Kevin J. Kelehan
Kevin J. Kelehan
kjk@CarneyKelehan.com
T:(410) 740-4600
Hawthorn Executive Center
10715 Charter Drive,
Suite 200
Columbia, Maryland 21044
Kevin Kelehan specializes in all facets of real estate law including real estate finance, representing several construction and permanent lenders for residential, commercial and industrial projects, throughout the State, and regionally, using secondary market, mortgage revenue bond financing, HUD/Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae/ Freddie Mac, and other funding sources and loan guarantees. In addition, he has represented numerous borrowers in the development, construction and acquisition process, with a specialty in counseling clients through the often conflicting requirements of multi-tiered loan and equity components of difficult-to-finance projects, including choice of entity, condominium conversion, asset management issues, and workouts. In addition, Mr. Kelehan has an active construction practice, representing several of the region’s premier contractors, and serves as a resource to national firms for both local representation and specialty work in government contracting.
Mr. Kelehan has served on numerous community and quasi-government boards as part of CarneyKelehan’s commitment to the community, and served the Maryland State Bar Association as the chair of the monthly Commercial Real Estate Discussion Group, a forum for speakers and discussion among commercial real estate practitioners. He served two terms on the Section Council for the Real Estate, Planning and Zoning Section.
Mr. Kelehan has served as a board member for the Maryland Pro Bono Resource Center since 1999, and as the Howard County pro bono liaison to the Maryland State Bar Association, in addition to being a founding member and past treasurer of The Lawyer’s Clearinghouse, a nationally-recognized pro bono clearinghouse for transactional attorneys providing work to nonprofit organizations statewide.
Mr. Kelehan has been with the firm for his entire legal career.Practices
Real Estate Finance; Affordable Housing; Construction Law
Bar Admissions
State of Maryland
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
Education
University of Maryland, Baltimore County cum laude-1973
University of Baltimore, J.D., 1977
Professional Associations
American Bar Association
Maryland Bar Association
Howard County Bar Association
Civic Involvement
Member, County Council Task Force to Study Development Process 1986
Member, Howard County Housing Commission 1994-2005
Chair 2000-2005