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Overview
Powell “Gee” Ogletree, Jr. is ranked Band 2 in Real Estate Law in Mississippi by Chambers USA and is a fellow in the American Counsel of Real Estate Lawyers.
Gee represents clients throughout the southern United States in real estate, finance
Gee also negotiates and closes real estate and financing transactions including the development of industrial facilities, hotels, shopping centers, and other commercial properties and transactions involving economic development financial incentives, as well as assisting with due diligence arising from these transactions. He also advises on tenant leases and lease disputes and writes opinions in connection with loans. Gee advises on title insurance and is a title insurance agent on behalf of several national title insurance companies.
Gee is a leader of the firm’s forestry practice.
Professional Associations and Public Service
- He is active in the American Bar Association, having served on the Council of the Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, and having served two terms as Chair of the Forest Resources Committee that included the development of a forestry educational tool for classroom teaching.
- He is general counsel for the Mississippi Forestry Association and the Mississippi Manufactured Housing Association. He is also a former adjunct professor at Mississippi College School of Law, whose course teachings included Real Estate Finance and Development and Real Estate Transactions.
- Gee serves as President-Elect of the Board of Trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) for the State of Mississippi. In 2018, he was appointed by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant to serve a nine year term.
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Education
- University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D. | 1980
- University of Southern Mississippi, B.S. | 1977
Bar Admissions
- Alabama
- Mississippi
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Recognitions
- Chambers USA - Recognized Practitioner in Real Estate: Mississippi
- Best Lawyers® - Banking and Finance Law, Energy Law, Litigation - Real Estate, Natural Resources Law, Real Estate Law, Timber Law
- Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year in Jackson -Natural Resources Law
- Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year in Jackson - Litigation Real Estate
- Mid-South Super Lawyers® (by Thomson Reuters) Real Estate
- Leadership in Law, Mississippi Business Journal
- AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Mississippi State Bar Association, Distinguished Service Award
- Hinds County Bar Association, Professionalism Award
- University of Southern Mississippi Alumni Hall of Fame
- Adams & Reese CARE Award (for pro bono work)
- Co-author - Chapters of the Encyclopedia of Mississippi Law
- Former Adjunct Professor, Mississippi College School of Law
Education
- University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D. | 1980
- University of Southern Mississippi, B.S. | 1977
Bar Admissions
- Alabama
- Mississippi
Related Services
Representation
- Representing buyers, sellers and lenders in large forestry or agricultural transactions, including timberland sales, wood product sales and associated fiber supply agreements across the United States in transactions involving up to 460,000 acres.
- Representing lenders in commercial and industrial transactions across the State of Mississippi.
- Representing mills and landowners in negotiating fiber supply agreements.
- Representing owners and lenders of wetlands mitigation banks in the Southeast.
- Giving legal opinions pertaining to loans and coordinating multi-state opinions for a number of southern states.
- Advising clients concerning natural resource and conservation issues, including resource preservation and conservation, conservation easements, endangered species, hunting and fishing leases, water rights, wetlands and oil, gas and energy.
- Counseling clients on green and sustainable forestry matters, including biofuels facilities and contracts, wind and solar energy leases, carbon agreements, conservation and forest legacy easements and sustainable forestry certifications and audits.
- Representing owners, lenders and others in real estate disputes involving zoning, title, easements, access, water, eminent domain and environmental issues.
- Coordinating the title insurance review of title commitments for the sale of approximately three million acres in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee as a part of a larger transaction across 17 states.
Education
- University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D. | 1980
- University of Southern Mississippi, B.S. | 1977
Bar Admissions
- Alabama
- Mississippi
Related Services
Publications
- Gee has published articles and spoken before bar, civic and public groups concerning real estate, title insurance, timber, water, agriculture, environmental issues and litigation.
Education
- University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D. | 1980
- University of Southern Mississippi, B.S. | 1977
Bar Admissions
- Alabama
- Mississippi
