Amanda Smith Greenberg

Overview

Amanda Smith Greenberg is a commercial real estate, land use, and development attorney whose clients include developers, owners, investors and tenants. A trusted advisor, Amanda represents clients in purchase, sale and development transactions, including mixed-use projects, industrial development projects, large scale residential developments, office buildings, hotels, shopping centers and sports and entertainment stadiums and venues. She is an expert on title and survey matters and development approvals, helping clients navigate complex development agreements and infrastructure needs.

Amanda serves as Colorado and regional counsel for national retailers who acquire and develop commercial pad sites. This work includes a full spectrum of services from site identification, negotiating purchase agreements and long-term ground leases, to working with regulatory bodies to obtain permits and approvals. As part of this work, Amanda builds and supervises teams of attorneys and paralegals, who service sizeable real estate portfolios with many moving parts. She also represents both landlords and tenants in commercial leasing transactions, including large ground lease deals across all sectors.

Amanda grew up in Fort Collins, Colorado, obtained a B.A. in Government with a Certificate of concentration in Latin American Studies from Cornell University, and began her career as a legal assistant in the international trade practice group at a large Washington, D.C. law firm. She was later a clerk/intern for the Hon. Larry J. Naves at the Denver District Court.

Amanda co-founded the firm’s wellness program and is the past-chair of both the firm’s Wellness Committee and Attorney Development Committee. Amanda currently chairs the firm’s Marketing & Business Development Committee. She is also a current member of the firm’s Compensation Committee.

Outside the office, Amanda is a mom and enjoys spending time with her family in Fraser and Grand County, Colorado. She is a youth alpine ski racing coach for Team Discovery at the Winter Park Competition Center in Winter Park, Colorado.

I believe in Jewish Family Service (opens in a new tab)’s mission of social justice, acting kindly, feeding the hungry, and treating all people as equal and with dignity.

Speaking & Publications

• Speaker, Managing the Real Estate Cycle (Commercial), Northern Colorado Real Estate Summit (March 2025)
• Presenter, Endangered Species – How to Develop Land and Love Critters at the Same Time, CLE International Land Use Law Conference (December 2019)

Awards & Involvement

• Best Lawyers of America: Real Estate Law (2024-2027)
• Jewish Family Service of Colorado: Board of Directors; Development Committee
• Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado: Board of Directors; Strategic Planning Committee (2009-2015)
• Super Lawyers Rising Star (2011-2016)
• Law Week Colorado “Compleat Lawyer” (2011)
• Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation:  Leadership Denver Program (2010)
• Denver Bar Association Young Lawyer of the Year (2009)
• Anti-Defamation League:  Partners-in-Leadership Institute (2008)
• Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado:  Denver Area Campaign Committee (2007-2009)

Jurisdiction

• State of Colorado
• American Bar Association
• Colorado Bar Association
• Denver Bar Association
• Colorado Women’s Bar Association

Education

• J.D., University of Denver Sturm College of Law (2003); Order of St. Ives
• B.A., Cornell University (1998)

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