Lavergne

Carmen is a member of the Public Finance, Tax Incentives & Credit Markets Group where she focuses on public finance, municipal bonds, economic development incentives, and government relations.

• Public Finance
• Tax Credits
• Government Relations
• Governmental Finance

• $210,000 Hammond Area Recreation District No. 1 of the Parish of Tangipahoa, State of Louisiana Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2011.
• $16,640,000 Hammond Area Recreation District No. 1 of the Parish of Tangipahoa, State of Louisiana Limited Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2011.
• $2,000,000 Parish of West Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana Sales Tax Revenue Bonds (Westport Area Wastewater Project), Series 2010.
• $110,000 City of Thibodaux, State of Louisiana Utilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2010
• $930,000 City of Slidell, State of Louisiana Utilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2010.
• $4,000,000 Ward Two Water District of the Parish of Livingston, State of Louisiana Water Revenue Bonds, Series 2010.
• $9,950,000 City of Slidell, State of Louisiana General Obligation Bonds, Series 2010.
• $350,000 Rural Fire Protection District No. 2 of the Parish of Tangipahoa, State of Louisiana Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2010B (Natalbany Volunteer Fire Department).
• $300,000 Rural Fire Protection District No. 2 of the Parish of Tangipahoa, State of Louisiana Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2010A (Husser Volunteer Fire Department).
• $156,000 Town of Walker, State of Louisiana Combined Utilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A and $364,000 Combined Utilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2010B.
• $2,500,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Livingston Parish Sewer District No. 2 Project), Series 2009.
• $715,000 Recreation District No. 5 of the Parish of Livingston, State of Louisiana Certificate of Indebtedness, Series 2009.
• $23,750,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Denham Springs Sewer District No. 1 Project), Series 2009.
• $4,820,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Livingston Parish Office of Motor Vehicles Project), Series 2009.
• $7,440,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Refunding Bonds (Town of Walker Utilities Project), Series 2009.
• $8,635,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Livingston Parish, Louisiana - North Park Project), Series 2008.
• $4,180,000 Lakeside Estates Community Development District Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2008.
• $2,485,000 Isabella Lakes Community Development District Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2007.
• $12,735,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Tax-Exempt Revenue Bonds, Series 2006A and $2,265,000 Taxable Revenue Bonds, Series 2006B (Carter Plantation Hotel Project).
• $49,295,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Livingston Parish Road Project), Series 2006.
• $18,890,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Livingston Parish Jail Project), Series 2006.
• $11,855,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Revenue and Refunding Bonds (Washington Parish Road Project), Series 2006.

Underwriter’s Counsel, in connection with the issuance of higher education revenue bonds, including the following:

• $32,380,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Tax-Exempt Revenue Bonds (Nicholls State University Student Housing/NSU Facilities Corporation Project), Series 2007B (CONVERSION)
• $10,860,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Nicholls State University Student recreation Center/NSU Facilities Corporation Project), Series 2010.
• $4,200,000 Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Auxiliary Revenue Bonds (Louisiana State University at Alexandria Project), Series 2008.
• $3,320,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Tax-Exempt Revenue Bonds, Series 2006A and $5,000,000 Taxable Revenue Bonds, Series 2006B (Nicholls State University Student Facilities/NSU Facilities Corporation Project).
• $13,370,000 Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System Lease Revenue Refunding Bonds (University of Louisiana at Lafayette Cajundome Convention Center Project), Series 2006.

Also, extensive experience serving as counsel to issuers, borrowers and trustees in conjunction with tax-exempt financings.

• BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®
  • Public Finance Law, 2025
• Top 40 Under 40, Baton Rouge Business Report, 2009
• Graduate, Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class, 2009

• Louisiana, 2000
• U.S. District Courts
• Louisiana: Eastern, Middle, Western

• Louisiana State University, J.D., 2000
  • Louisiana Law Review
  • Order of the Coif
• Louisiana State University, B.A., Political Science, 1997

• Clerkship, Chief Judge Frank J. Polozola, U.S. District for the Middle District of Louisiana

• National Association of Bond Lawyers
• Baton Rouge Bar Association
• Louisiana Bar Association
  • Government and Public Law Section
• American Bar Association

• The Roles and Responsibilities of a Public Finance Attorney, Winning Legal Strategies for Public Finance Lawyers, Leading Lawyers on Government Debt, State & Federal Tax, Inside the Minds, August 2005.