Blake W. Frieman

Shareholder

bfrieman@beankinney.com

T: 703.526.4714 F: 703.525.2207

Blake Frieman is a shareholder at Bean, Kinney & Korman who focuses on commercial lending and real estate matters. He routinely handles the drafting and negotiation of commercial loan documentation for numerous regional and national lending institutions. He also handles creditor enforcement issues including collections, foreclosures, and workout matters. Blake represents clients in all aspects of the acquisition, sale, financing, and leasing of commercial and residential real estate.

Blake serves on Bean Kinney’s opinion committee and frequently prepares legal opinions for transactions involving Virginia, Maryland, and/or District of Columbia law for both local and out-of-area clients. He has significant experience dealing with title insurance issues that frequently arise in his commercial lending and real estate practice. Blake also advises clients on estate planning, asset protection, and taxation issues, and he represents business clients in landlord-tenant matters and other general commercial litigation matters.

Prior to joining Bean, Kinney & Korman, Blake served as a legal intern for Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen of the Federal Trade Commission. He also served as a legal intern for the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.

Service Areas

• Business and Financial Services
• Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights
• UCC and Commercial Law
• Commercial Lending
• Commercial Finance (incl. Small Business Lending & Real Estate Lending and Commercial Mortgages)
• Intellectual Property
• Defamation
• Litigation
• Commercial Landlord-Tenant
• Collections
• Real Estate
• Commercial Leasing
• Commercial Real Estate Transactions
• Distressed Debts and Real Estate Workouts
• Financing
• Foreclosure

Bar & Court Admissions

Virginia, 2016
Maryland, 2017
District of Columbia, 2017
Florida, 2018
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Education

George Mason University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2016
Research Editor, George Mason Law Review
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S., with distinction, 2011

Awards & Affiliations

Awards

Arlington Magazine, Top Attorney – Real Estate, 2024-2025
Virginia Super Lawyers, Rising Star in Business/Corporate, 2023-2026
Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers, Rising Star in Business/Corporate, 2023-2026
Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch in Banking and Finance Law, 2022-2026, Corporate Law, 2023-2026 and Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2024-2026

Professional Affiliations

Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors
Risk Management Association, Potomac Chapter, Board Member
Fairfax County Business Emergency Operations Council, Advisor

Blogs

Business and Financial Services

PPP Second Draw – What Businesses and Lenders Need to Know About the New Round of Funding

Many have been waiting for the federal government to pass additional COVID-19 economic stimulus legislation. Those who have a had a particular interest in Congress’s activities include small businesses and lenders who received or lent Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) Loans under the CARES Act. Now, more than four months after the last application under the…

December 28, 2020

Business and Financial Services

Creditors’ Rights Questions During COVID-19 – Part 1

As the coronavirus pandemic carries on, many creditors, including landlords and lenders, are wondering to what extent they can enforce leases and contracts, given various relief programs that have been instituted by federal, state, and local governments, such as eviction and foreclosure moratoriums. Below are a couple of scenarios describing such circumstances and answers to…

October 15, 2020

Business and Financial Services

SBA Paycheck Protection Loans under the CARES Act

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) contains numerous benefits for businesses. One of these benefits is the addition of “Paycheck Protection Loans” to the existing Small Business Act (SBA) 7(a) loan program. The new program provides many businesses with 500 or fewer employees as well as non-profits, independent contractors, and sole proprietors, the ability to obtain government-backed, 1% interest loans from private lenders, with payments deferred for at…

April 4, 2020

Business and Financial Services

Paycheck Protection Loans under the CARES Act: What Do Lenders Need to Know?

On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) became law in the United States. Among other things, the CARES Act provides relief to certain businesses in the form of “paycheck protection loans” through what the Act calls the Paycheck Protection Program (the “Program”). These loans are to be…

March 30, 2020

Videos

Business and Financial Services

Lawyer Spotlight -- Blake Frieman, Banking & Bankruptcy Law

March 5, 2025

Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditors’ Rights

Banking Law In Focus - Episode 1: Paycheck Protection Program

In the first episode of Banking Law In Focus, attorney Blake Frieman talks about the impact the Paycheck Protection Program has had for both lenders and borrowers.

March 9, 2021

Banking Law In Focus - Episode 1: Paycheck Protection Program

News & Publications

2026 Super Lawyers

May 29, 2026

Seventeen Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Recognized as Top Attorneys for 2025 by Arlington Magazine

Arlington Magazine named seventeen Bean, Kinney & Korman attorneys to its 2025 Top Attorneys list, spanning practice areas including litigation, real estate, family law, and employment.

October 20, 2025

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Twenty Attorneys from Bean, Kinney & Korman Listed in 2026 Best Lawyers in America and Seven Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

Bean, Kinney & Korman earned 27 total recognitions in the 2026 Best Lawyers editions, with twenty attorneys in the main list and seven in Ones to Watch, across seventeen practice areas.

August 21, 2025

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Business and Financial Services

Bean, Kinney & Korman Represents Keystone Custom Homes in its Strategic Partnership with Southern Development Homes

Bean, Kinney & Korman guided Keystone Custom Homes' expansion into Virginia through its partnership with Southern Development Homes, uniting two mission-driven homebuilders committed to charitable community impact.

May 8, 2025

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2025 Super Lawyers

Bean, Kinney & Korman congratulates eleven attorneys named 2025 Virginia and Washington D.C. Super Lawyers, six Rising Stars, and two attorneys honored on the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers list.

April 29, 2025