Landsea Homes Corporation announced that Kelly Rentzel has joined the company's senior leadership team as General Counsel. Rentzel joins Landsea Homes from First Foundation Inc., a financial services company with two wholly owned operating subsidiaries, First Foundation Advisors and First Foundation Bank. She served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, working out of their corporate headquarters in Dallas.

Prior to joining First Foundation, she was Executive Vice President, General Counsel for Texas Capital Bank, where she began her career as its first in-house lawyer and built an in-house team of six attorneys. Previously Rentzel worked as a litigator in private practice and as a staff attorney for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Rentzel graduated with honors and a double major from Rice University.

She earned her Juris Doctorate from Southern Methodist University, where she has been honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award. Other honors include a President Citation from the Dallas Bar Association, and an Outstanding Public Service and Pro Bono Award from the Texas Lawbook and Association Corporate Counsel. She recently served on the Board of the Dallas Bar Association.