Jay DeVaney

Jay DeVaney practices in the areas of commercial real estate, secured lending and land use litigation.

Mr. DeVaney has lectured and written extensively on Real Property and Land Use Litigation and Commercial Real Estate for the American Bar Association, the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, the North Carolina Bar Foundation and other CLE providers on Real Property Litigation, Land Use Litigation and Planning, Condemnation, Title Insurance and Commercial Real Estate Development.

• Board Certified Specialist in Real Property Law - Business, Commercial, and Industrial Transactions by the North Carolina State Bar
• American College of Real Estate Lawyers - Board of Governors; Land Use/Environmental Committee, Chair
• American College of Mortgage Attorneys - Fellow
• North Carolina Bar Association - Real Property Section (Chair, 1982-1983), Board of Governors (1992-1995)
• American Bar Association - Real Property Probate and Trust Section, Foreclosures and Related Remedies Subcommittee (Former Chair); Subcommittee of Lender Participations, Chairman; Real Property Financing Committee (1983-1987)
• Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law since 2001
• Outstanding Lawyers of America
• North Carolina "Super Lawyer" for Real Estate Law (2006-2011)
• Elite Lawyers of North Carolina (2004, 2006-2009)
• Named in Business North Carolina's "Legal Elite" in Real Estate Law (2009)

• 62 Attorneys Named to the 2012 Edition of Best Lawyers®
  Nexsen Pruet is proud to announce that 62 of its attorneys have been named to the 2012 edition of Best Lawyers®.
• Attorneys Recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers®
  Nexsen Pruet is pleased to announce that nine attorneys from the firm’s Greensboro and Charlotte offices have been named to the 2011 list of North Carolina Super Lawyers®. Two attorneys are named as North Carolina “Rising Stars.”
• Fifty-nine Attorneys Selected for Best Lawyers in America®; Five Practice Areas Listed Among Top in the Carolinas
  Nexsen Pruet is proud to announce that 59 of its attorneys have been named to the 2011 edition of Best Lawyers®.
• Charlotte and Greensboro Attorneys Recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers®
  Nine attorneys from the Charlotte and Greensboro offices of Nexsen Pruet have been named to the 2010 list of North Carolina Super Lawyers®. Four more attorneys are named as “North Carolina Rising Stars.”
• Jay DeVaney Named “Real Estate Lawyer of the Year”
  Nexsen Pruet attorney Jay DeVaney has been named “Greensboro Real Estate Lawyer of the Year” for 2010 by Best Lawyers®. In various specialty areas, the publication recognizes one attorney from large legal communities as the “Lawyer of the Year.”
• Fifty-eight Attorneys Selected for Best Lawyers in America®
  Fifty-eight Nexsen Pruet attorneys will be included in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
• Eight Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named Among North Carolina’s Super Lawyers®
  Greensboro – Eight attorneys in the Greensboro office of Nexsen Pruet, PLLC have been named to the 2009 list of North Carolina Super Lawyers®.
• Ten Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named as "Legal Elite"
  Ten Nexsen Pruet attorneys have been named in Business North Carolina magazine’s “Legal Elite.”
• Nexsen Pruet Creates Distressed Property and Workout Practice Group
  The new group will provide clients the necessary resources, skills, and expertise needed to navigate issues that emerge during periods of economic and financial uncertainty.
• 45 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Selected for Best Lawyers
  Columbia, SC – Forty-five Nexsen Pruet attorneys will be included in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. The publication also ranks Nexsen Pruet #1 in eleven practice areas in South Carolina and three in North Carolina.
• Seven Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named Among North Carolina's "Super Lawyers"
• Seven Attorneys Named Among N.C.’s “Legal Elite”
• 38 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Names To "The Best Lawyers in America 2008"
  Thirty-eight attorneys from Nexsen Pruet, LLC were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 – including six who have now earned the honor for 10 years or more.
• Seven Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named Among North Carolina's "Super Lawyers"
• 6 Attorneys Named Among NC's "Legal Elite"
  Business North Carolina magazine has named six attorneys from Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier’s Greensboro office to its “Legal Elite” listing, an honor bestowed by the publication on less than 5 percent of the state’s lawyers.
• 32 Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named to 2007 Edition of "Best Lawyers in America"
  Thirty-two attorneys from Nexsen Pruet, LLC have been named to the 2007 edition of Best Lawyers in America – including six who have now earned the honor for 10 years or more.
• Six Nexsen Pruet Attorneys Named Among North Carolina's "Legal Elite"
  Business North Carolina magazine has named Six attorneys from Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier to its list of the profession's "Legal Elite," an honor bestowed by the publication on just 3 percent of the state’s lawyers.
• Six Nexsen Pruet Lawyers Named Among North Carolina's "Super Lawyers"
  Six attorneys in the Greensboro office of Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier, PLLC have been named among North Carolina's "Super Lawyers" in a Law & Politics publication survey.
• 5 Lawyers Named Among "Legal Elite" in Business North Carolina Survey
  Five Nexsen Pruet attorneys have been named among the 2005 "Legal Elite" in a survey by North Carolina Business magazine.
• Five Attorneys Named Among "Legal Elite" In Business North Carolina Survey of Attorneys
  Five attorneys from Nexsen Pruet Adams Kleemeier, PLLC have been named among the "Legal Elite" in a survey of more than 16,500 lawyers by Business North Carolina magazine.

• Leasing Treatise - North Carolina Statutes
  In North Carolina, while residential landlord tenant relationships are subject to a strict statutory system, commercial landlord tenant relationships are generally governed by the lease between the parties and caselaw interpretation of leases, with a background statutory framework....
• Workouts and Forebearance Agreements
  While subprime residential loans led the way to the current financial and economic malaise, commercial real estate loans have in recent months been trending upward with respect to events of default....