About
Mark R. Burdette

Mark R. Burdette is an Associate Attorney at Lewis Gianola PLLC who maintains a diverse and active legal practice, offering strategic counsel to individuals, business, and organizations throughout the State of West Virginia. Mr. Burdette primarily focuses his practice on real estate, corporate, commercial, and transactional law. Mr. Burdette’s practice includes advising corporate and nonprofit organizations, common interest communities, and real property transactions, routinely engaging in large development projects and financing. Mr. Burdette is based in Charleston, West Virginia and is a graduate of West Virginia University and West Virginia University College of Law.

Education, Recognition and Community Involvement

Education

West Virginia University College of Law, JD, 2023
West Virginia University, BS, 2020

Recognition

Member of the West Virginia Bar Association
Member of Community Associations Institute

Admissions

  • State of West Virginia
  • Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
  • United States District Court for Southern District of West Virginia

 

Presentations

  • “The Clash of Interests in the Short-Term Rental Wars: HOAs, AirBnB, and NIMBYISM,” West Virginia Bar Association Real Estate Law Conference, May 2024
  • “The Obligations of Officers and Directors Under the Corporate Transparency Act: Your Money or Your Life,” West Virginia Organization of Homeowners Associations, February 2024

Mr. Burdette has experience examining title, researching, preparing, and negotiating documents associated with real estate transactions, including purchase and sale agreements, easements, rights-of-way, deeds, releases, leases, lien and security documents, etc. Mr. Burdette works on land use and zoning matters to assist builders and developers to initiate and complete community projects.

Mr. Burdette provides counsel to homeowners associations, developers, and common interest communities, with an emphasis on Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act compliance. Mr. Burdette has assisted in the development of planned communities, creating foundational documents and generating policies to govern day-to-day operations. Mr. Burdette has worked with homeowners associations on matters related to governance, assessments, acquisitions, project financing and budgeting, governing document revisions, and enforcement measures.

Mr. Burdette represents a diverse corporate clientele, including limited liability companies, for-profit corporations, non-profit corporations, and public corporations. Mr. Burdette’s work with corporate clients includes formation, negotiation, governance and procedure, taxation, procurement, general transactions, sales and acquisitions, management, and dissolution. Mr. Burdette also has experience representing builders and developers in matters related to regulatory boards and agencies.

Mark R. Burdette

Associate | Charleston, WV

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