Troy focuses his practice on municipal bonds, public finance, economic development incentives, and government relations. He has represented cities, counties, schools, community colleges, hospitals, universities, developers, companies, economic development agencies, and other entities to assist them in constructing and developing projects statewide.
Overview
Troy focuses his practice on municipal bonds, public finance, economic development incentives, and government relations. He has represented cities, counties, schools, community colleges, hospitals, universities, developers, companies, economic development agencies, and other entities to assist them in constructing and developing projects statewide.
Practice Areas
About
Troy helps cities, counties, and other public bodies finance projects to improve services, infrastructure, and grow their economies. As a bond attorney, Troy provides the full complement of tax, securities, and bond structuring services to help his clients borrow funds in the most efficient manner possible. Throughout his career, Troy has served as bond counsel to public entities for hundreds of financing transactions.
Troy also has a particular expertise in advising public and private clients about the local economic development incentives available to them for commercial and industrial projects. He has participated in reviewing, analyzing, and structuring a variety of public finance, economic development finance projects, and structuring innovative public-private partnerships to best meet the needs of his clients for over 20 years.
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Troy is General Counsel to the Mississippi Municipal League (“MML”). In addition to the normal duties as general counsel, he is a frequent lecturer at MML events on public finance, economic development incentives, and blighted property clean-up and redevelopment. He has also given presentations on public finance and economic incentives for other state and national organizations including the Mississippi Economic Development Council, the Mississippi Association of Supervisors, and the Council of Development Finance Agencies. |
Experience
- Bond Counsel in various public finance transactions involving taxable and tax-exempt bonds and loans, general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, tax increment financing bonds, special assessment bonds, urban renewal bonds, 501(c)(3) financings, the financing of healthcare facilities, the financing of educational facilities, industrial development bonds, and financing various transportation projects.
- Bond Counsel in connection with the financing of healthcare facilities that include revenue bonds and combined federal and state programs together with other state and local economic development incentives.
- Bond Counsel to cities, counties, schools, and universities in lease/purchase transactions involving the purchase of buildings and equipment and the purchase and installation of energy conservation systems.
- Developer’s Counsel in negotiating various local economic incentives statewide.
- Counsel to public and private clients in drafting legislation for various economic development incentives and to assist in project financing.
Distinctions
- BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®
- Public Finance Law, 2023-2026
- Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers®
- Mid-South Super Lawyers, Government Finance, 2016-2017
- Mid-South Rising Stars, Government Finance, 2012-2013
- Mississippi Municipal League , General Counsel
- Southern Miss Alumni Association, President 2023-2024
- Leadership Mississippi, Class 2013
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 2003
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern, Southern
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
Education
- Mississippi College, J.D., 2003
- Moot Court Board
- American Jurisprudence Award, Judicial Administration
- University of Southern Mississippi, M.B.A., 1997
- University of Southern Mississippi, B.A., Polymer Science, 1995
Associations
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Government Law Section
- Business Law Section
- American Bar Association
- State and Local Government Section
- Capital Area Bar Association
- Madison County Bar Association
- National Association of Bond Lawyers
- Mississippi Municipal Attorneys Association
- Mississippi Economic Development Council
- International Municipal Lawyers Association
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Speaker, "Basic Municipal Finance," Mississippi Municipal League's 2025 Mid-Winter Legislative Conference, January 14, 2025.
- Presenter, "Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act," Mississippi Municipal League, March 28, 2022.
- Co-Author, “Municipal Government in Mississippi, 7th Ed. Chapter XII: Municipal Bonds,” co-authored with Sam Keyes and Elizabeth Clark (2021).
- Presenter, "American Rescue Plan Act Funding Webinar," Mississippi Municipal League, July 15, 2021.
- Presenter, “Issuing Bonds – The Rules,” CDFA Digital Training Institute, June 2020.
- Presenter, “Basic Municipal Finance,” Mississippi Municipal League Certified Municipal Officer Program, 2017-2020.
- Presenter, “School Bond Financings with Tax Credits,” East Mississippi Center for Educational Development, April 2019.
- Presenter, “2019 Legal Update,” Mississippi Association of County Board Attorneys CLE, January 2019.
- Presenter, “Tools for Redevelopment,” Mississippi Municipal League, June 2018.
- Panelist, “Municipal Finance Opportunities,” Mississippi City Clerk Certification Program, 2012, 2018.
- Panelist, “Public Private Partnerships (P3s): Nuts and Bolts,” 86th Annual Conference, Mississippi Municipal League, July 25, 2017.
- Panelist, “After the Bond Closing: Keeping the SEC and IRS Away,” Mississippi Municipal League, June 2014.
- Presenter, "Annual Disclosure Filing Requirements Related to Bond Issues," Mississippi Municipal League Summer Convention (June 2011).
- Author, “Municipal Finance, The Toolkit: Tools for Municipal Leaders,” co-authored with D. Grubbs, John C. Stennis Institute of Government, Mississippi State University and The Mississippi Municipal League (2011).