Press Release

Date:  4/5/2007

Gloria Lockridge joins Orlando office as Partner

Orlando, FL; April 5, 2007 —The statewide law firm Broad and Cassel is pleased to announce the addition of Gloria M. Lockridge, who will serve as a Partner in the Firm’s Real Estate Practice Group.

Lockridge concentrates her practice in commercial real estate law, including land use, zoning, acquisition, financing, development, platting, subdivision, sales and leasing. She has extensive experience in the acquisition, financing, permitting and development of large mixed use projects, and has represented both developers and banking and financial institutions in a variety of acquisition, development, construction and asset based lending.

Lockridge served for several years as chair of various governmental affairs committees for a local homebuilding association, and also served on the Governor’s Task Force on the Econ River. She has also been on the faculty for the Florida Chamber Growth Management Seminars, served on the first Orange County School Impact Fee Advisory Committee, and represented homebuilders on Orange County’s Development Advisory Board.

In 2004, Ms. Lockridge was selected as one of Florida Trend Magazine’s "Florida’s Legal Elite" representing the top 2% of lawyers in the State of Florida, as selected by her peers.

Ms. Lockridge received her Bachelor’s degree from New York University and a Master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She later received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida College of Law.

Broad and Cassel established its Orlando office in 1975, and it has become the largest office in the firm. The firm’s Orlando attorneys focus their practices primarily in the following areas of law: Affordable Housing and Tax Credit, Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights, Commercial Litigation, Corporate and Securities, Eminent Domain, Estate Planning, Government Relations, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment Law, Land Use and Environmental Law, Real Estate and Public Finance and Capital Projects. Broad and Cassel, founded on January 1, 1946, has nearly 180 lawyers and 200 support personnel located in eight offices throughout the state of Florida. The firm has extensive experience in a wide variety of corporate practice areas and industries. For more information, please visit us online at www.broadandcassel.com.

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