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Areas of Emphasis
- Federal and State New Markets Tax Credits Law (CDE Representation, Applications for Allocation from CDFI
- Fund, Project Developer and Tax Credit Investor Representation)
- Public Finance Law (Industrial Revenue Bonds, Municipal Bonds, Interest Rate Swaps)
- Economic Development Incentives
Education & Honors
- New York University, LL.M., taxation, 2005
- University of Mississippi, J.D., cum laude, 2004
- Associate Editorial Staff, Mississippi Law Journal
- Birmingham-Southern College, B.A., Accounting, cum laude, 2001
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Associations
- American Bar Association
- Taxation Section
- Young Lawyers Forum
- National Association of Bond Lawyers
- Mississippi Bar
- Hinds County Bar Association
- Jackson Young Lawyers
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 2005
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
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Legal Experience
- Bond Counsel and Counsel to Community Development Entity in new markets tax credits/Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Gulf Opportunity Zone Bond financing for medical office building project located in Pascagoula, MS.
- Counsel to tax credit investor in new markets tax credits financing for Habitat for Humanity Project located on Mississippi Gulf Coast.
- Counsel to developer in new markets tax credits and historic rehabilitation tax credits financing for historic building restoration project located in downtown Jackson, MS.
- $40,080,000 Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Gulf Opportunity Zone Bonds (South Mississippi Electric Power Association Refunding Project), Series 2009A.
- $77,240,000 Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Variable Rate Demand Revenue Bonds, Series 2008 (Renaissance at Colony Park, LLC Project).
- $870,000,000 Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Taxable Industrial Revenue Bonds (Gulf LNG Energy Project) Series 2008.
Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- Author, “The GO Zone Act: An Innovative Mechanism for Promoting Economic Recovery for the Gulf Coast,” Mississippi Law Journal, Book 77.3: Hurricane Katrina Special Edition, 2008.
- Speaker, “NMTC Legal Issues Panel,” New Market Tax Credits Workshop, Mississippi Development Authority (MDA), May 2008.
- Speaker, “Economic Stimulus 101: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,” Annual Development Finance Summit, Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA), May 2009.
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