Gary D. Huff
1201 3rd Avenue, Suite 2900
Seattle, Washington 98101
206-223-1313
206-224-8024 Direct
206-682-7100 Fax
Education
- B.S., Urban Development, University of Washington, 1972, cum laude
- J.D., University of Washington School of Law, 1975
Admitted to Practice
- Washington State Bar, 1975
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 1975
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1975
Major Areas of Practice
Land use, environmental and real estate law
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- Washington State Bar Association
- Real Property, Probate and Trust Section
- Former Member Board of Directors
- Seattle-King County Bar Association
Community Involvement
- Empty Space Theatre
- Board member and general counsel
- President, 1990
- Chairman, Board of Directors, 1991
- YMCA Board of Advisors, Sammamish Branch, 1993-present
Gary D. Huff
Shareholder
Gary Huff received his undergraduate degree (BS in Urban Development, cum laude) from the University of Washington in 1972. His law school training was also at the University of Washington, from which he obtained his JD in 1975.
Mr. Huff is a shareholder in Karr Tuttle Campbell's Real Estate and Land Use Group. His practice is concentrated in land use and real estate law, emphasizing real estate transactions and project development, the governmental permit process, compliance with state and federal regulations and negotiated mitigation of project impacts. Mr. Huff has considerable experience with local, state and federal planning, resource and administrative agencies, including the Washington State Department of Ecology and the Army Corps of Engineers.
Representative projects in which Mr. Huff has been involved include the development of Phase I of the Microsoft campus in Redmond and the expansion of both the corporate campus of Physio Control Corporation and the South Hill Mall. He has provided land use and leasing counsel for many of the region's major shopping centers and has obtained all necessary state and federal governmental approvals for (and defended litigation against) the planned Ship Harbor resort in Anacortes. Permits for the Ship Harbor Resort and Marina contemplate a 300 unit hotel, a 500 slip marina, 200 condominium units, several restaurants and a conference center. Recent projects also include Poulsbo Place (Master Builders Association 2000 Award for Community of the Year) in Kitsap County and Kelkari, a "national park lodge" style condominium development in the City of Issaquah, also a Community of the Year award recipient. Issaquah is also the site of Hyla Crossing, a large mixed use commercial/office master planned development, for which Mr. Huff obtained the necessary governmental approvals. Much of Mr. Huff’s most recent efforts have centered on land acquisition for large scale residential developments in and around the Puget Sound area.
Mr. Huff was named a 2005 Super Lawyer by Washington Law and Politics magazine. He is also a past member of the Washington State Bar Association Real Property, Probate and Trust Section Board of Directors.
Publications and Presentations
- "Historic Preservation in Seattle," Puget Sound Business Journal, 1989
- "Appealing Property Tax Valuations," Puget Sound Business Journal, 1990
- "Projected Trends in Washington Planning and Land Use Regulation," Washington State Bar Association Environmental and Land Use Law Section Mid-Year Meeting, 1986
- "Historic Preservation in Seattle," Visiting Instructor, University of Washington School of Architecture, 1989
- "Wetland Regulation and Growth Controls," University of Washington School of Law, 1990
- "Regulatory Framework of Wetlands and Sensitive Control Areas," Deloitte & Touche Annual Real Estate Conference, 1990
- "Current Developments in Real Estate Law," Seminar Chair, Washington State Bar Association, February, 1993
- "Land Use Law in Washington," National Business Institute, May, 1994
- “Land Use Law Update in Washington,” National Business Institute, July 1997
- “Development & Land Use Issues/Project Mitigation,” Seattle/King County Bar Association, April 1999
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