Stacey Heller
Attorney, Member of the Firm
Phone: 703-917-1645
Email: sheller@outsidegc.com
Stacey joined Outside GC in 2011, having last served as corporate counsel of RLJ Development, LLC.
Stacey has worked in-house at public and private companies, large and small, including some
very entrepreneurial environments. Stacey has an unusually broad mix of experience, including
transactional work and general business representation, litigation and dispute resolution, and
bankruptcy & collections. Her experience also spans many industries, including technology, telecom,
hospitality, real estate & construction.
At RLJ Development LLC, Stacey negotiated agreements and managed disputes for a portfolio of
over 100 hotels, worth over $1 billion, including many Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt and other name-brand
hotels. Prior to RLJ, Stacey worked in–house for e.spire Communications Corporation, an integrated
communications provider which owned and operated proprietary digital fiber optic networks, where
she served as the primary counsel to the engineering and procurement departments. In addition
to working on a wide variety of technology related agreements at e.spire, Stacey also developed an
expertise in restructuring deals to maintain critical operations during periods of corporate financial
distress. Prior to e.spire, Stacey worked in-house for Qwest Communications Corporation, where
she worked on a wide variety of technology agreements, and managed defense litigation, wholesale
collections, bankruptcy issues and other disputes. Early in her career, Stacey worked as a Federal
Judicial Law Clerk for The Honorable E. Stephen Derby, of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Maryland
and then in private practice at the law firms Rosenberg Proutt Funk & Greenberg and Magruder &
Associates.
Stacey graduated from The University of Michigan as an Angell Scholar. She attended Syracuse
University School of Law, then transferred to the University of Baltimore School of Law, where she
graduated in the top 15% of her class.
Stacey is an active member of the Virginia Bar and Maryland Bar, and is also a member of the DC Bar.
Stacey is a co-founder of the Chess4Charity foundation (a non-profit raising money for various
charities through local kids’ chess tournaments), and is an active fundraiser for the local elementary
school PTA (where her efforts increased the level of funding by 500% over a three year period).
Stacey grew up in Chicago and Baltimore, and now lives in Vienna, Virginia, with her husband and
two children. She loves being active with her family, bike riding, and experimenting with gourmet
cooking.