project. She was instrumental in the land acquisition and development of the 43,000-seat AT&T Park for the San Francisco Giants, in Forest City's 1.5-million-square-foot retail and entertainment project, including a Bloomingdale's store in downtown San Francisco, and in the negotiations for acquisition and development of eBay Inc.'s major campus expansion in San Jose. She also represents several medical centers in responding to the real estate and development issues surrounding the state's seismic update laws. Professional ActivitiesMs. Duffy has served as a visiting lecturer at Yale Law School, the Harvard Law School, UCLA Law School, the MIT Graduate School of Urban Planning, Stanford Law School, the Practicing Law Institute, Southern Methodist University Law School, the Urban Land Institute, the California Building Industry Foundation and other professional organizations. She is listed in the San Francisco Business Times as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business(2005-2007), in the San Francisco Chronicle as one of the top 25 lawyers in the San Francisco Bay Area (2003) and by The Daily Journal as one of the top 12 land use attorneys in California (2002). In 2003 she was recognized as a distinguished alum of Loyola Law School. She is a chosen member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Lambda Alpha International, as well as the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area. She is listed in International Who's Who of Real Estate Lawyers and, for the last 10 years, as one of The Best Lawyers in America. Ms. Duffy has served as a director of the public television station KQED, Inc., the Exploratorium, the Margaret Jenkins Dance Co., the United Cerebral Palsy Association, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research, and the City Club. Additionally, she was a mayoral appointee to the Citizen's Advisory Committee on the Reuse of Treasure Island Naval Base. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center. | 