Cathy G. Borten

Cathy Greenebaum Borten is an associate in the firm’s Real Estate practice group, where she focuses her practice in commercial real estate transactions and leasing, real estate litigation, and commercial financings and settlements.

During the course of her twenty-five year career, Cathy has negotiated and drafted leases and amendments for a variety of properties, including life science labs and offices, shopping centers, government facilities, airports, hotels, hospitals and retail establishments. She has also handled land use and zoning matters, appearing before county and city government bodies and pursuing zoning and text amendments in cities and counties.  She has represented clients in contested proceedings in state and federal trial courts and in appeals before the Maryland courts of appeal. Prior to joining Miller, Miller & Canby, Cathy was a partner in the Law Offices of M. Gregg Diamond, P.C., in Bethesda, Maryland. Prior to this, she worked for the City of Gaithersburg, serving as the first in-house counsel for the city. There, she advised the Mayor and City Council and Planning Commission and drafted legislation to address a variety of city matters. She represented the City’s Planning & Code Enforcement Department in code violation proceedings, drafted and reviewed city contracts, and represented and advised city departments. She began her career working as a Law Clerk for The Honorable Paul H. Weinstein in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland, after which she worked as an associate at Bethesda law firm Abrams, West, Storm & Diamond, P.C., handling matters at the local, state and federal levels for a diverse client base that included developers, a major national wireless telecommunication carrier, service station franchisees, and municipalities.

Cathy is licensed to practice law in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Virginia. She earned her Juris Doctorate, graduating cum laude, from Washington & Lee University School of Law and received her B.A. in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

In her community, she is an advisor to the Ivymount School Board Property Committee and previously served on the school’s Board of Directors.