Nashville, TN Office   direct phone: (615) 866 3220 direct fax: (615) 866 3221 E-mail	Education: Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D.   Harvard University, B.A.   Bar Admissions: Tennessee bar     Hometown: University Park, IL
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Hannah Cassidy is the Managing Member of Reno & Cavanaugh.  Hannah’s practice focuses on real estate development, with particular emphasis on projects combining private financing with various state and federal funding sources, such as tax credits, bonds, tax increment financing, AHP loans, federally-insured loans, and grants.  She counsels owners, lenders, and investors through all phases of real estate development, including land acquisition, financing, construction, leasing, and disposition.  Hannah has structured developments to incorporate shared equity principles that foster long-term affordability and preservation of the public investment in affordable housing developments.  Her experience spans the full range of commercial, residential and mixed use projects with retail, office, market rate housing, and affordable housing components.    Hannah is listed in The Best Lawyers in America ® (2010, 2011) for Real Estate Law and in Super Lawyers ® (Mid-South, 2010, 2011) for Real Estate Law.       Selected Recent Transactions   Has closed over 200 real estate development transactions combining private financing with various state and federal funding sources Serves as lead real estate counsel to a publicly-traded company in its nationwide acquisition and development of real property Represents a consortium of nonprofits in its application, structuring, and implementation of $30 million in competitive Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 funds to stabilize neighborhoods through acquisition, rehabilitation and redevelopment of foreclosed, abandoned and vacant properties. Served as lead counsel in the structuring of a Tennessee pilot program and preparation of form documents to enable nonprofit organizations to use the federal Section 8 to Homeownership program.     Speaking Engagements   Speaker, Low-Income Housing Tax Credits: Program Principles & Moving Parts, First American Title Insurance Company 2012 Commercial Seminar, Spring 2012. Speaker, Gap Financing in 2011, National Housing and Rehabilitation Association 2011 Annual Meeting, February 2011 Speaker, Successful Strategies for Winning NSP Round-II Funding, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, May 2009 Speaker, Securing Affordable Home Ownership after the Foreclosure Debacle: How and Why the Shared Equity, Urban Affairs Association, March 2009 Speaker, Shared Equity, Governor’s Housing Summit, December 2008 Prior Work Experience   Before becoming a lawyer, Hannah worked for Howell Associates, a real estate consulting firm in Washington, D.C.  There, she performed market and financial feasibility studies for market rate and affordable housing developments and assisted developers with applications to provide affordable housing to the elderly through HUD's Section 202 program.   Awards, Community Activities and Professional Activities Martindale Hubbell Peer-Review Rated AV Preeminent TM Member, American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, and Nashville Bar Association Member, American Bar Association Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University John W. Wade Scholar, Vanderbilt University School of Law  Bennett Douglas Bell Memorial Prize, Vanderbilt University School of Law  Order of the Coif, Vanderbilt University School of Law  Vanderbilt Law Review, Senior Notes Editor St. Mary Villa, Past President of the Board of Trustees Exchange Club of Nashville, Past Board Member Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), Past Board Member Woodbine Community Organization, Past Board Member