Lisa Ashley

Lisa Ashley Seeman

Of Counsel
Minneapolis

Lisa Seeman co-leads the Leasing Team in the firm's Real Estate Development and Transactions Group. Her practice focuses on commercial real estate, lending, and business acquisitions and dispositions. Lisa works with lenders and borrowers in all aspects of commercial loans and workouts, buyers and sellers in commercial land transactions, landlords and tenants with commercial leases, and non-traditional lenders and investment funds.

Lisa is certified by the Minnesota State Bar Association as a Real Property Specialist, a prestigious title held by only two percent of attorneys practicing in her field.

Experience 

Representative Matters

  • Seconded to the Global Real Estate and Operations Department of a Ballard client that is an international media and entertainment company
  • Represent landlord clients owning office buildings in Twin Cities Metro area, in all leasing and tenant matters
  • Represent lenders providing bridge acquisition and construction loans to commercial borrowers, both locally and nationally
  • Represent downtown skyscraper building owners in office, retail, skyway, and restaurant space leasing, conversion and renovation matters

Professional Highlights

Professional Activities

Minnesota Bar Association

Hennepin County Bar Association

Minnesota Women Lawyers

Risk Management Association, Minnesota Chapter, RMA Women's Forum Steering Committee

Recognition & Accomplishments

The Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law (Minneapolis), 2025

North Star Lawyer, Minnesota State Bar Association, 2023

Finance & Commerce’s Top Women in Finance, 2020

Board Memberships & Community Service

Volunteer Lawyers Network

Risk Management Association, Minnesota Chapter Board Member, 2016-2022

Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District, Downtown Safety Collaborative Member, July 2015-April 2018

Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (GTCYS) Alumni Association

Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (GTCYS) Board of Directors, 2012-2014

Publications

Co-author, "Hot Topics in Commercial Lending," MBA News, March 2016

Co-author, "A Regulation E Refresher," MBA News, November 2014

Co-author, "Understanding When to Use Form Versus Custom Loan Documents," MBA News, November 2013

Co-author, "Need a Loan? It Helps to See Finance from the Lender's View," Upsize Magazine, July 2013

Credentials 

Education

William Mitchell College of Law (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law) (J.D., 2005)

Minnesota State University, Mankato (B.S., summa cum laude, 2002)

Admissions

Minnesota

South Dakota

Wisconsin

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Tribal Court of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux