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The Housing and Development Law Institute (HDLI) is a nationwide non-profit member organization whose mission is to serve as a legal resource to public housing and redevelopment agencies, their developers and legal counsel.

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Lisa L. Walker
, Esq.
CEO and General Counsel

Lisa L. Walker is CEO and General Counsel of the Housing and Development Law Institute (HDLI). Ms. Walker is responsible for managing all business, marketing, and financial affairs of HDLI, writing and publishing HDLI's legal publications, authoring HDLI's amicus briefs and other legal submissions, drafting HDLI's model policies, providing personalized legal information to HDLI members, and planning and overseeing HDLI's legal conferences, legal trainings, and other educational endeavors. Ms. Walker developed HDLI's successful on-site and online staff trainings for public housing agencies and other housing providers or managers. Formerly a partner and commercial litigator at Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P., a regional law firm based in Baltimore, Maryland, Ms. Walker actively represented the Housing Authority of Baltimore City in important public housing reform litigation in Thompson v. HUD, and has focused on issues facing public housing agencies for more than fifteen years. Ms. Walker holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law. She has been active in local and national bar associations, as well as a number of other civic organizations, and is a frequent speaker and presenter at bar conferences and industry meetings. Ms. Walker is licensed to practice law before the United States Supreme Court, the Fourth and Fifth Circuit Courts of Appeal, and the state and federal trial and appellate courts of Maryland and the District of Columbia. Her full biography is available here.
Ms. Walker's e-mail address is lwalker@hdli.org.




Timothy P. Coyle
Director of Administration

Timothy P. Coyle has been with the Housing and Development Law Institute (HDLI) since October of 2000, and he has been HDLI's Director of Administration since January of 2002.  He is responsible for administering HDLI programs, providing membership services, and planning meetings and conferences.  Mr. Coyle is the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) coordinator for HDLI's annual legal conferences, and he administers the organization's electronic List Serve.  

Mr. Coyle holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Criminology & Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland, College Park.  His e-mail address is tcoyle@hdli.org.



 


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