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At Butler Snow, we are driven by our commitment to client service, and national surveys consistently rank Butler Snow as a leader in meeting client needs.

Our culture is one of teamwork, and we develop powerful strategies to help our clients succeed. We provide a full range of business and litigation services to a broad spectrum of regional, national and international clients.

Our practice areas include Product Liability, Healthcare, Commercial Litigation, Public Law and Finance, Labor and Employment, Corporate and Securities, Investigations, Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Appellate, Tax, Intellectual Property, Transportation and Gaming.

Public Finance
Tax Credits

Mississippi – Butler Snow recently served as Community Development Entity Counsel, Bond Counsel, State Equity Investment Counsel and Economic Development Incentives Counsel in a $23,000,000 New Markets Tax Credits (NMTCs) financing transaction combining federal and state NMTCs, Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Gulf Opportunity Zone (GO Zone) Bonds and state and local economic development incentives.   The project involved the construction of a medical office building located on the campus of Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula, Mississippi, which should be a great benefit to the community that is in much need of new state of the art facilities to house healthcare services.  Utilization of the federal and state NMTC program, GO Zone bond financing and other economic development incentives resulted in substantial economic benefits to the project, including private equity investment, below market interest rates and state and local tax savings.  The Butler Snow team included members of the Public Law and Finance Group:  John England, Jet Hollingsworth, Gene Magee, Jack Nichols and Kim Smith.

Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Industry
Product Liability

Chicago – Butler Snow recently served as Trial Counsel in a product liability case against Johnson & Johnson and McNeil Consumer Healthcare in connection with Children’s Motrin and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/ Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (Karen Robinson v. Johnson & Johnson, et al.).  The suit alleged that Karen Robinson, an adult at the time of her injury, suffered optical problems (including the loss of sight from one eye) and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis as a result of her use of Children’s Motrin.  At the conclusion of a 7-day trial, Chief Judge Holderman of the Northern District of Illinois entered judgment for the Defendants.  The Butler Snow team was led by Kari L. Sutherland, Michael B. Hewes, Ben J. Scott, and Kerri Benson, all members of the firm’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Industry Group.

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