Donald A. Hammett Jr.

Dallas, TX

Donald A. Hammett Jr. is a partner at Alston & Bird in Dallas, working on fund formation and real estate funds; in practice since 1991.

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Fund formation
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“regularly advises clients on the formation of investment funds”
Real estate funds
From the bio
“all their REIT and real estate fund matters”

REIT tax
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“Donald Hammett, Jr. is co-leader of Alston & Bird's REITs Team. Don has over 25 years of experience advising public and private clients on corporate and tax/structure issues related to the formation and financing of REITs”

Read from the practice description in the bio on alston.com, as of Oct 24, 2026.

In practice since 1991 · 35 years

Based on: J.D., Georgetown University, 1991.

Years and earlier employers as stated in the bio on alston.com, as of Oct 24, 2026.

Education: Georgetown University, J.D. (1991)
Yale University, B.A. (1988)
Bar admissions: TexasCheck with the bar: State Bar of Texas’s attorney lookup for Texas (opens in a new tab)
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As listed in the bio on alston.com, as of Oct 24, 2026.

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Alston & Bird’s bio of Donald A. Hammett Jr. lists fund formation and real estate funds.

In Alston & Bird’s Dallas office.

Since 1991, 35 years, going by the bio (J.D., Georgetown University, 1991).

Georgetown University and Yale University.

The bio lists Texas.

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