{"id":18,"date":"2019-02-13T16:22:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T16:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lol.bu.edu\/gatto\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2019-02-13T16:22:49","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T16:22:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/gattolawfellowship\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_section-dd61dc9c1ea5375c19ebb70159cfb495\">\n.avia-section.av-av_section-dd61dc9c1ea5375c19ebb70159cfb495 .av-parallax .av-parallax-inner{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/questromworld.bu.edu\/gattolawfellowship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2019\/06\/bay-state-road.jpg);\nbackground-position:0% 0%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-av_section-dd61dc9c1ea5375c19ebb70159cfb495 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  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attorney.\u00a0 Gina also serves as a board member of One Mission, a pediatric cancer foundation, and a board member of The Kennedy Center, a Charlestown, Massachusetts foundation providing services, education, and opportunities for local families in need.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;text-align: justify\">Gina began her legal career in Inmate Legal Services for the Middlesex County Sheriff\u2019s Department before transitioning to real estate.\u00a0 Gina has over 20 years of real estate experience focusing on securitization, conveyancing, title insurance, and contract review for lenders, buyers and sellers in both residential and commercial real estate transactions.\u00a0 She began her real estate career working at the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds and later examined titles for both residential and commercial properties before joining a real estate law firm in 1998. \u00a0\u00a0In October of 2000, Gina left the firm and opened her own real estate law practice in downtown Boston.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;text-align: justify\">Since 2005, Gina has taught in the undergraduate Questrom School of Business at Boston University.\u00a0 She began as adjunct faculty teaching Introduction to Law before joining as a full time faculty member in 2013.\u00a0 She currently teaches Real Estate Law, Law and Risk Management, and Introduction to Law.\u00a0 In 2016, Gina was awarded the Beckwith Prize for Teaching Excellence and Service to the Undergraduate Program.\u00a0 In May of 2018 she was chosen as Faculty Speaker at the Questrom Undergraduate Commencement. \u00a0Gina created and is chair of the Faculty Onboarding Program and serves as secondary lead for the Questrom Real Estate Concentration. 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