[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1427725169015{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” icon_pack=”font_awesome” content_menu_fe_icon=”arrow_back” text_align=”left” anchor=”1″][vc_column width=”1/2″][q_team team_name_tag=”h4″ team_name_font_weight=”700″ team_social_icon_pack=”font_awesome” team_social_icon_type=”circle_social” team_name=”Catherine Bowman, Esq.” team_name_font_size=”18px” team_position=”Partner” team_description=”Catherine Bowman founded The Bowman Law Firm in April 2008 in order to conduct due diligence on public and private securities offerings ranging in size to several billion dollars on behalf of independent broker/dealers, investment advisors and other financial professionals. Ms. Bowman also provides consulting on broker/dealer regulatory and compliance matters; researching ’33 Act and ’34 Act laws and regulations, broker/dealer regulations and state securities laws and regulations; contract negotiation and drafting; as well as providing expert witness services.

Prior to founding The Bowman Law Firm, Ms. Bowman was Chief Compliance Officer, Senior Vice President and Corporate Counsel for CNL Securities Corp., overseeing the compliance and due diligence departments of CNL’s managing dealer of private and public offerings. Earlier in her career at CNL, Ms. Bowman also oversaw the REIT offering document filing process.

Ms. Bowman started her law career almost 20 years ago at Gray, Harris & Robinson, P.A. focusing on corporate and securities law practice for publicly held and privately held clients.

Ms. Bowman received her J.D. from Washington & Lee University School of Law and her BSBA in Economics from the University of Florida. She is a member of the Florida Bar, the Tennessee Bar, the American Bar Association, an alumnus of Leadership Orlando (Class 52) and Outward Bound and has obtained her CRCP Designation from the FINRA Institute at Wharton. The Bowman Law Firm is proud to have been ranked #28 in the inaugural Gator100 for 2015.

Member Florida Bar and Tennessee Bar” team_social_fa_icon_1=”fa-envelope” team_social_fa_icon_2=”fa-linkedin” team_social_fa_icon_3=”fa-twitter” team_image=”21025″ team_image_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_background_hover_color=”#a3a3a3″ team_social_icon_1_link=”mailto:cbowman@bowmanlawllc.com” team_social_icon_1_target=”_blank”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][q_team team_name_tag=”h4″ team_name_font_weight=”700″ team_social_icon_pack=”font_awesome” team_social_icon_type=”circle_social” team_name=”Bart Malcom” team_name_font_size=”18px” team_position=”Head of Research & Financial Due Diligence” team_description=”Mr. Malcom focuses on financial analysis and due diligence reviews of public and private offerings.

Prior to joining The Bowman Law Firm, Mr. Malcom was Vice President of Due Diligence for Realty Capital Securities, LLC (“RCS”). At RCS, Mr. Malcom was in charge of RCS’ internal due diligence on the products being distributed by the wholesale broker-dealer including private placements, non-traded REITs, and a non-traded Business Development Company.

Prior to RCS, Mr. Malcom was Vice President of Due Diligence at CNL Securities Corp. (“CSC”). At CSC, Mr. Malcom was responsible for the internal due diligence reviews of the products syndicated through CSC which included numerous private placements and public non-traded REITs.

Prior to CNL, Mr. Malcom worked for the AIG Advisor Group (“AIG-AG”) as the head of the Alternative Investment Group and was responsible for investment research and due diligence for all of their broker-dealer entities. At AIG-AG, Mr. Malcom covered non-traded REITs, 1031 programs, hedge funds, private equity, tax credits, oil and gas, equipment leasing, and managed futures funds. Additionally, Mr. Malcom wrote a number of white papers for the AIG Advisor Group on the alternative investment industry.

Mr. Malcom received his B.B.A and M.B.A in finance from Georgia State University. Mr. Malcom is a member of the CFA Institute and the New York Society of Security Analysts. ” team_image=”21026″ team_social_fa_icon_1=”fa-envelope” team_social_fa_icon_2=”fa-linkedin” team_social_fa_icon_3=”fa-twitter” team_image_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_background_hover_color=”#a3a3a3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1427725175993{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” icon_pack=”font_awesome” content_menu_fe_icon=”arrow_back” text_align=”left” el_class=”sparks” anchor=”2″][vc_column width=”1/2″][q_team team_name_tag=”h4″ team_name_font_weight=”700″ team_social_icon_pack=”font_awesome” team_social_icon_type=”circle_social” team_name=”Timothy J. Larkin, Esq & CPA” team_name_font_size=”18px” team_position=”Attorney” team_image=”21027″ team_social_fa_icon_1=”fa-envelope” team_social_fa_icon_2=”fa-linkedin” team_social_fa_icon_3=”fa-twitter” team_image_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_background_hover_color=”#a3a3a3″ team_description=”Mr. Larkin has more than 25 years of legal, financial and securities experience. Mr. Larkin focuses his practice on advice and counseling on regulatory, due diligence, and financial statement related issues.

Prior to joining The Bowman Law Firm, Mr. Larkin was previously associated with a law firm that represented broker-dealer clients in discharging their due diligence obligations and prior to that a global consulting firm where he assisted companies in retaining their exchange listing, provided transaction structuring guidance, assisted in accounting investigations and consulted with a regional stock exchange regarding its trading of ETFs.

