Carolyn Benson, partner, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton

Location: Dallas

Education: 

  • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2008
  • Aurora University, 2004

Practice Profile: A founding member of Sheppard Mullin's Dallas office, which opened in April 2018, Benson focuses her practice on representing commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) trusts, special servicers, SBA lenders/servicers, and financial institutions nationwide in all aspects of commercial real estate management and disposition. In 2018, Benson and her team assisted clients in approximately $1 billion in dispositions with asset types that included office buildings, retail, hotels, resorts and mixed use properties, among others.