Recognized as one of Colorado’s leading business lawyers, Lynda has nearly 30 years of experience in commercial real estate transactions. Lynda represents developers and investors in retail, office, industrial, residential and mixed-use properties. She counsels clients from the initial due diligence stage through site acquisition, entitlement approvals, development and permanent financing, construction of improvements, leasing and sale.

Among her real estate transactions, Lynda has represented publicly traded and privately-owned development companies and REITs in the development, financing, leasing, operation, acquisition and disposition of numerous retail centers, office buildings, industrial projects and mixed-use developments and portfolios in Colorado and across the United States. She has also represented national build-to-suit companies in site acquisition, lease negotiation, construction, financing and disposition of single-tenant properties nationwide. 

Lynda has represented private developers in major public-private projects involving the development or redevelopment of large urban, infill, suburban and brownfield tracts. In her work in this area, she has secured entitlements, negotiated multi-jurisdictional agreements and urban renewal agreements, and represented developers in obtaining tax-exempt bond financing of infrastructure and environmental remediation.Lynda has negotiated agreements between private developers and public entities for several complex mixed-use and transit-oriented development projects that include tax increment financing in excess of $300 million, as well as substantial tax revenue reimbursement and tax incentive arrangements. 

Lynda serves as counsel to tenants and landlords in lease transactions and build-to-suits. She also represents borrowers, institutional lenders and equity investors in financing transactions. 

Lynda joined Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck in 1980 and became a Shareholder in 1985. She chaired the firm's Ethics Committee for 14 years, co-chaired the Real Estate Group for three years and served on the firm's Executive Committee for seven years. Her volunteer, pro bono and community service includes annual fundraising for nonprofit organizations and political candidates, hosting numerous campaign events, and advocacy for women's rights issues and real estate industry groups.