Michael R. Kieffer
Shareholder
Real Estate Transactions | Arlington Office
Michael joined Walsh Colucci full-time in 2007 after graduating from The Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law. He primarily works in the firm’s transactional and development group, representing developers of condominium and mixed-use projects; forming condominium and homeowners associations; and drafting declarations, subdivision deeds, easement agreements, and other documents related to mixed-use development. Michael also works in the firm’s litigation practice group, representing title companies in various real property disputes. Prior to joining WCL&W, Michael worked for more than ten years in the commercial real estate industry and gained invaluable experience clerking for the firm while attending law school.
- Arlington County Bar Association
- Prince William County Bar Association
- Drafted Master HOA and sub-association documents for a 480-lot residential project (Prince William).
- Drafted condominium instruments and assisted in obtaining variances for various condominium conversions (Arlington).
- Drafted land condominium documents for a large multi-association project (Prince William).
- Assisted in the preparation and filing of an Interstate Land Sales Act Registration Work Manual for a 231-unit condominium project (Fairfax).
- Represented title insurance companies in suits to establish the validity and priority of deeds of trust, resulting from missing interests, defective legal descriptions, and other related claims.
- Successfully obtained summary judgment to establish priority of defectively recorded deed of trust (Fairfax).
- Assisted local financial institution and County Attorney’s Office following foreclosure to bring condominium documents into compliance with affordable dwelling unit statute.
- Named to Virginia’s “Legal Elite”, Virginia Business Magazine, 2023
- Named a “Top Attorney,” Real Estate, Arlington Magazine, 2021
- Named to Super Lawyers, 2021
- Named to Virginia’s “Legal Elite,” Land Use & Zoning, Virginia Business Magazine, 2021