Emily Hart (Cobb) Breece represents both public and private entities in a wide range of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, landlord and tenant commercial leasing, title and survey analysis, reciprocal easement agreements, utility and access easements, and license agreements. She also advises local government entities, including K-12 school districts, in the areas of procurement, vendor contracts, intergovernmental agreements, policy development, open records law, and compliance.
Emily Hart spent the first years of her legal career at a boutique law firm litigating real estate disputes, including as outside claims counsel for several large, national title insurance companies. She has a strong background in complex title and survey issues.
Next, while in-house with the City of Atlanta Law Department, Emily Hart helped oversee the city’s expansive real estate portfolio. She represented the city in all manner of real estate transactions, including the sale of Underground Atlanta and the negotiation of municipal office building leases, police precinct leases, and the lease of office space for the inaugural class of WEI, the Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative business incubator program.
Outside of her regular work, Emily Hart has provided pro bono services on a range of issues, such as community housing leases, housing for victims of human trafficking, and immigration. She is a member of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Atlanta, CREW Network’s Government & Education Council, and a graduate of the CREW Atlanta Leadership Class of 2022. She serves on Parker Poe's Recruiting Committee.
Emily Hart earned her law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law and her undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University.