Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

317 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Real Estate Law

Biography

Ms. Cargile represents parties in all aspects of commercial real estate, including leasing, finance and joint ventures. She has a national leasing practice having represented landlords and tenants in both lease negotiation and lease enforcement. She also represents life companies and other lenders in placing financing, and, additionally, in realizing upon collateral where necessary. Ms. Cargile has a great deal of experience using her lending knowledge to assist borrowers in negotiating favorable loan terms and advising them when projects become distressed.

Ms. Cargile is a frequent speaker on real estate related topics to national, regional and local groups, including both attorneys and non-attorneys in real estate related fields. Ms. Cargile has written numerous articles for national legal publications.

Ms. Cargile has represented retailers, institutional owners and office users in leasing on a national basis. She has also run national loan programs for life insurance companies. Ms. Cargile also provides local counsel work on transactions involving real estate that are both national and international in scale.
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

317 Best Lawyers awards

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP logo

Overview

  • University of Virginia, Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction, graduated 1982
  • University of Virginia, J.D., graduated 1986

  • Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association

  • Anglo American Real Property Institute - Member
  • International Council of Shopping Centers - Chair Law Conference Committee
  • American College of Real Estate Lawyers - Fellow
  • Tennessee, Tennessee Bar Association
  • Anglo American Real Property Institute - Member
  • International Council of Shopping Centers - Chair Law Conference Committee
  • American College of Real Estate Lawyers - Fellow
  • University of Virginia, Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction, graduated 1982
  • University of Virginia, J.D., graduated 1986

Client Testimonials

As General Counsel for an investment company, I have worked with a great variety of outside counsel. Ann Peldo Cargile is a standout in the group we engage, and we try to hire the best. She is analytical, responsive, efficient, and instinctively knows when to compromise and when to draw the line. I recommend her without reservation; she is such a pleasure with whom to work that I look forward to our next deal together.

R. Claybourne Petrey (Ayers Asset Management, Inc.)

Nashville, TN

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Real Estate Law
Special Focus:
  • Finance
Awards:
  • Athena Award - 2010 Nominee
  • Chambers - Top 5 Real Estate Lawyers in Tennessee
  • Best of the Bar - Nashville Business Journal
  • Mid-South Super Lawyers
  • Top 50 Women Lawyers in the Mid-South

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