Kimberly Easley Smith is a lawyer practicing catastrophic events and major claims, governmental finance, public finance and 1 other area of law. Kimberly received a B.A. degree from Birmingham-Southern College in 2001, and has been licensed for 21 years. Kimberly practices at Butler Snow LLP in New Orleans, LA.
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Practice Details
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Firm InformationPositionAttorneyFirm NameButler Snow LLP
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesExperience: Served as Project Counsel, Lender Counsel
Community Development Entity Counsel in over 800 Million in New Markets Tax Credit transactions, including healthcare, education, mixed use, social services
industrial/manufacturing projects.
Serves as bank counsel in direct loans
tax-exempt financing for 501(c)(3) organizations.
Representative Transactions Project Counsel for a new charter school facility located adjacent to a new low-income housing development in Nashville, Tennessee, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
Senior Lender Counsel for the construction of a health center facility located in Boston, Massachusetts, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits
Tax-Exempt Bonds.
Project Counsel for the construction
development of a 29-bed acute care hospital facility in rural Alabama, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits
USDA Financing.
Bank Counsel in connection with a Tax-Exempt Refinancing for a Hospital System located in Concord, New Hampshire.
Project Counsel in connection with a photovoltaic solar facility in Greenfield, Massachusetts, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits, USDA Financing
Energy Grants.
Lender Counsel in connection with the permanent financing for the development of a biomass power generation facility in Athens, Maine, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
Project Counsel in connection with the financing
construction of a state of the art higher education center facility in Indio, California, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
Project Counsel in connection with the construction, development
leasing of a Social Innovation Center in Austin, Texas, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
Project Counsel for the construction
development of a YMCA located in Vicksburg, Mississippi, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
Senior Lender Counsel for the construction of a new emergency department
medical office building to support outpatient services at a hospital located in Athol, Massachusetts, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits
Tax-Exempt Bonds.
Project Counsel for the construction
development of a primary care clinic, wellness center, certain retail space
related on-site
off-site improvements in Jackson, Tennessee, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
Project Counsel for the acquisition, construction
development of the American Cancer Society, which offers housing to cancer patients
their caregivers, located in Jackson, Mississippi, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
Project Counsel for the development
construction of for-sale homes to serve low-income individuals
families located in South Mississippi
Southwest Alabama, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
Project Counsel for the development
construction of a state-of-the-art children's museum located in Meridian, Mississippi, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
Project Counsel for the construction, equipping
leasing of a new, two-story, 44,470 square foot academic
career-technical building for a Community College in Jackson, Mississippi, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits, Tax-Exempt Bonds
Taxable Bonds.
CDE Counsel for the construction of a new 90,000 sq. ft. high performance computing center located in Hoyoke, Massachusetts, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
Project Counsel for the development of new retail
office space
other mixed-use components for the benefit of a historically minority college located in Jackson, Mississippi, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
CDE Counsel for the rehabilitation of two former tobacco warehouses
accompanying parking into a single mixed-use facility consisting of office, retail,
research
laboratory space located in Durham, North Carolina, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
Project Counsel in connection with the construction
development of a grocery store
shopping center complex located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
Project Counsel in connection with the acquisition
expansion of a manufacturing facility in Springdale, Arkansas, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
Project Counsel for the construction, development
renovation of an existing mill building into a mixed-use development located in Johnson City, Tennessee, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
Project Counsel for the construction, development
leasing of the historic Ross Hotel into a mixed-use facility known as the Tomorrow Building in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
Project Counsel for the rehabilitation of two historic buildings into a mixed-use residential & commercial/retail development for Volunteers of America located in New Orleans, Louisiana, which utilized New Markets Tax Credits.
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions2005, Mississippi
2011, Louisiana
2019, New York
U.S. District Courts
Mississippi: Northern, Southern
2022, Massachusetts
MembershipsAssociations
New Markets Tax Credits Working Group
New Orleans Bar Association
National Association of Bond Lawyers
American Bar Association
Taxation Section
Young Lawyers Forum
Mississippi Bar
Louisiana State Bar Association
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Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolUniversity of Mississippi
Class of 2004
J.D.
Mississippi Law Journal
University of Mississippi
Class of 2004
J.D.
cum laude
University of Mississippi
Class of 2004
J.D.
2004 Associate Editorial Staff
New York University
Class of 2005
LL.M.
Taxation
Other EducationBirmingham-Southern College
Class of 2001
B.A.
Accounting
Birmingham-Southern College
Class of 2001
B.A.
cum laude
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Personal Details & HistoryAgeBorn in 1979
1979
Kimberly Easley Smith
201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 2700New Orleans, LA 70170U.S.A.
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