Moody National Companies Announces Orange County Expansion
Moody National Companies will open an Orange County office in Irvine, California, in September 2007. The office space will be located at Maine and McArthur, in the heart of the Irvine CBD.
Moody was the second-largest producing sponsor in the TIC industry for 2006, and a California office was essential to maintain their interaction with California representatives and investors, according to CEO Brett Moody.
Mary Smith will join the Moody Orange County Office as General Counsel of Securities after serving as an attorney for Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP, where she acted as counsel on over $1 billion of tenant in common acquisitions while working with preeminent industry attorney Darryl Steinhause. Mary Smith holds a JD from the University of California, Berkley.
Brett Moody said, "Mary Smith worked under a TIC industry leader in Darryl Steinhause, so the opportunity to acquire someone with that level of training was too good to pass up."
Moody is headquartered in Houston and has satellite offices located in Austin, Dallas, and Orange County. Moody expects to hire additional industry talent to join its Orange County operation.