Daniell Davis

About Daniell Davis

Real Estate Attorney licensed in TX, MO and DC. Licensed TX Real Estate Agent. Sr. Asst. City Attorney for the City of Houston, Vast experience with SBA Lending, Community Development Block Grants and other federal funding. Negotiated the contracts on behalf of the Artists for Zombie House Flippers on A&E. Sold over $3 million as a real estate agent in 2022. Wife to Bryan, Mom to Charles, Kaily, Brynn and Camden. Wanna be travel blogger. I aspire to be a Pinterest Mom but am resigned to the fact that I’m more Amazon Prime… I have the \"how hard could it be\" gene and am generally a jack of all trades, but I promise you, if it’s real estate, I know it….

Experience

1. Senior Assistant City Attorney Ii

   City of Houston

   Aug 2022 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   The Office of the City Attorney for the City of Houston provides municipal legal services to the City, its elected and appointed officials, and its employees. Transactional, real estate attorney handling matters related to the development of affordable housing.Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:• Representing the City of Houston Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD) in various affordable housing site acquisitions, single family home rehabilitations, and commercial development projects.• Actively engaging with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), The Texas General Land Office (GLO), Federal Emergency Management Agency, and other state and local authorities to ensure HCDD abides by and remains compliant with all federal, state and local fair and affordable housing requirements.• Negotiating and drafting agreements, including inter-creditor and subordination agreements, with commercial lenders, nonprofit and for-profit developers, tax credit investors, agencies, other governmental entities, and other stakeholders in single-family and multi-family affordable housing projects.• Researching and advising on conflicts of interest and federal and state regulations.• Negotiating and drafting real property documents including deeds, leases, release of liens, Option Agreements/Purchase and Sale Agreements, and professional service contracts.• Advising HCDD on contract rights and identifying and recommending pathways to address title issues.• Counseling HCDD about federal, state and local housing regulations, statutes and ordinances, and drafting or revising ordinances affecting real property.• Reviewing and analyzing various legislative bills during the legislative session.• Special projects assigned by management.• Managing outside counsel.

Education

• Stephen F. Austin State University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  2000 — 2004

• South Texas College of Law

  Doctor of Law (J.D.)

  2007 — 2010

Skills

• Civil Litigation
• Loans
• Westlaw
• Research
• Public Speaking
• Legal Issues
• Legal Writing
• Time Management
• Copy Editing
• Contract Negotiation
• Document Drafting
• Family Law
• Microsoft Excel
• Management
• Legal Research
• Social Media
• Contract Management
• Litigation
• Mediation
• Press Releases
• Corporate Law
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Word
• Customer Service
• Editing
• Courts
• Lexis