Dana S. Grimes Email & Phone Number

Indianapolis, IN, US

As SVP - Assistant General Counsel, I partner with General Counsel to provide legal guidance and support to all business units and for our overall organization. I partner with Executive and Senior Leadership team members on Company-wide initiatives and serving as an additional resource for multiple departments, including Information Technology (IT), Human.

As VP - Senior Associate General Counsel for Thompson Thrift Residential, I partner with our acquisition and development teams during site selection, purchase/sale agreement negotiation, and all aspects of the due diligence and entitlement processes taking place prior to acquisition closing. I also seek out opportunities to practice my public speaking.

Indianapolis, Indiana, US

• I reported directly to the General Counsel and worked on a wide variety of acquisition, disposition, development, construction, leasing, property management, partnership, and financing matters for retail, office, and.
• Successfully negotiated 23 tenant leases for the new restaurant-focused Fishers District project (Fishers, Indiana), including the first Shake Shack location opened in Indiana.
• Fostering relationships with national/regional tenants and franchises such as Sprouts, MOD Pizza, Athletico, Dutch Bros., Aspen Dental, Bank of America, Arby’s, Tropical Smoothie Café, WingStop, First Watch.
• Went from LOI to executed lease with Publix (Durham, North Carolina) in record time.
• Lead counsel on leases for the Indianapolis and Phoenix corporate offices.
• Created new team focused on mitigating damages caused by at-risk and delinquent tenants and coordinating resolution of related issues.

Indianapolis, IN, US

• I provided the highest quality representation in purchase and sale, leasing, clean energy financing, and other land use transactions with department stores, big boxes, entertainment providers, and restaurant operators.
• Lead counsel for the completed $200,000,000 redevelopment of the La Plaza Mall in McAllen, Texas.
• Lead counsel for the redevelopment of the Phipps Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Exclusive in-house counsel for Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) projects, facilitating the installation of energy efficient upgrades at 12 properties in Texas and California, including the largest Texas project as.
• Slashed outside counsel fees by analyzing 55,000+ in-house emails for privilege in one week to meet deadline in a multi-million-dollar lawsuit.
• Selected from a pool of over 5,000 to join the inaugural class of Simon’s Emerging Leaders Program, a selective learning experience focusing on management and communication strategies, inter-disciplinary collaboration.

Indianapolis, IN, US

• Successfully balanced a caseload of 180+ delinquent accounts in stages of litigation and bankruptcy during the Great Recession while serving in a quasi-supervisory role and supporting three attorneys. I took decisive.
• Pursued high-profile $2 million fraud/alter ego lawsuit involving multiple rounds of discovery and extensive witness preparation.
• Recovered over $4 million from a bankrupt national retailer’s guarantor without filing suit.
• Streamlined the paralegal drafting process by standardizing 150 documents in a template database.
• Singlehandedly compiled 50-state survey of debt collection statutes into a single database for collaborative reference.
• Onboarded 10 new staff members and had primary responsibility for training on document drafting, litigation file maintenance, and legal concepts.

Indianapolis, IN, US

In this role I worked hand-in-hand with the Vice President/Bankruptcy Counsel by being intricately involved in high-profile Chapter 11 retail bankruptcy filings. My efforts in preparing and filing pleadings and proof of claim documents, lease amendments, and reconciling account balances saved Simon millions of dollars in avoiding outside counsel fees and.

Bloomington, Indiana, US

At Carl Lamb and Associates I was the primary legal support provider and office manager for a one-owner general practice. I had direct responsibility for supervising and training five legal assistants/interns, setting office policies and procedures, and completing paralegal projects for 100+ case files while finishing a Bachelor’s degree. The highlight of.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Bachelor Of Arts In Criminal Justice; Minors In Philosophy And Religious Studies, Criminal Justice And Corrections