Roger D Winston

Practice Areas

Roger D. Winston is the leader of the firm's Mixed-Use, Condominium, and Multifamily Development Team and the Washington, D.C. office Real Estate Team. He is licensed and actively practicing in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia and has practiced real estate law in the Washington, D.C., region for more than 40 years. Roger has advised and represented many industry-leading developers, investors, and lenders on major projects in D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and throughout the United States. He is a regional expert on DC TOPA (Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act) as well the ROFR (Right of First Refusal) laws in Maryland, having working on hundreds of these transactions over 40 years.

Roger is widely regarded and sought out as one of the leading practitioners in mixed-use and condominium planning and development, as well as multifamily transactions. He has been ranked by Chambers USA for 19 straight years and is among a handful of regional practitioners ranked #1 in real estate. Chambers noted that, he is the "preeminent condominium and mixed-use lawyer" and a "go-to person for things that are challenging, intellectually and structurally." He works with clients to provide insights and alternatives for ownership and control and for flexibility to structure projects that reflect seamless, efficient, and value-added integration of uses. He is recognized and respected by many government officials and staff in the region. His experience covers practically every property type and use. This includes retail, commercial, senior housing, residential, office, parking, hotel, and mixed-ownership projects and condominiums, and numerous other mixed-use variations.

Career

Admissions: District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association, past Chair, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section

American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), former President, President-Elect, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary; past Chair, Common Interest Development Committee, Member Selection Committee, and Membership Development Committee

Maryland Task Force on Common Ownership Communities, past Chair, subcommittee to study adoption of the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act in Maryland

Urban Land Institute, Washington District Council, Advisory Board, Management Committee, Corporate Partnership Committee – Co-chair, Full Membership Engagement Committee

Maryland Building Industry Association, Life Director

Maryland Governor's Commission on Condominiums, Cooperatives, and Homeowners Associations, member; principal drafter of Maryland Homeowners Association Act

Maryland Bar Foundation, lifetime member

Association for Real Property and Infrastructure

Personal

University of Maryland School of Law (J.D. 1979)

Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., Tax, 1983)

University of Maryland (B.A. 1976)