Linda C. McNulty

Education

  • J.D., summa cum laude, University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, 1988, Order of the Coif
  • B.S., Nursing, University of Rochester, 1971

Bar Admissions

  • Arizona, 1988

Clerkships

  • Hon. Richard M. Bilby, U.S. District Court, Arizona, 1988-1992

Linda C. McNulty

Partner
One S. Church Avenue
Suite 700
Tucson, Arizona 85701
Phone 520.838.7720
Fax 520.879.4734

About Linda McNulty

Ms. McNulty, a partner with the firm’s Real Estate and Finance groups, focuses on commercial real estate and a broad range of related business areas. She is a leading practitioner in commercial leasing transactions including ground-up development, redevelopment and leasing of regional, anchor-powered and mixed-use shopping centers and build-to-suit office facilities. Her extensive real estate experience also includes commercial real estate purchases and sales, financing, title issues and general business matters. She represents sellers, buyers, developers, investors, landlords, tenants, borrowers, and lenders.

She began her legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard M. Bilby, and was the federal district court staff attorney for the American Continental Corporation/Lincoln Savings, Charles M. Keating Multi-District Litigation from 1988 through 1992, where she administered one of the largest collections of multi-district civil litigation in U.S. history arising out of the failure of Lincoln Savings and Loan and the sale of the assets of American Continental Corporation. She served as Special Assistant at the Arizona Department of Water Resources, authoring portions of the first Groundwater Management Plan for the Tucson Active Management Area, and as the Water and Natural Resources staff for Congressman James F. McNulty, Jr., where her responsibilities included the Central Arizona Project, groundwater management, and the Arizona Wilderness Act of 1984. Prior to joining Lewis and Roca, Ms. McNulty was a partner with the law firm of Mendelsohn, Oseran & Eisner, P.C.

In February 2011, Ms. McNulty was appointed to the five-member Arizona Independent Restricting Commission, which is responsible for establishing Arizona’s Congressional and legislative districts for the next decade.

She was elected and served as the 2012 President of Tucson CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women), a professional association dedicated to the advancement of women in the field of commercial real estate.

Ms. McNulty also serves as Chair of the Board of the Pima County Sports and Tourism Authority, whose mission is to promote economic development and tourism by expanding opportunities for professional and amateur sports in Pima County.

Inside Tucson Business has selected Ms. McNulty as a 2012 honoree for Inside Business' Women of Influence.

Representative Cases/Matters

Ms. McNulty's representations have included:
  • Redevelopment and leasing of 500,000 square-foot regional enclosed mall
  • Build-to suit lease of 1.5 million square-foot office campus
  • Development and leasing of anchored power, community, specialty and mixed-use shopping centers
  • Development and leasing of Class A office, medical, technology and industrial space
  • Development of specialized facilities for lease by government agencies and contractors
  • Representation of large and small tenants and landlords in a variety of transactions
  • Sale of $1 billion portfolio of real estate assets including hotels, land and other assets
  • Purchase and sale of environmentally-sensitive property
  • Conservation easements and non-profit conservation land banks
  • Complex ground lease transactions
  • Real estate-related matters pertaining to mineral claims
  • Acquisition and sale of water utilities
  • Green leasing transactions

PUBLIC SERVICE, MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
  • Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, Commissioner
  • Tucson CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women), 2012 President
  • Pima County Sports and Tourism Authority, Board Member, Chair 2012 - present
  • Pima County Bar Association, Member
  • Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, Board Member
  • Wilderness Land Trust, Board Member (2005 - 2011) 
  • Arizona Women Lawyers Association, Member

Publications

  • Co-Author, "A Water Issues Premier," Southern Arizona Water Resources Association, September 1983

Speaking Engagements

  • Presenter, "Redistricting in Arizona," American Pluralism and Civil Rights Workshop, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, 2012
  • Presenter, "Taking the Politics Out of Redistricting (Or Not)," Morris Institute for Justice CLE, 2012
  • Presenter, "Arizona Leases- Read, Write, and Green", State Bar of Arizona, Southern Arizona Real Property Section, 2011

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Arizona, 1988

Other Distinctions

Ms. McNulty has an "AV/Preeminent Attorney" rating with Martindale-Hubbell. She is listed in the 2005-2013 editions of The Best Lawyers in America®, by Woodward/White, Aiken, S.C. in the category of Real Estate Law. Ms. McNulty received the Jennings Strouss & Salmon First Year Law Student Award in 1986. Ms. McNulty was also elected to the Order of the Coif.