Focus

• Affordable Housing
• Real Estate
• Redevelopment

Recent Successes

For the past several years, Ms. Varner has been involved in and has provided counsel to a number of neighborhood revitalization projects, redevlopment projects and affordable housing developments in the Inland Empire, including:

• The revitalization and development of a fairgrounds and fair complex in San Bernardino, California.
• The reuse and commercial/industrial development of former Air Force base facilities in Riverside County, California.
• The development of a mixed-use and neighborhood-oriented entertainment, retail, professional and restaurant development in Ontario, California.
• The development of a 360-unit senior housing project in Corona, California.
• The implementation of housing programs that provide a wide range of assistance to first-time homebuyers, senior citizens and existing homeowners in numerous Inland Empire neighborhoods.

Community Involvement & Pro Bono

• Believe Walk for the Cure, Event Committee
• Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council, Past Board of Directors, Past First Vice President, Troop Leader
• Junior League of Riverside, Sustaining Member, Past Board of Directors
• Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital Big Hearts for Little Hearts Riverside Guild, Board of Directors
• All Saints' Carden Academy, Board of Directors, President

Publications

• California Redevelopment Association - Negotiation & Drafting of Exclusive Agreements
• Lorman Educational Seminars - Brownfields Development

Education

• University of California, Hastings College of the Law, JD, 2000
• University of California Los Angeles, BA, 1996

Admissions

• American Bar Association
• California Redevelopment Association
• The State Bar of California
• Urban Land Institute - Inland Empire Chapter
• Riverside County Bar Association
• United States Green Building Council - Inland Empire Chapter