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Areas of Emphasis
- Federal and State New Markets Tax Credits Law (Including CDE, QALICB, Leverage Lender and Equity Investor Representation; Advice Re: Applications for NMTC Allocations)
- Public Finance Law (Tax Increment Financing, Public Improvement Districts, Industrial Revenue Bonds, Commodity and Interest Rate Swaps)
Education & Honors
- Southern Methodist University, J.D., cum laude, 2001
- Associate Articles Editor, The International Lawyer
- University of Mississippi, B.A., Philosophy and English, 1998
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Associations
- American Bar Association
- National Association of Bond Lawyers
- Mississippi Bar
- Business Section
- Capital Area Bar Association
- Jackson Young Lawyers
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 2001
- 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.
- $12,240,000 Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Tax-Exempt/Taxable Revenue Bonds (Statesman Housing, LLC Project) Series 2009A and 2009B.
- $103,545,000 Mississippi Development Bank Special Obligation Bonds (Municipal Energy Agency of Mississippi Power Supply Project) Series 2006A.
- $424,988,000 Mississippi Development Bank Variable Rate Special Obligation Bonds (Municipal Gas Authority of Mississippi Natural Gas Supply Project) 2005 Series.
- $27,770,000 Parkway East Public Improvement District Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2005.
- $7,125,000 Pinelands Public Improvement District Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2006.
- $870,000,000 Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Taxable Industrial Revenue Bonds (Gulf LNG Energy Project) Series 2008.
Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- Co-Author, “Recovery Act Update: New Markets and Other Financing Options Available to Companies,” Pointe Innovation Magazine, Summer 2009.
- Speaker, “Economic Stimulus 101: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,” Annual Development Finance Summit, Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA), May 2009.
- Speaker, “NMTC Legal Issues Panel,” New Market Tax Credits Workshop, Mississippi Development Authority (MDA), May 2008.
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