Beatrice Bremer Lucas
About Beatrice
Beatrice Bremer Lucas focuses her practice on land use and real estate matters. She assists developers, private landowners, and public entities, including ports, with land use permitting, from preparing applications and navigating the approval process to securing permits and complying with applicable regulations. She also advises public entities on Public Records Act compliance and procurement.
Beatrice prepares and negotiates real estate documentation for developers, businesses, nonprofits, and public entities, including purchase and sale agreements, leases, ground leases, development agreements, covenants, easements, and boundary agreements. She also assists with declarations of covenants, conditions, and restrictions and with real estate financing transactions.
Beatrice previously served as an Assistant Attorney General for the Washington State Office of the Attorney General and as a judicial extern for the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington. In law school, she was a member of the Regulatory and Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, where she assisted clients with an appeal to the Washington Supreme Court.
Representative Experience
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Public Entity and Port Work Plus
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Advises a Washington port on the review and negotiation of contracts for real estate and business transactions, Public Records Act compliance, and procurement involving federal grant funds.
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Assisted a Washington port with research and analysis for the leasing and development of port property.
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Drafted purchase and sale agreements and leases for an Oregon port.
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Assisted a port with the scoping of environmental review under the State Environmental Policy Act for a terminal development project.
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Real Estate Transactions and Land Use Plus
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Negotiated a ground lease and an option to enter into a development and disposition agreement for a redevelopment project.
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Represented affordable housing buyers in multifamily acquisitions, including negotiating amendments to purchase and sale agreements, preparing title objection letters, and managing critical dates and closing checklists.
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Drafted declarations of covenants, conditions, and restrictions for residential infill developments.
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Advised on land use permitting and landscape buffer plan requirements for a Clark County project.
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Activities
- Miller Nash Pro Bono Committee, Member
- Clark County Bar Association, Member
- Multnomah County Bar Association, Member
- Oregon Bar Association, Member
- Washington State Bar Association, Member
- International Association of Maritime and Port Executives, Maritime Port Executive Certification, 2023
- American Planning Association, Member, 2026-present
- New Avenues for Youth, Ambassador Board Member, 2026-present
- SOAR Immigration Legal Services, Volunteer Attorney, 2025-2026
- Clark County Volunteer Lawyers Program, Volunteer Attorney, 2022-present
- Office of Military and Veteran Legal Assistance, Volunteer Attorney, 2022-2024
- Thurston County Volunteer Legal Services, Volunteer Attorney, 2021-2023
Recognition
Awarded the “2023 Veteran Heroes Award” by the Attorney General's Office of Military and Veteran Legal Assistance
Insights from Beatrice
- “2025 Washington Growth Management Act and Housing Laws - At a Glance,” Miller Nash, From the Ground Up (Aug. 2025)
- “Executive Order Seeks to Bolster America’s Maritime Industry,” Miller Nash (Apr. 2025)
- “Real Estate Commission Structure Found to Violate Antitrust Law,” Miller Nash, From the Ground Up (Nov. 2023)
- “Wetlands Definition Watered Down: EPA Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Ruling,” Miller Nash, From the Ground Up (Oct. 2023)
- “Meet Me in the Middle: The New Middle Housing Bill Explained,” Miller Nash, From the Ground Up (Sept. 2023)
- “Vancouver Seeks to Expand Affordable Housing Opportunities,” Miller Nash, From the Ground Up (April 2023)
- “Opportunity to Advocate for Land Use Changes in Clark County Begins Now,” Miller Nash, From the Ground Up (Feb. 2023)
- “All Bets Are Off: Preempting Major League Baseball’s Monopoly on Sports Betting Data,” 96 Wash. L. Rev. 1537, Comment (Oct. 2020)
Outside the Office
Beatrice serves on the Ambassador Board of New Avenues for Youth, a Portland nonprofit that works to prevent and respond to youth homelessness. Outside work, she plays recreational ice hockey and spends her time with her husband, their children, Jackie and Dorothy, and their many animals.