Alison A. Drane

Alison A. Drane is an Associate in the Real Estate Practice of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP and is also a LEED Accredited Professional.

As a member of the Real Estate Practice, Ms. Drane represents lenders and developers in commercial real estate lending transactions and general real estate sale, purchase, property management and leasing transactions. Ms. Drane also represents institutional lenders in the negotiation of workouts involving commercial real estate loans.

Ms. Drane is also currently a member of the Urban Land Institute, NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association, Association of Young Real Estate Professionals, and Generation Green of the Georgia Conservancy.

Ms. Drane received her B.A. degree, summa cum laude, with highest honors, in Risk Management and Insurance from the University of Georgia in 2005. She earned her J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2008. During law school, she was an Editorial Board Member and Notes Editor at the* Journal of Intellectual Property Law*. Ms. Drane also acted as a liaison between the Dean’s office and the student body and greater community in her role as President of Dean’s Ambassadors while in law school. Ms. Drane is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and the Atlanta Bar Association.

Ms. Drane is involved in many community service activities. Several of them include serving on the Board of Directors of the International Women’s House, which provides services to immigrant and refugee women and children who have survived domestic violence, serving on the Board of Directors of the Bill Maness Good Samaritan Scholarship Committee, which provides college scholarships to students in the Atlanta community who could be characterized as Good Samaritans, and providing pro bono legal services for various firm clients.