Mary Lu Noah

Practice Areas

Commercial Finance

Conservation Easements

Environmental, Energy & Sustainability

Financial Institutions

Real Estate

Real Estate Development & Finance

Real Estate General Practice

Regulatory Counseling, Permitting, Compliance & Enforcement

Secured & SBA Lending

Career

Mary Lu Noah is a Member of Stites & Harbison in the Real Estate, Banking & Finance Service Group. Her practice primarily involves representing borrowers and lenders in financing transactions, including acquisition and construction loans, term loan and revolving credit facilities, asset based secured financings and government guaranteed loans under the SBA 7(a) and 504 programs.

Mary Lu also represents developers, investors and owners in the acquisition, disposition and leasing of real property. She works closely with businesses to ensure compliance with environmental laws, including advising clients on brownfields redevelopment and wetlands mitigation and assisting with the federal and state permitting process.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Tennessee Bar Association

Nashville Bar Association

Publications

"LIBOR Transition: Navigating the World of Synthetic LIBOR," Stites & Harbison Client Alert, August 21, 2023

"Four Important Environmental Law Changes Since You’ve Been Home," with Jennifer J. Cave, W. Blaine Early III, William T. Gorton III, Robert C. Moore, and W. Patrick Stallard, Stites & Harbison Client Alert, May 5, 2020

"Sudden Loss of Nationwide Permit 12 Threatens Future of Development Projects; Will Overwhelm the Corps of Engineers," Stites & Harbison Client Alert, May 5, 2020

"COVID-19: Focus on the Impact on Commercial Leases," Stites & Harbison Client Alert, March 25, 2020

Personal

University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2016

Vanderbilt University, B.A., Political Science and Women's Studies, Minor in Islamic Studies, 2012