TamaronHouston
Partner
Real Estate Finance
thouston@seyfarth.com
"I help my clients build and shape cities for future generations. If clients want to buy, build, finance, franchise, or lease dirt or buildings, send them my way."
More About Tamaron
Commercial real estate transactions require responsive and agile counsel. As a partner in one of the top 5 real estate practices in the US, clients turn to Tamaron to help them navigate complex transactions and decisions efficiently, across offices and practices. She partners with them on a wide range of matters, including commercial mortgage loan originations, securitizations, acquisitions, and dispositions of raw land, commercial real estate, hotels, and multifamily real property.
Tamaron represents clients including (but not limited to) banks, life companies, developers, national retailers, special servicers, start-ups and technology companies.
She represents lenders in connection with CMBS financings, multi-state mortgage loan portfolios, and master and special servicers on distressed assets, remedies, and workouts. In defaulted loans and workouts, she advises servicers and borrowers on forbearance and settlement agreements, loan modifications, restructuring, foreclosures, and deed-in-lieu agreements.
Clients engaged in acquisitions and dispositions of real property, including technology companies and start-ups turn to Tamaron for guidance. She counsels her technology clients in connection with site acquisition and construction matters and other ground-up development issues unique to data centers, including, without limitation, energy connections, utility supply agreements and land use planning.
Having started her career in Texas, a major Energy hub, Tamaron has and continues to represent clients in energy related industries, including the acquisition and disposition of oil and gas facilities and dealings with regulatory agencies related to entity acquisitions, and advises clients on lien and security matters common to oil and gas properties and investments.
Throughout her legal career, Tamaron has committed to empowering others. She is national co-chair of the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Action Team. Since 2012, Tamaron has also chaired the Spelman and Morehouse Internship Program, which provides undergraduate students who are interested in attending law school with an opportunity to gain practical law-firm experience working at Seyfarth. She is also a member of Seyfarth's Lawyer Development Committee.
While in law school at the University of Virginia, Tamaron clerked for the NAACP legal department in Houston, Texas during Hurricane Katrina, helping evacuees with landlord and tenant disputes, wrongful evictions, and foreclosure matters.
Tamaron uses Seyfarth's Lean Six Sigma approach and unique technology tools in her everyday practice. These tools are an integrated and integral part of the way she handles and staffs transactions.
"I love that no deal is identical to another, and I enjoy helping my clients solve problems."
Tamaron represents clients including (but not limited to) banks, life companies, developers, national retailers, special servicers, start-ups and technology companies.
She represents lenders in connection with CMBS financings, multi-state mortgage loan portfolios, and master and special servicers on distressed assets, remedies, and workouts. In defaulted loans and workouts, she advises servicers and borrowers on forbearance and settlement agreements, loan modifications, restructuring, foreclosures, and deed-in-lieu agreements.
Clients engaged in acquisitions and dispositions of real property, including technology companies and start-ups turn to Tamaron for guidance. She counsels her technology clients in connection with site acquisition and construction matters and other ground-up development issues unique to data centers, including, without limitation, energy connections, utility supply agreements and land use planning.
Having started her career in Texas, a major Energy hub, Tamaron has and continues to represent clients in energy related industries, including the acquisition and disposition of oil and gas facilities and dealings with regulatory agencies related to entity acquisitions, and advises clients on lien and security matters common to oil and gas properties and investments.
Throughout her legal career, Tamaron has committed to empowering others. She is national co-chair of the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Action Team. Since 2012, Tamaron has also chaired the Spelman and Morehouse Internship Program, which provides undergraduate students who are interested in attending law school with an opportunity to gain practical law-firm experience working at Seyfarth. She is also a member of Seyfarth's Lawyer Development Committee.
While in law school at the University of Virginia, Tamaron clerked for the NAACP legal department in Houston, Texas during Hurricane Katrina, helping evacuees with landlord and tenant disputes, wrongful evictions, and foreclosure matters.
Tamaron uses Seyfarth's Lean Six Sigma approach and unique technology tools in her everyday practice. These tools are an integrated and integral part of the way she handles and staffs transactions.
"I love that no deal is identical to another, and I enjoy helping my clients solve problems."
