DALLAS, February 9, 2026―Dania Duncan Moreno has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group in its Dallas office. Before joining Duane Morris, Duncan Moreno was a partner at Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP.
“We’re thrilled to continue to build out our capabilities in Texas, a strategic growth area for the firm,” said Duane Morris Chairman and CEO Matthew A. Taylor. “Dania’s addition adds depth to our formidable Real Estate Practice Group in the booming Texas market, as well as nationally and internationally.”
“Dania’s dual qualification in Texas and Mexico and her broad cross-border experience is a new facet for our practice group,” said George J. Kroculick, chair of Duane Morris’ Real Estate Practice Group. “Her work with REITS, the retail, hospitality and asset management industries dovetail nicely with the industry focus of the firm.”
“Dania has built a substantial book of businesses here in Dallas,” said John S. Polzer, managing partner of the firm’s Dallas and Fort Worth offices. “We’re excited she has decided to join Duane Morris, where she will be able to continue to service clients locally, as well as being a resource for our attorneys around the world.”
Duncan Moreno focuses her practice on both domestic and cross-border real estate and corporate transactions. Licensed in Texas and Mexico, she regularly handles hospitality, retail, industrial and residential projects throughout Mexico. In Texas, her practice emphasizes retail and industrial real estate matters. She has broad experience representing international and U.S. companies on all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including leases (retail, office and industrial), purchase and sale agreements, development agreements, construction contracts and management agreements. Duncan Moreno also advises clients in connection with corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and financing transactions across multiple industries. She has represented real estate investment trusts (REITs), timeshare companies, real estate developers, lenders, hospitality industry clients and asset managers in multimillion-dollar deals.
“I look forward to the opportunity to expand my practice on the Duane Morris platform and offer my clients’ full-service legal support,” said Moreno. “At the same time, I hope to be able to work across the firm to assist our existing clients with their needs in Texas and Mexico.”
Moreno is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law (LL.M, 2007) and the University of Monterrey, (J.D., 2001)
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