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Katherine K. Laird

Katherine K. Laird joined CenturyPacific in 2000, bringing to the team her years of experience as a former land use attorney. Ms. Laird assists public and private clients with a variety of real estate and land use issues, from permitting of development projects and negotiating agreements with governmental authorities regarding development conditions; entitlement work, including rezones as required for proposed projects; drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, easements and other transaction documents and advising clients on environmental issues relating to business operations and real estate transactions. Ms. Laird provides project management services for projects of all sizes, from ground-up construction to tenant improvements – ranging from interviewing and assembling the development team to construction oversight and project closeout.


Prior to joining CenturyPacific in 2000, Ms. Laird was a partner in the Real Estate and Land Use department of Davis Wright Tremaine. Ms. Laird earned her bachelor’s degree at Pennsylvania State University in Political Science, her law degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, cum laude, Order of the Coif.

CenturyPacific has been advising IDL since 2015 through evaluation and strategic positioning of its real property portfolio. Their expertise and guidance has been instrumental in pursuing IDL’s mission to “maximize long term financial returns to public schools and other trust beneficiaries. 

Ryan Montoya

Idaho Department of Lands