Whytni Cline focuses her practice on commercial real estate finance, where she represents banks and other financial institutions in acquisition, construction, refinancing, and revolving loan transactions involving a range of property types and industries. Her work includes advising lenders on financing for construction projects, retail developments, multifamily housing, office buildings, industrial properties, hotels, and self-storage facilities. Whytni has represented lenders in transactions secured by real estate collateral in over 20 different states.
Whytni also counsels financial institutions, creditors, and trustees on bankruptcy and creditors' rights, including representing lenders in loan workouts, forbearance agreements, loan amendments, and foreclosures.
Before joining Parker Poe, Whytni practiced at a regional law firm. Earlier in her career, she practiced in West Virginia, where she served as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, lender's counsel, and local counsel for public and private issuances of taxable and tax-exempt municipal bonds for municipalities, universities, and hospitals. During the 2020 legislative session, she also served as counsel to the West Virginia House of Delegates Judiciary Committee.
Whytni earned her law degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law, where she served as senior staff editor of the Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture and Natural Resource Law and was the student representative on the Admissions Committee. Whytni received her bachelor's degree from Concord University, where she was captain of the volleyball team and president of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee.