Alejandro Monarez

Alejandro Monarez is an associate at Ballard Spahr with offices in Denver, Colorado, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. His practice focuses on real estate, affordable housing, and community development. He assists with transactions involving housing subsidies, tax credits, and public-private partnerships. His work also addresses the preservation of affordability and middle-income housing, connecting property transactions with the financing and regulatory arrangements needed to create and maintain housing opportunities.

Alejandro earned a B.S. in Architecture from Texas Tech University in 2011 and a J.D. from the University of St. Thomas School of Law in 2014. He also completed a clerkship at the White Earth Nation Tribal Court in 2015. His architecture studies and legal education provide complementary perspectives on development projects, while his court experience adds a foundation in legal analysis and the resolution of disputes.

Alejandro has worked on Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, New Markets Tax Credit, Rental Assistance Demonstration, and other subsidized transactions. His experience includes drafting loan agreements, ground leases, purchase agreements, and affordability restrictions. He represented Fulcrum Communities as borrower’s counsel in a tax-exempt bond transaction to acquire middle-income housing in Parker, Colorado. Such work involves aligning financing documents and property arrangements with a project’s housing purpose and applicable program requirements.

Alejandro Monarez received the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association’s Outstanding New Hispanic Lawyer Award in 2020. He served as president of the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association Foundation from 2023 to 2024 and has contributed to housing-related educational programs. He is admitted in Colorado and Minnesota. His practice combines development experience with community involvement, helping clients address the legal structures supporting affordable housing, economic opportunity, and the long-term use of residential property.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Ballard Spahr LLP
• Member, Colorado Bar Association
• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
• President, Colorado Hispanic Bar Association Foundation (2023-2024)
• At-Large Director, Colorado Hispanic Bar Association (2019-2022)
• Community Advisory Committee Member, Colorado Communities of Color Loan Fund, Latino Community Foundation of Colorado (2021-Present)

Licensed State

• Colorado
• Minnesota

Education

• University of St. Thomas School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Texas Tech University
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Architecture

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