Julie S. Mebane

practices in the area of real estate law, with particular emphasis upon commercial real estate purchases, sales, loans and secured lending, and commercial, industrial and office leases. Ms. Mebane has related experience in compliance with mapping and other development conditions, escrows, title issues, redevelopment projects, hazardous materials, easement concerns, and property license agreements. She has represented a diverse base of clients, including large corporate developers, educational institutions, public utility and power companies, landlords and tenants, owners of smaller real estate portfolios, single-property investors and developers, and high-end residential buyers and sellers.

In one particularly challenging and long-term engagement, Ms. Mebane was responsible for a variety of legal services for a new master-planned community in northern San Diego County. The master plan included both residential and resort components: residential homes, church, park, and school sites, a major hotel, and a golf course. Ms. Mebane's involvement continued as these components were sold to merchant builders and other entities over a period of years, and also covered trademark issues which arose in connection with the marketing of the project. Ms. Mebane has also overseen legal issues in the development, purchase, and sales of a number of downtown San Diego office buildings. She has done substantial real estate work for universities on a wide range of matters.

In 2018, Ms. Mebane was presented with the Duane Morris Pro Bono Leadership Award, which recognizes an attorney who exemplifies the spirit of pro bono: a selfless, long-standing and unwavering commitment to pro bono service; a leader by example who accepts pro bono matters without fanfare; and a pro bono contributor who encourages and mentors other firm attorneys in pro bono service. Annually from 2005 through 2011, and in 2013, Ms. Mebane has been named to the list of the San Diego Daily Transcript's Top Attorneys in the category of Real Estate/Construction. In 2012, she was named a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, an invitation-only distinction within the American Bar Association. In 2007 and 2008, she was named as one of the Top 25 Women Super Lawyers in San Diego and was named from 2007 through 2019 as a Super Lawyer in the Real Estate law practice area. Her civic involvements have included acting as the volunteer general counsel for the UCLA Alumni Association and being a member of the board of directors for the San Diego chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. Ms. Mebane was selected for membership in The Counselors of Real Estate (CRE) in 2009, and she is a sustaining member of the Lawyers Club of San Diego. She served on the Board of Directors of the Downtown San Diego Partnership between 2011 and 2014.

A member of the American and San Diego County Bar Associations and the State Bar Association of California, Ms. Mebane is a 1981 graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, where she was Editor-In-Chief of the UCLA-Alaska Law Review, and a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Resume

Experience

•Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2004-present
•Stipanov & Mebane
- Partner, 1994-2004
•Scalone Stipanov Yaffa & Mebane
- Partner, 1990-1994
•Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton
- Associate, 1986-1990
•Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye
- Associate, 1981-1985

Honors and Awards

•Duane Morris Pro Bono Leadership Award, 2018

•Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, 2017
•Listed in San Diego Business Journal's 2015 Best of the Bar List
•Listed in Super Lawyers Business Edition, 2011-2017
•Listed in Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition, 2009-2010
•Named in the San Diego Daily Transcript's annual Top Attorneys listings, 2005-2011 and 2013, in the category of Real Estate/Construction

•Recognized as a Super Lawyer in Southern California Super Lawyers Directory (San Diego, 2007-2019) in category of Real Estate; also recognized as one of the Top 25 Women Super Lawyers in San Diego, 2007 and 2008

•Recognized in Marquis Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who of American Women, and Who's Who in American Law
•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Board Memberships

•Downtown San Diego Partnership, 2012-2014
•Francis Parker School
- Board of Trustees, June 2002-2010; Secretary and Member of Executive Committee, 2006-2010
- Chair, Francis Parker Annual Fund
- Chair, Francis Parker Audit Committee
•National Association of Women Business Owners
- Member, San Diego chapter, 1994-1997
- Board of Directors, San Diego chapter, 1996-1997

•Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, Board of Directors
- 1992-1995
- First Vice President, 1994-1995

•UCLA Alumni Association
- General Counsel and Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee, 1992-1996

Civic and Charitable Activities

•Vice Chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, 2017-present

•The UCLA Fund
- Vice Chair, June 2000-June 2001
- Co-Chair, San Diego Regional Steering Committee, 1997-1999
•Co-Leader, Girl Scout Troop 3320, 2003-2005

Publications and Speaking Engagements

Selected Publications

•Co-author, Lease Points Colleges and Universities Should Not Miss, Duane Morris Blogs, November 19, 2020
•Co-author, Avoiding Land Mines: Do Your Homework on that New Campus or Instructional Location, Duane Morris Blogs, September 26, 2019
•Author, Maximizing Lease Protections in Case of a Future School Closure, Career Education Review, April 2016
•Author, Getting Educated About Real Estate Leases, Career Education Review, December 2010
•Quoted in Transaction Lawyers Form Group to Get Through Tough Times by Pat Broderick, The Daily Journal, June 1, 2009
•Quoted in Attorneys busy with distressed real estate work by Doug Sherwin, San Diego Daily Transcript, April 3, 2009
•Quoted in Co-Tenancy Clauses Give Tenants Upper Hand in Downturn, California Real Estate Journal, March 9, 2009
•Featured in Structured Debt Complicates Dealing with Troubled Loans, California Real Estate Journal, April 7, 2008
•Interviewed for a segment on NBC San Diego television on real estate lawsuit, April 2, 2008

Selected Speaking Engagements

•Panelist, Women Attorneys' Roundtable Discussions, featured in July 20, 2011 and July 25, 2012 issues of the San Diego Daily Transcript
•Co-speaker, Hot Topics in Insolvency and Bankruptcy, CresaPartners' annual meeting, San Diego, California, April 30, 2011
•Speaker, Signs of the Times in the Golden State, Business Issues Forum of National Convention of the Counselors of Real Estate, October 2009
•Panelist, Work-Life Balance, Lawyers Club of San Diego Student Committee, April 2, 2009
•Panelist, Fundamentals of Real Estate Closings in California Course, Lorman Education Services, November 2006
•Panelist, Major Realty Property Acquisitions Course, California Continuing Education of the Bar, May 2002 and May 2001