Ms. Higbee’s practice consists primarily of real estate matters including homeowners association matters, property management matters, transactions and litigation. She has provided advice to homeowners associations, commercial property owners associations, commercial and residential landlords, property managers, lenders in connection with SBA loan closings, real estate agents and buyers and sellers of real estate. Clients turn to Ms. Higbee for her expertise in compliance with CC&Rs, Bylaws, Articles and other documents for common interest communities and commercial property owners associations, leasing matters, eviction matters, closing SBA loans, regulatory compliance and other real estate matters.
Ms. Higbee is a shareholder with the firm and began serving as president in January 2019. She has an AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible peer rating for ethical standards and legal ability. Ms. Higbee has lectured for various organizations and has published materials concerning real estate matters, landlord/tenant law, community association matters and commercial association matters. Ms. Higbee serves on the Common-Interest Community Committee of the State Bar of Nevada, Real Property Section which purpose is to address proposed changes to legislation and existing statutes including NRS 116.
When Ms. Higbee is not working, she can be found boating, playing volleyball, traveling and spending time with her family. Counsel Liaison for Commercial Marketing Group; Counsel Liaison for Southern Nevada CCIM Chapter (Certified Commercial Investment Member); Recipient: Best Lawyers Business Edition, Women in the Law 2018; Named to Best Lawyers in America list 2018-2020 (Real Estate Law); Mountain States Super Lawyers Top 50 Women List 2017, 2019; MYVEGAS Magazine Top 100 Lawyers in Las Vegas, 2015-2019; Mountain States Super Lawyers, 2015-2019; Desert Companion Magazine Top Lawyers (Real Estate), 2014; CMG Affiliates Award from Commercial Marketing Group and Nevada Business Magazine Legal Elite, 2011, 2015, 2019; Gregg Corlyn Outstanding Member Award from CCIM, 2008. Author/Speaker: Commercial Real Estate Leasing Essentials - UNLV Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies, 2004 and 2005; Landlord Tenant Law Update - Sterling Education Services, 2005; Commercial Leases: Drafting, Enforcing and Other Critical Issues - Sterling Education Services, 2005; Landlord Tenant Law for the Experienced Practitioner - Sterling Education Services, 2005; Leasing Essentials - UNLV Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies, 2006; Drafting and Enforcing Commercial Leases - Sterling Education Services, 2007; Do You Want To Be A Lawyer? - Seminar for Teenagers, 2008; Negotiating Commercial Leases - Sterling Education Services, 2008; Commercial Leases in Troubled Time - CCIM, 2008; Commercial Real Estate in Troubled Times - CCIM, 2009; Avoiding Pitfalls in Landlord Tenant Matters - Various Property Managers, 2009; Common Commercial Eviction Questions - CCIM, 2011; What's in a Name? Office Tenant's Signage Should be Covered in the Lease, CCIM, 2015; Just Make the Call Be More Than an Email Address to Your Clients, CCIM 2016; Commerce Tax Senate Bill 483 - What It Means to Your Business, CCIM 2016; Just Make the Call, CCIM 2016; Health Safety and Welfare Fines Based on Conduct, Community Associations Institute 2019; What is Going On in the 2019 Legislature?, CCIM 2019; 2019 Legislation and the Impact on those Involved with Commercial Real Estate-Evictions, Licensing, Taxes, Lending and More, CCIM 2019; Health Safety and Welfare Fines Based on Conduct, Community Assocaitons Institute 2019. Seminars: Fundamentals of Landlord-Tenant Law, 2014; Property Owners Associations Seminar, 2014; Landlord-Tenant Law: From Lease to Eviction, 2016; How Many Times Can a Tenant Sue a Landlord Over an Exclusive Use Provision?,CCIM 2018. Counsel Litigation: Commercial Marketing Group. Member and Counsel Liaison, Certified Commercial Investment. Member, National Association of Development Companies. Designated 504 Closing Attorney, Small Business Administration.