Prior to that, Mr. Larkin was a member of The NASDAQ StockMarket’s Office of the General Counsel (“OGC“), he was principally Counsel to the NASDAQ Listing and Hearing Review Council, a policy making board responsible for approving all listing and corporate governance rule changes for NASDAQ that also sits as the appellate body of the hearing panels. Prior to joining OGC, Mr. Larkin was Associate Director in NASDAQ’s Listing Department where he was responsible for The NASDAQ SmallCap Market. During this time, Mr. Larkin and his staff counseled hundreds of companies in structuring their private placements and restructuring their balance sheets in an effort to maintain their listing. Prior to joining NASDAQ, Mr. Larkin was an Investigator with the NASD’s (now FINRA) Market Regulation and Enforcement Departments where he principally focused on policing fraud in the over-the-counter markets. Previously, Mr. Larkin was also director of equity research and in-house counsel for a private investment firm, and a member of the accounting staff in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance.

Member Maryland Bar and CPA”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][q_team team_name_tag=”h4″ team_name_font_weight=”700″ team_social_icon_pack=”font_awesome” team_social_icon_type=”circle_social” team_name=”Christie E. Susi, Esq.” team_name_font_size=”18px” team_position=”Attorney” team_description=”Ms. Susi focuses her practice on legal due diligence reviews of public and private offerings, reviewing and advising on regulatory, due diligence, and legal related matters.

Prior to joining The Bowman Law Firm, Ms. Susi was Compliance Counsel for W. P. Carey Inc. where she drafted compliance and legal policies and procedures, directed the marketing review process, including addressing all communication related regulatory comments or questions. Ms. Susi rolled out a social media program for the broker-dealer, initiated an enterprise level records retention program, reviewed contracts and oversaw the legal review for broker-dealer technology implementation and maintenance. Prior to W. P. Carey, Ms. Susi was a financial advisor for Morgan Stanley and then for Merrill Lynch where she built a client base of high-net worth investors and created comprehensive financial plans for her clients.

Ms. Susi received her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and her BA in communications from University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Susi is a member of the Colorado Bar.

Member Colorado Bar” team_image=”21028″ team_social_fa_icon_1=”fa-envelope” team_social_fa_icon_2=”fa-linkedin” team_social_fa_icon_3=”fa-twitter” team_image_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_background_hover_color=”#a3a3a3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1427725182662{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” icon_pack=”font_awesome” content_menu_fe_icon=”arrow_back” text_align=”left” anchor=”3″][vc_column width=”1/2″][q_team team_name_tag=”h4″ team_name_font_weight=”700″ team_social_icon_pack=”font_awesome” team_social_icon_type=”circle_social” team_name=”Christine Parry, Esq.” team_name_font_size=”18px” team_position=”Attorney” team_description=”Ms. Parry focuses her practice on legal due diligence reviews of public offerings.

Prior to joining The Bowman Law Firm, Ms. Parry worked as an associate at the New York office of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison. While at Paul Weiss, Ms. Parry focused her practice on ’33 and ’34 Act transactions, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets and public finance. She relocated to Denver in March of 2012 and worked for a small boutique firm specializing in public and private securities.

Ms. Parry received her J.D. from Washington & Lee School of Law and her B.A. in English Literature from Washington University in St. Louis.

Prior to law school, Ms. Parry worked as the Director of Marketing for Koenig & Strey GMAC Real Estate in Chicago. While at Koenig & Strey, Ms. Parry developed and implemented marketing and advertising strategies for mid-large scale residential developers.

Member New York Bar ” team_image=”21025″ team_social_fa_icon_1=”fa-envelope” team_social_fa_icon_2=”fa-linkedin” team_social_fa_icon_3=”fa-twitter” team_image_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_background_hover_color=”#a3a3a3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][q_team team_name_tag=”h4″ team_name_font_weight=”700″ team_social_icon_pack=”font_awesome” team_social_icon_type=”circle_social” team_name=”Alison Kinnear, Esq” team_name_font_size=”18px” team_position=”Of Counsel” team_description=”Ms. Kinnear focuses her practice on legal due diligence reviews of public and private offerings.

Prior to joining The Bowman Law Firm, Ms. Kinnear began her legal career in the Washington D.C office of Fried Frank. Since relocating to Denver in 1999, Ms. Kinnear has worked for local firms advising clients with respect to ’33 and ’34 Act issues, general business matters, business strategies, establishment of strategic relationships and the formation of new businesses. Most recently her practice focused on counseling clients on private placement transactions and federal and state securities law compliance.

Ms. Kinnear received her J.D. from Washington & Lee School of Law and her A.B. in Comparative Area Studies from Duke University.

