Rod Clement’s practice is concentrated in commercial real estate and secured transactions. He regularly represents developers of shopping centers and office developments and borrowers, lenders and title insurers in secured financings. He also has extensive experience with leasing retail and commercial properties. Projects he has worked on recently include financing construction of power plants, financing purchases of telecommunications systems, financing development of off-shore mineral interests, and acquisitions of multiple properties in Mississippi and other states by retail franchisees.

As a result of his work in real estate, Rod has been listed in Woodward/White's Best Lawyers in America in Real Estate and Land Use Regulation and in Chambers USA as a Leader in Mississippi.

Representative Matters

• Represented Covington Realty Partners in acquisition of Lakeland Commons Shopping Center in Flowood.
• Represented Hillwood Development of Dallas in construction financing and development of industrial property in Southaven, Mississippi.
• Represented Medley Capital in financing of property for major mixed use development in Marshall County
• Represented CIT in financing of purchase of casino in Vicksburg.
• Represented LSF5 of Dallas in foreclosure and sale of shopping center in Brandon, Mississippi.
• Represented Mills Corporation in financing of regional shopping mall in Ridgeland, Mississippi.
• Represented Time Equities in purchase and financing of shopping center in Jackson, Mississippi.   
• Represented Silvertip Development in purchase and financing of brownfields site for development as retail and golf course site in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Speeches & Publications

Speeches

• “Ten New and Unresolved Title Issues”, Tenth Annual Real Estate Seminar, Mississippi College School of Law, May 4, 1995
• “Effect of Article 9 of the UCC on Foreclosures”, ABA Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, May 15, 1998
• “A Walk Through a Mississippi Deed of Trust - Part 1,” Mississippi Bar Convention, July 16, 1999
• “Update on Real Estate Law”, The Young Lawyers Division of The Mississippi Bar, May 19, 2000
• “A Walk Through a Mississippi Deed of Trust - Part 2,” Mississippi Bar Convention, July 13, 2000
• "Analyzing Whether to Foreclose on a Debtor's Tangible Assets or Beneficial Interests," American College of Real Estate Lawyers, March 20, 2005
• "Issues in Foreclosing on LLC Membership Interests," American College of Mortgage Attorneys, October 28, 2005
•  “Update on US Gatekeeper and Patriot Act Legislation”, American College of Mortgage Attorneys, October 29, 2005
•  "Getting Personal with Dirt: How the UCC Affects Real Property Practice," The Mississippi Bar, Summer School for Lawyers, February 3, 2006
• "Turmoil in Prepayment Land: What Still Works and What Doesn't" ABA Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, April 27, 2007

Publications

• Use of Rule of 78s to Calculate Prepayments Results in Usury, 45 Consumer Finance Law 107 (Winter 1991)
• Harmonizing the Discord between Real and Personal Property Foreclosures, Probate & Property, January-February 1994 
• Mississippi’s New Land Recording Act, The Mississippi. Lawyer (March/April 1994)
• Enforcing Security Interests in Personal Property in Mississippi, 67 Miss. L.J. 93 (1997)
• Revised Article 9 and Real Estate Foreclosures, Probate & Property, September-October 1998
• Foreclosing on Personal Property in Mississippi, part of Foreclosure Law in Mississippi, a book published by the University of Mississippi Institute for Continuing Studies (1999)
• Revised Article 9 and Real Property, 36 Real Property, Probate & Trust Journal 511 (Fall 2001) (co-author with Baxter Dunaway)
• The Law of Distressed Real Estate (Clark Boardman Callaghan) ( Mississippi jurisdictional summary) (2004)
• Mississippi’s Superpriority Lien, or Why Credithrift Needs to be Downsized, The Mississippi Lawyer (February/March/April 2006)

• Fifteen Reasons Why Mississippi's Condominium Law Needs to be Updated, The Mississippi Lawyer (January 2007) (co-author with David Allen)

Community & Professional Activities

• Member, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Vice-Chair, Leasing Committee
• Member, American College of Mortgage Attorneys, Board of Regents; ACMA liaison to Joint Editorial Board for Uniform Real Property Acts, Newsletter editor, 2001-2002
• Mississippi Bar Association, President, Real Property Section, 2002-03; Newsletter Editor, 1990-Present;Distinguished Service Award, 2005
• American Bar Association, Chair, Mortgage Lending Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Vice-Chair, Foreclosures, Workouts, and Bankruptcy Committee, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, 1995-99
• Member, Greater Belhaven Neighborhood Foundation, Board of Directors
• Upward Basketball, Coach