Anna represents owners, developers, investors, and lenders with the acquisition, disposition, and leasing of commercial real estate. She has worked as both lender’s counsel and borrower’s counsel, and has experience handling real estate transactions both locally and nationally. Anna counsels clients on every step of the sale or purchase process, including drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, leasing agreements, financing instruments, and all aspects of due diligence relating to title, survey, and land use considerations.  

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Recognized by North Carolina Super Lawyers(link is external) as a "Rising Star" in Real Estate Law (2021)

Selected by her peers for inclusion in Business North Carolina's "Legal Elite(link is external)" in the Young Guns category (2021)

Selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America(link is external)© "Ones to Watch" for Real Estate Law (2021)

Member, Board of Directors, United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County

Member, Wake County Bar Association

Member, Triangle CREW

United States v. Lawson: Problems with Presumption in the Fourth Circuit, 91 N.C. L. Rev. 2244 (2013)

Recent Publications & Media

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Guide to Golden LEAF Rapid Recovery Loan Program

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March 26, 2020
The Golden LEAF Foundation is providing $15 million in funding to launch a rapid recovery loan program in response to economic losses for small businesses related to COVID-19. The program is being launched by a consortium of public, private and non-...(read more)
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Anna Tison Named to United Arts Council Board of Directors

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October 21, 2019
Brooks Pierce attorney Anna Tison has been named to the board of directors for the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County. Tison’s two-year term began Sept. 6, 2019. The United Arts Council is a private nonprofit that aims to better Raleigh...(read more)

Recognitions

Thirty Brooks Pierce attorneys have been recognized in the 2021 edition of North Carolina Super...(read more)
Twenty-six Brooks Pierce attorneys have been recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2021...(read more)
The 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America © recognized 73 Brooks Pierce attorneys as industry...(read more)

Recent Publications & Media

Close up of hundred dollar bill

Guide to Golden LEAF Rapid Recovery Loan Program

Insight
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March 26, 2020
The Golden LEAF Foundation is providing $15 million in funding to launch a rapid recovery loan program in response to economic losses for small businesses related to COVID-19. The program is being launched by a consortium of public, private and non-...(read more)
Anna Tison Headshot

Anna Tison Named to United Arts Council Board of Directors

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October 21, 2019
Brooks Pierce attorney Anna Tison has been named to the board of directors for the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County. Tison’s two-year term began Sept. 6, 2019. The United Arts Council is a private nonprofit that aims to better Raleigh...(read more)

Brooks Pierce Attorneys Published in Construction Executive

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August 9, 2018
Brooks Pierce attorneys Anna Tison, Camden Betz and Arty Bolick were recently published in Construction Executive. The article, titled “Growth of Modular Construction Raises New Legal Questions,” addresses the legal challenges brought by the growing...(read more)

Growth of Modular Construction Raises New Legal Questions

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August 1, 2018
Reposted from constructionexec.com , July 27, 2018, a publication of Associated Builders and Contractors. Copyright 2018. All rights reserved. A growing number of developers, particularly in the multifamily and hospitality sectors, are using modular...(read more)