K. “Teya” Moore, Esq., CCIM, CRE

Managing Partner

Honors & Awards

  • 1997 – 2024 Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent, highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards: 23+ years
  • 2017 Awarded the Counselor of Real Estate (CRE) designation at the Counselors’ 2017 Annual Convention in Montréal, a credential held by fewer than 1100 real estate professionals
  • 2014 CCIM Jay W. Levine Academy, the Susan J. Groeneveld Award of Excellence
  • 2011 Proclamation, Chair (Equine Industry): Prince George’s County Council
  • 2002 NASDB – Small Business Advocate of the Year Award
  • 2001 Distinguished Community Service Award, Baltimore City Council
  • Riesman Award for Outstanding Scholastic and Community Service

K. “Teya” Moore is the managing partner at Moore & Associates. A trusted advisor to government agencies and Fortune 100 companies, he represents clients in commercial real estate & economic development, and finance & commercial transactions. 

He has a sophisticated transactional practice with a focus on finance, fund formation, debt and equity investments for private investment, institutional lenders, and national foundations. Mr. Moore currently serves as legal counsel for SBA warehouse lenders, funds established by large banks under CRA, and national associations established to increase the flow of capital to traditionally underserved communities from Pittsburgh to Atlanta and along the East Coast from New York to Florida.  He has extensive experience with debt offerings, direct lending, and various asset-based and secured and unsecured financing matters (including financing of public lands, hospitals, malls, shopping centers and office towers), private equity transactions, joint ventures, project finance transactions, non-acquisitive reorganizations, asset dispositions and asset recovery matters. 

NOTABLE CURRENT PROJECTS:

  • USDA, RUS

  • MD – Office of the Attorney General

  • National Credit Union Administration

  • General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service Office of Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division

  • United States Attorney (Dept. of Justice) – Middle District of Georgia

  • Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Office of General Counsel

  • United States Attorney (Dept. of Justice) – Maryland

  • Baltimore County, Maryland, Dept. General Services

Mr. Moore previously served as finance counsel to Federal and State agencies like the Office of the Attorney General and the Maryland Energy Administration, to structure, document or evaluate an array of financial transactions including (1) inter-creditor arrangements, (2) asset recovery matters, (3) subordination arrangements, (4) loan modifications, (4) bankruptcy related matters, and (5) all boilerplate documentation relied on by OAG – MEA.  The State of Maryland subsequently engaged Mr. Moore to author all boilerplate documentation to implement energy efficient measures throughout the State.

He holds a B.S. in Government and Public Administration from C.U.N.Y, JJC (with honors), a law degree from New York University, and a LL.M. (master’s in taxation) from Georgetown University Law Center (with honors).  He was awarded the CRE (Counselor of Real Estate) designation in September at the Counselors’ 2017 Annual Convention in Montréal.  Fewer than 1100 real estate professionals currently hold the CRE credential.  

Mr. Moore is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the District of Columbia, the State of Maryland, and the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

More

  • 2024: Presidential Liaison-Counselors of Real Estate
  • 2023-24 Board of Director/Executive Committee Member, Counselors of Real Estate
  • 2022-2023 Chair, DEIB Special Committee, Counselors of Real Estate
  • 2020-22: CCIM Institute Board of Director/Executive Committee Member
  • 2019-2020: Presidential Liaison, Membership – CCIM Institute
    1. Executive Committee
    2. Finance Committee
    3. Strategic Planning Committee
    4. Professional Standards
    5. Designation Committee
    6. Government Affairs Committee
    7. Ward Center for Real Estate Studies Subcommittee
  • 2020-22: DC Chair, NAR Commercial Real Property Operations Committee
  • 2018 – 2019: Chair, NAR Commercial Legislative and Regulatory Advisory Board
  • 2017: Vice Chair, NAR Commercial Legislative and Regulatory Advisory Board
  • 2017 -2019: Member, CCIM Board of Directors (3 Year Appointment)
  • 2017: Member, CCIM Board of Directors – Mid-Atlantic Chapter (DC/MDN A)
  • 2016: Member, Real Estate Roundtable, Real Estate Capital Advisory Committee
  • 2016: RVP, CCIM Region 10 (DC, MD, VA, PA, Del., & NJ)
  • 2016: Chair, CCIM Government Affairs Committee on Commercial Real Estate
  • 2015: Immediate Past-President: CCIM Mid-Atlantic Chapter (DC/MDN A)
  • 2012-2014: CRE Consultant – M-NCPPC (Westphalia)
  • 2002 -2014: Eco & Comm Dev Advisor-EBDI: Johns Hopkins Life Science Project
  • 2013: Chair, Prince George’s County COC Symposium and 22 Member Work Group
  • 2010-2011: Chair, Prince George’s County Equine Industry Task Force
  • Office of the Attorney General, State of Maryland, Rail and Right of Way
  • U. S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utility Service, Office of General Counsel
  • United States Attorney (Dept. of Justice) – Middle District of Georgia
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Office of General Counsel
  • United States Attorney (Dept. of Justice) – Maryland
  • Litigation Counsel, Federal Housing Finance Agency
  • General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service Office of Real Property Utilization & Disposal
  • U. S. Department of Treasury, Special Inspector General for Troubled Asset Relief
  • Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, a United States Department of Defense Policy, and Research Institute
  • Maryland – National Capital Park and Planning Commission
  • Prince George’s County, Redevelopment Authority
  • State of Maryland, Office of the Attorney General
  • Maryland Energy Administration
  • Baltimore County, Maryland, Dept. General Services
  • USDA, RUS

  • MD – Office of the Attorney General

  • National Credit Union Administration

  • General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service Office of Real Property Utilization & Disposal Division

  • United States Attorney (Dept. of Justice) – Middle District of Georgia

  • Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Office of General Counsel

  • United States Attorney (Dept. of Justice) – Maryland

  • Baltimore County, Maryland, Dept. General Services

  • Managed the inclusion of Kaiser-Permanente after the acquisition of Fairwood Green, Bowie, MD for $42 million, and the acquisition of a multi-million dollar industrial and office facility.  
  • Previously engaged by NCRC to help manage its $185 million Growth Fund to increase affordable housing throughout the DMV.
  • 10+ years as special counsel to the office of Research and Technology Applications at Fort Detrick, Maryland, where he structured complex joint ventures and technology exchanges to promote privatization of military technologies with national implications for the public benefit.
  • Legal & CRE Broker Activities: Manages hundreds of thousands of sq. ft. of retail and office space

Education

  • LL.M. in Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center, with honors
  • J.D., New York University
  • B.S. in Government and Public Administration, CUNY, JJC, with honors

Capabilities

Admitted In

  • Maryland
  • New York
  • District of Columbia

Community Service

  • East Baltimore Development Inc. (EBDI), Former Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of EBDI, a public- private partnership established to oversee the redevelopment of East Baltimore. In 2014, Mr. Moore was reengaged by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and its partners – Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore City and EBDI –  to help manage a community and economic development fund for reinvestment in local businesses. 
  • Mr. Moore has chaired a number of vital local county public policy initiatives.
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