Ann has many years experience as a commercial real estate attorney. She has an extensive background in commercial litigation and creditors rights and bankruptcy matters. Anns practice includes commercial real estate services in the areas of zoning, land use, development and transactions, including purchasing and leasing. Her practice includes creditors rights, bankruptcy, business restructuring and loan modifications.
Ann is a founding member and past president of CREW Hampton Roads (Commercial Real Estate Women) as well as many other professional organizations. Ann has repeatedly been recognized as one of the top lawyers in her field, including selection as one of the Best Lawyers in America, the Top Women in Commercial Real Estate by Virginia Business and as a recipient of the Women in Business Achievement Award by Inside Business.
- AV® Rated; Martindale-Hubbell
- The Power List; Inside Business, 2012-2013
- Influential Women of Virginia Award; Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 2011
- Women of Distinction Award; YWCA of South Hampton Roads, 2011
- Best Lawyers in America, 2011-2013
- Virginias Legal Elite; Virginia Business Magazine, 2010-2012
- Top Women in Commercial Real Estate; Virginia Business, 2010
- Women In Business Achievement Award; Inside Business, 2009
- Virginia State Bar Council Second Judicial Circuit; Representative, 2005-2011
- Virginia State Bar Council Seventh District Disciplinary Committee; Secretary, 2000-2002; Vice Chair, 2002; Chair, 2003, 1999-December 2003
- Judicial Law Clerk to The Honorable Walter E. Hoffman, United States District Judge, Walter E. Hoffman United States Courthouse, Norfolk, Virginia, 1980-1981
- Phi Beta Kappa
- CREW Hampton Roads; Founding Member, 2006; President and Director, 2006-2010
- Virginia Beach Vision; Board Member
- Virginia Beach Community Development Corporation; Board Member
- Civic Leadership Institute, Class of 2007; Board of Directors; Executive Committee; President-Elect
- Monarch Bank; Virginia Beach City Board
- Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate; Executive Committee, 2012-2013; Secretary/Treasurer, 2013; Board of Directors, 2011-present; Co-Chair Legislative Committee, 2009-2010
- Old Dominion Universitys Center for Real Estate and Economic Development; Board Member
- Virginia Bar Association; Real Estate Section Board Member, 2013
- Urban Land Institute
- CREW Network; Foundation Committee, Hampton Roads Region, 2011
- Light Rail Now; Board of Directors
- Virginia State Bar; Technology Committee, 1999-2008; Litigation Section Board of Governors, 1999-2008
- Virginia Beach Bar Association
- United Way Womens Initiative–Funding Council
- Junior League of Norfolk-Virginia Beach
- The Buff Foundation; Board of Trustees
- Westminster Canterbury Foundation; Board of Directors
- Sweet Briar College; A.B., 1976
- College of William & Mary School of Law; J.D., 1980
- William R. Van Buren III, Ann K. Crenshaw and Vincent J. Mastracco Jr. Selected to the Inside Business 2013 Power List
- Ethics for Virginia Lawyers - 2013
- 55 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite 2012
- 41 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America 2013
- Ann K. Crenshaw & Vincent J. Mastracco Jr. Selected to the Inside Business 2012 Power List
- Ethics for Virginia Lawyers - 2012
- 53 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite 2011
- 40 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America 2012
- Ann K. Crenshaw Receives YWCA Women of Distinction Award
- Ann K. Crenshaw Receives Influential Women of Virginia Award
- Ethics for Virginia Lawyers - 2011
- Ann K. Crenshaw Named to Board of Directors of Light Rail Now, Inc.
- Ann K. Crenshaw Named to Board of Directors of HRACRE
- 39 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named Virginia Business Magazine's "Legal Elite" 2010
- 36 Kaufman & Canoles Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America 2011
- Ann K. Crenshaw Named to Virginia Business's Top Women in Commercial Real Estate
- Ethics for Virginia Lawyers - 2010
- Ann K. Crenshaw Receives Women In Business Achievement Award
- Ethics for Virginia Lawyers - 2009
- Ethics for Virginia Lawyers - 2008
- Land Use Law: Current Issues in Subdivision, Annexation and Zoning, 2007
- Troubleshooting Title and Title Insurance Problems, 2007
- Zoning and Land Use, 2007
- Land Use 2007: Revisiting the Ever-Changing Law of Land Use Planning and Regulation
- Kaufman & Canoles Announces New Partners (2007)
- Plat and Subdivision Law in Virginia, 2007
- Fundamentals of Real Estate Development, 2006
- Advanced Real Estate Law: Current Issues in Subdivision, Annexation and Zoning
- Public-Private Partnerships as a Development Tool for Smart Growth; Inside Business, April 2006
- Plat and Subdivision Law in Virginia, 2006
- Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use Law in Virginia, 2005