Kathleen J. McKee, an experienced real estate attorney, represents school districts and public agencies in all aspects of real estate, business and facilities law, including property acquisition and disposal, site selection, financing and construction. She advises clients throughout the state on property negotiations, purchase agreements, leases, land use and entitlement issues, environmental issues, including CEQA and NEPA, and alternative energy projects. She served as co-chair of the firm’s Business, Facilities, Real Estate, Construction & Energy Practice Group for nine years.

She is especially interested in finding ways for school districts and public agencies to take full advantage of their property assets, including effective use of surplus property. Kathleen successfully completed a multi-year project involving the environmental clean-up of a piece of surplus property that was then ground leased to a developer for affordable residential housing, thus providing a benefit to the community and a source of income for the district. She has guided school districts on crafting joint use agreements that allowed an effective use of surplus property.

Kathleen served as a member of Green Technology’s California Summit and K-12 Advisory Boards. She is a recognized leader in energy conservation legal matters, especially matters involving energy efficiency and solar generation. She has completed over 35 solar projects, ranging from small, one site projects to large multi-site projects combining carport, roof and stand-alone solar structures on 51 sites. She assists school districts and public agencies throughout the state with solar projects, from RFP creation through contract negotiations and preparation of all documents, including financing and rebates.

Prior to representing school districts and public agencies, Kathleen represented private commercial property owners in the acquisition, financing and development of commercial properties for use in the biotech industry.