Lawyers / Professionals

 
Susan C. Tarnower       
Attorney
The Proscenium
1170 Peachtree Street N.E., Suite 2100
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-7649
T: 404.443.5736
F: 404.443.5772
starnower@mcguirewoods.com
 

Ms. Tarnower concentrates her practice in the area of real estate finance, focusing on commercial real estate loans, servicing and sub-servicing issues, and the resolution of non-performing or sub-performing loans. She also handles commercial leasing transactions.

Prior to joining the firm, she spent eight years as in-house counsel for GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation (prev. CapMark Services, L.P.) and AMRESCO, Inc. where she acquired a broad knowledge of commercial and agency loan origination practices and of the servicing, sub-servicing and special servicing industries. She was also assistant general counsel at the Atlanta Housing Authority, which provided her with further real estate and HUD lending experience.


Practices & Industries
Previous Experience
  • Assistant General Counsel, The Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, 2006
  • Vice President - Associate Counsel, GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation (formerly CapMark Services, L.P.; formerly AMRESCO, Inc.), 1998-2006
  • Locke Liddell & Sapp (formerly Liddell Sapp), 1995-1998
  • Thompson & Knight, 1994-1995
  • Kirby and Governo, 1992-1994

Articles
  • "Enforcing Commercial Real Estate Loan Guaranties," (Co-authored with Stephen Peterson and Kevin Watters), Georgia Bar Journal, October 2009
  • "Practical Tips for Negotiating Material Adverse Change Clauses in Commercial Real Estate Loans" (Co-authored with Christopher T. Nixon), Probate & Property, American Bar Association, March/April 2009

Speaking Engagements
  • Panel Member, Real Estate Restructuring Conference, CLE International, January 2010
  • Webinar, "Commercial Real Estate Loan Guaranty Enforcement," Strafford Publications, January 2010
  • Panel Member, Interface Distressed Real Estate Conference, November 2009
  • Webinar, "Material Adverse Change Clauses in Commercial Real Estate Loans," Strafford Publications, October 2009
  • Webinar, Strafford Publications, March 2008
  • Speaker, Virginia Law Foundation 10th Annual Advanced Real Estate Seminar, February 2006
  • Panel Member, American College of Mortgage Attorneys 31st Annual Meeting, October 2004
  • Panel Member, American Bar Association Real Property Symposia, May 2004
  • Lecturer, MBA Real Estate Law Course, GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation, 2004

Professional Affiliations
  • Fellow of American College of Mortgage Attorneys, Elected 2005
  • The Georgia Association for Women Lawyers
 

EDUCATION

Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, M.A., J.D., 1992

Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, M.Ed., 1977

University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, B.A., cum laude, 1974

 
 

ADMITTED

Georgia 2003

Texas 1995

Massachusetts 1992

 

PLACE OF BIRTH

Troy, New York