Catherine Oh provides legal counsel to clients on commercial real estate transactions throughout California and beyond. She has extensive experience with leases, purchase agreements, loan documents, license agreements and other real estate and business contracts for a variety of asset types including office, retail, medical, agricultural and industrial properties.
Catherine works closely with her clients in providing advice at all stages of their transactions, from preparing letters of intent to drafting and negotiating all applicable real estate contracts, in addition to analyzing due diligence and managing closings. Catherine also has particular expertise in representing landlords and tenants in leases of healthcare facilities, including medical offices and clinics.
Catherine received her B.A. in History from University of California, Los Angeles. She was awarded her J.D. from University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where she was a member of the Hastings Law Journal. Catherine is listed in the 2024 edition of Northern California Super Lawyers for excellence in real estate law. She was named in the Sacramento Business Journal’s Best of the Bar List and is listed in Sacramento/Sactown Magazine’s Top Lawyers list.
Education
- University of California, Hastings College of the Law
J.D., 2001 - University of California, Los Angeles
B.A., cum laude, 1996
History
Admissions
- State Bar of California
Leadership
- California Lawyers Association, Commercial Leasing Practice Area Committee (2019-Present)
- Center for Land-Based Learning, Board of Directors (2015-2018)
- International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC); Next Generation Programs Committee (2010-2011)
- Urban Land Institute (ULI), Communications Committee (2008-2010)
- Association of Commercial Real Estate (ACRE); Developer Showcase Planning Committee (2005-2009)
- Sacramento Metro Chamber, Leadership Sacramento, Class of 2008
- Commercial Real Estate Women of Sacramento (CREW), Board of Directors (2006-2007); Governance Task Force Chair (2006)
- Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento (ABAS), Board of Directors (2006)
Memberships
- Urban Land Institute (ULI)
- California Minority Counsel Program (CMCP)
- Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento (ABAS)
- Sacramento County Bar Association, Real Property Section
- California Lawyers Association, Real Property Law Section
- American Bar Association, Real Property Section
Speaking Engagements
- Co-Presenter, “Whose Space is it Anyway?: Top Issues in Subleasing in a Post-Pandemic World,” The California Lawyers Association (CLA), Real Property Law Section, 2023 Real Property Law Retreat (March 25, 2023)
- Co-Presenter, “Assignment/Subletting: Top Tips for Protecting Your Client’s Interests,” The California Lawyers Association (CLA), Real Property Law Section, Commercial Leasing Round Up: 7th Annual Women in Leasing Law Symposium (June 8, 2021)
- Moderator, “Hospital and Healthcare Systems,” BisNow Healthcare Real Estate Summit, Panel 2 (March 2014)
Publications
- “SNDA Toolbox: Ten Tips for the Health Care Tenant When Reviewing Subordination, Nondisturbance, and Attornment Agreements,” Co-authored with Suzanne E. Hennessy, American Health Law Association, August 6, 2021
- “Rent Relief Considerations for Commercial Landlords,” April 21, 2020
- “Foreclosures in California,” Co-authored with Russell J. Austin
- “Real Property Law: Lease Renegotiations with Troubled Commercial Tenants” (Part 2), ULI Landlink
- “Real Property Law: Lease Renegotiations with Troubled Commercial Tenants” (Part 1), ULI Landlink
- Listed in Northern California Super Lawyers, Real Estate (2024)
- Sacramento/Sactown Magazine’s Top Lawyers List, Real Estate (2024)
