Cases
Experience: Served as Bond Counsel, Co-Bond Counsel or Underwriters Counsel for over $3.0 billion of general obligation bonds issued by the State of Mississippi since 2007, including Build America Bonds.
Serve as Bond Counsel since 2005 for the Mississippi Home Corporation single family mortgage revenue bond program representing issuances over $1.5 billion of Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds.
Bond Counsel for $200,000,000 of gaming tax revenue bonds issued by the State of Mississippi, representing the nations only issuance of debt secured solely by gaming tax revenues.
Along with other Butler Snow attorneys, has h
led the representation of twenty-three cities
counties in Mississippi during Internal Revenue Service audits of municipal bond issuances by said cities
counties.
Creator of the low-interest loan program resulting in over $79,000,000 of loans made through the Mississippi Development Bank for cities, counties
other public bodies in Mississippi requiring immediate financial assistance in the weeks following l
fall of Hurricane Katrina.
Served as Bond Counsel for over $900,000,000 of bonds through the Mississippi Development Bank for the Mississippi Department of Transportation to finance
refinance several interstate highway projects.
Serve as Bond Counsel
Underwriter's Counsel for lease obligation bonds for five of Mississippi's public universities.
Has served as bond counsel for transactions resulting in restructuring issues of variable rate debt, most of which also included the termination or novation of qualified
non-qualified hedges
restructuring of liquidity facilities
other credit enhancement, such as direct pay letters of credit.
Has served as interest rate swap counsel to the State of Mississippi
several State agencies
counties within Mississippi on over 30 swap confirmation executions, including terminations
novations. This experience includes discussions with all members of derivative working groups in connection with initial execution of swap trades, including forward swaps
swap terminations, as well as providing analysis
advice as to the effects swaps may have on the federal tax exempt status of certain outst
ing debt.
Regularly serves as Bond Counsel, Underwriter's Counsel, Special Tax Counsel, Trustee's Counsel
other loan counsel concerning various issuances of debt by governmental entities
private companies, including with issuances benefiting 501(c)(3) entities, rated
unrated senior living facilities, healthcare organizations, multi-family housing projects, public universities, private primary
secondary schools, correctional authorities
manufacturing
retail concerns.
Served as Bond Counsel since 2006 for in excess of $485,000,000 of private conduit financings which qualify as Gulf Opportunity Zone Bonds.