Member Colorado Bar and District of Columbia Bar” team_image=”21026″ team_social_fa_icon_1=”fa-envelope” team_social_fa_icon_2=”fa-linkedin” team_social_fa_icon_3=”fa-twitter” team_image_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_background_hover_color=”#a3a3a3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1427725189870{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” icon_pack=”font_awesome” content_menu_fe_icon=”arrow_back” text_align=”left” anchor=”4″][vc_column width=”1/2″][q_team team_name_tag=”h4″ team_name_font_weight=”700″ team_social_icon_pack=”font_awesome” team_social_icon_type=”circle_social” team_name=”Barbara Smiley” team_name_font_size=”18px” team_position=”Director of Legal Due Diligence” team_description=”Ms. Smiley focuses on legal due diligence reviews of public offerings.

Prior to joining The Bowman Law Firm, Ms. Smiley was a senior paralegal in the General Counsel’s office of Marriott Vacations Worldwide, Inc. assisting the corporate secretary with Board of Directors meetings, SEC filings and due diligence, documentation and closings related to financing transactions.

Prior to her role at Marriott Vacations, Ms. Smiley was a paralegal at CNL Financial Group, Inc. for nine years. Ms. Smiley drafted and filed offering documents and agreements with the SEC and state securities regulators, managed blue sky compliance and coordinated investment due diligence on behalf of CNL’s REITs. Earlier in her career, Ms. Smiley gained extensive knowledge of federal and state securities regulation, corporate governance and business transactions in her 15 years as a senior paralegal at the international law firms of Bryan Cave LLP, Hogan Lovells, Cooley LLP as well as at a Fortune 500 company.

Most recently, after relocating to Bloomington, Indiana in 2013, Ms. Smiley was the Administrative Coordinator of REN-ISAC (Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center), an Indiana University-hosted private community of higher education members that shares sensitive information on cyber security threats, incidents, response and protection.

Ms. Smiley received her A.A.S. in Paralegal Studies at St. Louis Community College.” team_image=”21027″ team_social_fa_icon_1=”fa-envelope” team_social_fa_icon_2=”fa-linkedin” team_social_fa_icon_3=”fa-twitter” team_image_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_background_hover_color=”#a3a3a3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][q_team team_name_tag=”h4″ team_name_font_weight=”700″ team_social_icon_pack=”font_awesome” team_social_icon_type=”circle_social” team_name=”Mariah Sparks” team_name_font_size=”18px” team_position=”Director of Financial Due Diligence” team_description=”Ms. Sparks focuses on financial analysis and due diligence reviews of public and private offerings.

Prior to joining The Bowman Law Firm, Ms. Sparks was an analyst at Behringer Harvard (“BH“) for over three years and focused on BH’s Multifamily REIT. Ms. Sparks performed all of the fund-level forecasting and financial modeling. She assisted in valuations at the fund level, individual operating and development properties and was responsible for creating the quarterly fund-level reports for the board of directors, senior management team and fund investors.

Prior to her role as an analyst for the Multifamily REIT, Ms. Sparks was Due Diligence Manager at BH for four years. Ms. Sparks led the internal due diligence group at BH which reviewed all of the products syndicated through BH, including several public non-traded REITs and LPs as well as private placements. Ms. Sparks also maintained the relationships with the due diligence professionals at the broker-dealers who worked with BH.

Ms. Sparks received her B.B.A in finance from the University of Texas at Arlington. Ms. Sparks held a Series 7 and 63 licenses while at BH, and is a member of the Real Estate Council.” team_image=”21027″ team_social_fa_icon_1=”fa-envelope” team_social_fa_icon_2=”fa-linkedin” team_social_fa_icon_3=”fa-twitter” team_image_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_background_hover_color=”#a3a3a3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1427725198733{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” icon_pack=”font_awesome” content_menu_fe_icon=”arrow_back” text_align=”left” anchor=”5″][vc_column width=”1/2″][q_team team_name_tag=”h4″ team_name_font_weight=”700″ team_social_icon_pack=”font_awesome” team_social_icon_type=”circle_social” team_name=”Andrew Nelson, J.D.” team_name_font_size=”18px” team_position=”Director of Financial Due Diligence ” team_description=”Mr. Nelson focuses on financial analysis and due diligence reviews of public and private offerings.

Prior to joining The Bowman Law Firm, Mr. Nelson completed his J.D. from the University of Florida – Levin College of Law and his M.B.A. in finance from the University of Florida – Hough Graduate School of Business, where he was a Curtis S. Fry Family M.B.A. Fellow. While in business school, he focused on international financial risk analysis, mergers & acquisitions, and capital markets investment strategies. While in law school, Mr. Nelson focused on both domestic and international transactional and corporate law.

Prior to graduate school, Mr. Nelson worked as a Market Research Analyst for Reis, Inc. in the Commercial Office Group. While at Reis, Inc., Mr. Nelson tracked and compiled market research data on available commercial office space for over 20 different U.S. markets.

Mr. Nelson passed the New York Bar Exam and is seeking admission from the New York and District of Columbia Bar Associations. He received his B.A. from Syracuse University.” team_image=”21027″ team_social_fa_icon_1=”fa-envelope” team_social_fa_icon_2=”fa-linkedin” team_social_fa_icon_3=”fa-twitter” team_image_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_color=”#335c83″ team_social_icon_hover_color=”#335c83″ team_social_background_hover_color=”#a3a3a3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row]