Butler Snow attorney Tray Hairston gave the keynote speech at the Land Title Association of Mississippi’s Annual Conference on May 1, 2025 at The Refuge Golf Course in Flowood, Miss. His speech, titled “Looking Ahead: The Future of Economic Development in Mississippi,” reviewed his own history within economic development and explored the future of the industry in Mississippi.
The Land Title Association of Mississippi is a professional association dedicated to creating an environment that enables its members to provide the public with the highest quality land title evidencing, title insurance and settlement services.
Tray Hairston is a member of the firm’s Public Finance, Tax Incentives & Credit Markets group and concentrates his practice on public finance and economic development matters. He has served as bond counsel for various cities and counties as well as incentive counsel to developers and companies working on transactions totaling more than $2 billion. In addition, he is a Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) through the International Economic Development Council. In his role as a CEcD, Hairston provides economic development consulting advice to communities throughout the country and site selection consulting advice to companies throughout the U.S.
Hairston has been recognized by BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America® for Economic Development, Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers® and Southern Business & Development’s Under 50 Economic Developers to Watch. In 2018,The Bond Buyer publication recognized Hairston as one of the 28 “Rising Stars” within the public finance industry throughout the country. Hairston recently participated in the Harvard University Kennedy School’s Effective Leadership Across Sectors Program, a leadership training program designed and led by Harvard faculty.
