Miller, Miller & Canby is pleased to welcome Cathy Borten to the firm’s Real Estate group, where she will concentrate her practice in commercial real estate transactions and leasing, real estate litigation and commercial financings and settlements.

“The addition of Cathy will help expand the breadth of our real estate practice at Miller, Miller & Canby, as we continue our 70-year tradition of bringing creative solutions to work with our clients at every stage of every transaction,” said Robert Gough, the firm’s Managing Shareholder and head of the Real Estate Practice Group.

During the course of her twenty-year career, Ms. Borten has negotiated and drafted leases and amendments for a variety of properties, including shopping centers, government facilities, airports, hotels, hospitals and retail establishments. She also handled land use and zoning matters, appearing before county and city government bodies and pursuing zoning and text amendments in cities and counties, and has represented clients in contested proceedings in both trial courts and appellate matters. Most recently, she was a partner in the Law Office of M. Gregg Diamond, P.C., of Bethesda, Maryland. Prior to this, she worked for the City of Gaithersburg, serving as the first in-house counsel for the city. There, she advised the Mayor and City Council and Planning Commission and drafted legislation to address a variety of city matters. She represented the City’s Planning & Code Enforcement Department in code violation proceedings, drafted and reviewed city contracts, and represented and advised city departments. She began her career working as a Law Clerk for The Honorable Paul H. Weinstein in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland, after which she worked as an associate for a law firm in Montgomery County, handling matters for a diverse client base that included developers, wireless telecommunications firms and municipalities.

Ms. Borten is licensed to practice law in Maryland and the District of Columbia. She earned her Juris Doctorate, graduating cum laude, from Washington & Lee University School of Law and received her B.A. in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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