Amelie Bredas Messingham, Counsel at our Tucson law office
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Amelie Bredas Messingham

Counsel
Biography

Amelie Messingham’s practice is concentrated in commercial finance and real estate. She regularly represents financial institutions on a wide range of matters, including real estate secured lending transactions, construction loans, hotel loans, loan sales, and loan restructures and workouts. Amelie has significant experience providing legal services with respect to commercial real estate acquisition matters.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

  • Arizona


Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Arizona
  • United States District Court, District of Arizona


Education

  • University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude)
    • Third Year Conference Editor & Second Year Writer, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law
  • University of Arizona (B.A., Economics and History, minor in Math, summa cum laude, with honors)
    • Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, History Department
    • Member, Phi Beta Kappa
    • Member and Vice President for Finances, Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
  • Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (Diplome de Candidature)

Languages

French

Experience

Awards & Recognition

  • Southwest Super Lawyers®, Rising Stars Edition, Banking (2014-2017, 2019)

Representative Transactions

  • Represented national lender and performed all due diligence, documentation, and negotiations in connection with a $36 million loan secured by several pieces of real property in Connecticut
  • Represented national lender with respect to the consolidation, restatement, and restructure of loans in the aggregate amount of $100 million secured by real estate in Nevada and Arizona

Previous Professional Experience

  • Snell & Wilmer, Summer Associate (2005)
  • University of Arizona Attorney’s Office, Legal Internship (Summer 2004)

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • Arizona Women Lawyers Association, Southern Arizona Chapter
  • Tucson CREW

Community Involvement

  • Jabz Boxing Fitness for Women, Tucson Owner/Trainer (2016-present)
  • Southern Arizona Roadrunners (SAR), Board Secretary (2011-2016)
  • Pima Animal Care Center (PACC), Volunteer (2014-2016)

Representative Presentations and Publications

  • “Educación Solamente en Inglés, No Gracias: Protecting Bilingual Education in Georgia in the Wake of the No Child Left Behind Act”, Co-Author with Melissa Hahn, Educ. L. & Pol’y F. (2005)