Sarah O. Jelencic was a real estate partner and business lawyer with 麻豆传媒. Sarah had experience in multi-family, office, mixed use and retail development and financings, including private placements, joint venture agreements (investor, developer and sponsor), new market tax credits, tax incremental financings, multi-tiered financings, workouts, condominium and homeowners association documentation, declarations of covenants and restrictions (residential and commercial), acquisition and sales of real estate (developed and undeveloped), including membership interest transfers, leasing (landlord and tenant), management and leasing agreements and tax-free exchanges.
Affiliations
Sarah is a former member of the board of directors for Wisconsin Commercial Real Estate Women (WCREW) and the Association of Women Lawyers. She currently serves on the board of directors of Journey House, Inc., a nonprofit organization providing adult education, job placement and after school programs and is a member of the multi-family green council of the Urban Land Institute.
Education
Sarah is from Macon County, Illinois and graduated,聽cum laude, from the University of Illinois, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. A聽magna cum laude聽graduate from the University of Michigan Law School, Sarah served on its聽Law Review聽and was elected to the Order of the Coif.
Recognition
Sarah was Peer Review Rated as AV Preeminent庐, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell庐 Peer Review Ratings鈩 system and was listed in the 2006-2022 editions of Chambers USA: America鈥檚 Leading Lawyers for Business in the practice area of real estate. She was recognized by The Legal 500聽for her work in the area of real estate (2015). She was also selected for inclusion in the 2006-2016 lists of聽Wisconsin Super Lawyers庐. Sarah had been selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America漏聽in the field of Real Estate Law (2007, 2010-2023) and was named the 2017 Milwaukee Real Estate Law 鈥淟awyer of the Year.鈥 In addition, she was selected in 2010 as one of聽Wisconsin Law Journal鈥檚 “Women in the Law” recognizing her achievement of excellence in real estate law and her positive influence on other women pursuing legal careers, encouraging women to seek advanced opportunities within the profession. Sarah was also a 2009 recipient of 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Carl Hitchner Mentor of the Year Award, presented annually to recognize outstanding mentoring to our young attorneys.