Stephen C. Edds
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Practice Areas
Steve is a member of our Public Finance, Tax Incentives & Credit Markets Practice Group. He focuses his practice on government finance, economic development incentives and government relations.
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- Associations
- Bar Admissions
- Civic Involvement
- Distinctions
- Education & Honors
- Experience
- In the News
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1973
- U.S. Supreme Court
Civic Involvement
- Mississippi Tort Claims Board, Chairman
- Mississippi Arts Commission, Vice Chair
- Mississippi Arts Commission, Former Chairman
- American Bar Association, Standing Committee on Silver Gavel Awards, Chairman
- American Bar Association, Standing Committee on Public Education, Member
- Mississippi Museum of Art, Trustee
- Mississippi Museum of Art and Art Garden, Building Committee, Chairman
Distinctions
- Best Lawyers in America®
- Lawyer of the Year, Project Finance Law (Jackson, MS), 2021
- Project Finance Law, 2013-2021
- Government Relations Practice, 2013-2021
- Economic Development Law, 2016-2021
- Municipal Law, 2017-2021
- Public Finance Law, 2005-2021
- Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business
- Corporate/Commercial: Municipal Finance – Mississippi, 2007-2020
- Super Lawyers®
- Mid-South Super Lawyers, Government Finance, 2006 – 2007, 2011–2017
Education & Honors
- University of Mississippi, J.D., 1973
- University of Mississippi, B.A., English and Political Science, 1971
- Editor of Ole Miss Annual
- University of Mississippi Hall of Fame
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Phi Delta Phi
Experience
- Represented Chevron USA in $2.4 billion financings for the expansion of their largest U.S. refinery.
- In 2008, as a result of the collapse of the auction rate securities market, refinanced and restructured more than $200 million in government debt.
- Represented the world's second largest truck manufacturer in all matters related to site selection and construction of their first U.S. engine plant.
- Following Hurricane Katrina, participated in the drafting of congressional legislation to provide assistance to governments and businesses in the affected areas.
- Served as lead counsel in a $200 million tax credit financing, the second largest tax credit financing ever done.
- Represented numerous U.S. and international companies in the location, financing and construction of facilities in the U.S.
- Worked with an investment banking firm to develop a government commercial paper program that did not require third party liquidity
- Served as lead counsel in a $200 million bond tender done to allow for debt refinancing.
- Represented cities, counties, and other governmental units in Mississippi and Alabama including the States of Mississippi and Alabama in the issuance of various types of municipal debt.
In the News
- 198 Butler Snow Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2021
- Chambers USA 2020 Ranks 44 Butler Snow Attorneys and 15 Categories
- 173 Butler Snow Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers® 2020, 19 Named “Lawyer of the Year”
- Chambers USA 2019 Ranks 44 Butler Snow Attorneys as Leaders
- Butler Snow Ranked as a Top 10 Private Bond Counsel Firm Nationally by Thomson Reuters Top Legal Counsel Review
- Chambers USA 2018 Ranks 41 Butler Snow Attorneys as Leaders
- 106 Butler Snow Attorneys Listed in 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Butler Snow Ranked as Top 10 Bond Counsel Firm for First Half of 2017
- 147 Butler Snow Attorneys Named in Best Lawyers®, 18 Named “Lawyer of the Year” More...
- Silver Gavel Awards have honored outstanding depictions of law in media for 60 years
- Chambers USA 2017 Ranks 45 Butler Snow Attorneys as Leaders
- Steve Edds Named Chairman of The Mississippi Arts Commission
- 19 finalists for ABA's Silver Gavel Awards announced - ABA Journal
- Steve Edds Elected to the Tougaloo College Board of Trustees
- Steve Edds Named Chairman of Mississippi Tort Claims Board
- Bond Attorneys Steve Edds and Sue Hicks Fairbank Join Butler Snow - The Bond Buyer
- Steve Edds and Sue Fairbank Join Butler Snow in Ridgeland