- JD, University of Virginia School of Law
Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal, contributing editor
Women of Color president
NAACP Legal Clerk - BA, Duke University
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Duke Study Abroad Program
- The University of Nottingham School of Law
International banking and finance
- Georgia
- Texas
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- 2018 Seyfarth Pro Bono Team of the Year member (worked with Georgia Justice Project to help multiple clients seal and restrict criminal records in Georgia)
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- Out of Hand Theater, Board of Directors (2022 – present)
- Leadership Atlanta (2021)
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow (2018), Atlanta City co-lead (2019-2021)
- Emory University School of Law, adjunct professor (2018-present)
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), fellow (2018)
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Leadership Class (2009)
- Author, "Expert Q&A on AI in Real Estate," Practical Law Real Estate (May 31, 2024)
- Chapter 74 (Real Estate) in Thompson Reuters "Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel" (2018)
- "Hart-Scott Rodino Threshold Requirements" (2011)
- Co-Speaker, "The Property Line: AI and the Future of Client Service in Real Estate," Podcast, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (December 18, 2023)
- Moderator and Panelist, "Fostering DEI," ACC Foundation Global Women in Law and Leadership Conference (June 14, 2022)
- Panelist, "The Struggle is Real: Breaking Down the Barriers and Halting the Mass Exodus of Women from Law," MCCA Pathways Diversity Conference (October, 2021)
- Moderator, “Technology – Next Gen for Lawyers” at Corporate Counsel Leadership Summit Virtual Conference (July 21, 2021)
- Panelist, "2021 Legislative Update," Gate City Bar Association (July 29, 2021)
- Moderator, Fireside Chat at NBA Commercial Law Section Corporate Counsel Virtual Conference (February 25, 2021)
- Panelist, "Control Our Destiny: Lifting As We Climb," Conference, National Bar Association’s 11th Annual Corporate Counsel Leadership Summit (July 28, 2020)
- Panelist, "Multi-State Real Estate Financing: Considerations and Strategy for Origination and Enforcement," CLE Presentation, Minority Corporate Counsel Association (July 14, 2020)
- Panelist, "Common Deal Killers in Commercial Transactions," Conference, National Bar Association, Corporate Law Section (February 14, 2020)
- Moderator, "How the TV and Film Industries Impact Atlanta’s Business" (February 13, 2019)
- Panelist, "Live with the Supremes: Recap of the Most Important Decisions Impacting Corporations from the U.S. Supreme Court's Last Term," Conference, National Bar Association, Corporate Law Section (January 31, 2019)
- "Brief Introduction to the Basic Principles of Financing and Closing a Loan," CLE Presentation, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (2016)
- "Franchise Agreements, Comfort Letters and Hospitality Financing," CLE Presentation, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (2015)
- Duke University Alumni Association
- Georgia Justice Project, legal volunteer
"I help my clients build and shape cities for future generations. If clients want to buy, build, finance, franchise, or lease dirt or buildings, send them my way."
More About Tamaron
Commercial real estate transactions require responsive and agile counsel. As a partner in one of the top 5 real estate practices in the US, clients turn to Tamaron to help them navigate complex transactions and decisions efficiently, across offices and practices. She partners with them on a wide range of matters, including commercial mortgage loan originations, securitizations, acquisitions, and dispositions of raw land, commercial real estate, hotels, and multifamily real property.
Tamaron represents clients including (but not limited to) banks, life companies, developers, national retailers, special servicers, start-ups and technology companies.
She represents lenders in connection with CMBS financings, multi-state mortgage loan portfolios, and master and special servicers on distressed assets, remedies, and workouts. In defaulted loans and workouts, she advises servicers and borrowers on forbearance and settlement agreements, loan modifications, restructuring, foreclosures, and deed-in-lieu agreements.
Clients engaged in acquisitions and dispositions of real property, including technology companies and start-ups turn to Tamaron for guidance. She counsels her technology clients in connection with site acquisition and construction matters and other ground-up development issues unique to data centers, including, without limitation, energy connections, utility supply agreements and land use planning.
Having started her career in Texas, a major Energy hub, Tamaron has and continues to represent clients in energy related industries, including the acquisition and disposition of oil and gas facilities and dealings with regulatory agencies related to entity acquisitions, and advises clients on lien and security matters common to oil and gas properties and investments.
Throughout her legal career, Tamaron has committed to empowering others. She is national co-chair of the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Action Team. Since 2012, Tamaron has also chaired the Spelman and Morehouse Internship Program, which provides undergraduate students who are interested in attending law school with an opportunity to gain practical law-firm experience working at Seyfarth. She is also a member of Seyfarth's Lawyer Development Committee.
While in law school at the University of Virginia, Tamaron clerked for the NAACP legal department in Houston, Texas during Hurricane Katrina, helping evacuees with landlord and tenant disputes, wrongful evictions, and foreclosure matters.
Tamaron uses Seyfarth's Lean Six Sigma approach and unique technology tools in her everyday practice. These tools are an integrated and integral part of the way she handles and staffs transactions.
"I love that no deal is identical to another, and I enjoy helping my clients solve problems."
Tamaron represents clients including (but not limited to) banks, life companies, developers, national retailers, special servicers, start-ups and technology companies.
She represents lenders in connection with CMBS financings, multi-state mortgage loan portfolios, and master and special servicers on distressed assets, remedies, and workouts. In defaulted loans and workouts, she advises servicers and borrowers on forbearance and settlement agreements, loan modifications, restructuring, foreclosures, and deed-in-lieu agreements.
Clients engaged in acquisitions and dispositions of real property, including technology companies and start-ups turn to Tamaron for guidance. She counsels her technology clients in connection with site acquisition and construction matters and other ground-up development issues unique to data centers, including, without limitation, energy connections, utility supply agreements and land use planning.
Having started her career in Texas, a major Energy hub, Tamaron has and continues to represent clients in energy related industries, including the acquisition and disposition of oil and gas facilities and dealings with regulatory agencies related to entity acquisitions, and advises clients on lien and security matters common to oil and gas properties and investments.
Throughout her legal career, Tamaron has committed to empowering others. She is national co-chair of the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Action Team. Since 2012, Tamaron has also chaired the Spelman and Morehouse Internship Program, which provides undergraduate students who are interested in attending law school with an opportunity to gain practical law-firm experience working at Seyfarth. She is also a member of Seyfarth's Lawyer Development Committee.
While in law school at the University of Virginia, Tamaron clerked for the NAACP legal department in Houston, Texas during Hurricane Katrina, helping evacuees with landlord and tenant disputes, wrongful evictions, and foreclosure matters.
Tamaron uses Seyfarth's Lean Six Sigma approach and unique technology tools in her everyday practice. These tools are an integrated and integral part of the way she handles and staffs transactions.
"I love that no deal is identical to another, and I enjoy helping my clients solve problems."
- JD, University of Virginia School of Law
Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal, contributing editor
Women of Color president
NAACP Legal Clerk - BA, Duke University
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Duke Study Abroad Program
- The University of Nottingham School of Law
International banking and finance
- Georgia
- Texas
Related Services
Related News & Insights
-
Speaking Engagement
Nov 12, 2024
Tamaron Houston to Speak at the ABA Webinar "AI is My Paralegal: Uses of New Technology in Practice"
-
Firm News
08/15/2024
220 Seyfarth Attorneys Chosen as Leaders in Their Fields by Best Lawyers in America 2025
-
Recognition
05/31/2024
Seramount Recognizes Seyfarth Again as One of the “Best Law Firms for Women and Diversity”
-
Attorney Publication
05/31/2024
Tamaron Houston Writes on AI in Real Estate and the Legal Industry in Reuters
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Real Estate Law (2022-2025)
- Recognized as a Recommended Attorney for Real Estate Finance by The Legal 500 (Legalese Ltd.) (2021)
- 2018 Seyfarth Pro Bono Team of the Year member (worked with Georgia Justice Project to help multiple clients seal and restrict criminal records in Georgia)
- Minority Corporate Counsel Association, N-Gen Advisory Board (2024 – present)
- Out of Hand Theater, Board of Directors (2022 – present)
- Leadership Atlanta (2021)
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow (2018), Atlanta City co-lead (2019-2021)
- Emory University School of Law, adjunct professor (2018-present)
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD), fellow (2018)
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Leadership Class (2009)
- Author, "Expert Q&A on AI in Real Estate," Practical Law Real Estate (May 31, 2024)
- Chapter 74 (Real Estate) in Thompson Reuters "Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel" (2018)
- "Hart-Scott Rodino Threshold Requirements" (2011)
- Co-Speaker, "The Property Line: AI and the Future of Client Service in Real Estate," Podcast, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (December 18, 2023)
- Moderator and Panelist, "Fostering DEI," ACC Foundation Global Women in Law and Leadership Conference (June 14, 2022)
- Panelist, "The Struggle is Real: Breaking Down the Barriers and Halting the Mass Exodus of Women from Law," MCCA Pathways Diversity Conference (October, 2021)
- Moderator, “Technology – Next Gen for Lawyers” at Corporate Counsel Leadership Summit Virtual Conference (July 21, 2021)
- Panelist, "2021 Legislative Update," Gate City Bar Association (July 29, 2021)
- Moderator, Fireside Chat at NBA Commercial Law Section Corporate Counsel Virtual Conference (February 25, 2021)
- Panelist, "Control Our Destiny: Lifting As We Climb," Conference, National Bar Association’s 11th Annual Corporate Counsel Leadership Summit (July 28, 2020)
- Panelist, "Multi-State Real Estate Financing: Considerations and Strategy for Origination and Enforcement," CLE Presentation, Minority Corporate Counsel Association (July 14, 2020)
- Panelist, "Common Deal Killers in Commercial Transactions," Conference, National Bar Association, Corporate Law Section (February 14, 2020)
- Moderator, "How the TV and Film Industries Impact Atlanta’s Business" (February 13, 2019)
- Panelist, "Live with the Supremes: Recap of the Most Important Decisions Impacting Corporations from the U.S. Supreme Court's Last Term," Conference, National Bar Association, Corporate Law Section (January 31, 2019)
- "Brief Introduction to the Basic Principles of Financing and Closing a Loan," CLE Presentation, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (2016)
- "Franchise Agreements, Comfort Letters and Hospitality Financing," CLE Presentation, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (2015)
- Duke University Alumni Association
- Georgia Justice Project, legal volunteer