Select Matters
- Manufacturing client: Represented client in development, construction, and operation of large manufacturing facility in south Alabama
- Real estate investment matter: Represented client in purchase of $6,000,000 industrial warehouse facility in Tampa, Florida
- Government-supported loans: Represented regional bank lender in $20,000,000 combined credit facilities guaranteed by U.S. Export-Import Bank and U.S. Government’s Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Real estate partnership matter: Represented family-owned real estate development partnerships in reorganization and generational leadership transition planning
- Real estate investment matter: Represented commercial real estate investment fund in $400,000,000 acquisition and financing of multi-state office building portfolio
- LIHTC transaction: Represented regional bank in $4 million construction financing for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) multifamily complex in coastal Alabama
- Commercial real estate loan transaction: Represented federal thrift on $38,000,000 refinancing of medical office building in California
- Commercial real estate loan transaction: Represented regional bank in $25 million bridge loan to biofuels company to finance biofuels plant
- Factoring transaction: Represented regional bank in $25 million factoring facility for metals company
- Public finance bridge loan transaction: Represented underwriter on $175,000,000 bridge loan to major hospital for acquisition of medical school in northeastern United States
- Real estate investor transaction: Represented investor owner in Commercial Mortgage-Backed Security (CMBS) refinancing of commercial property in Birmingham, Alabama
- Government & institutional / commercial real estate transaction: Represented regional bank in financing of new minor league baseball park in Birmingham, Alabama
Publications
News
Speaking Engagements
Credentials
Education
- University of Texas School of Law, Austin, J.D., 1995, Associate Editor, Texas Law Review
- Vanderbilt University, M.B.A., 1992
- Vanderbilt University, B.A. Economics, 1990, magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 1995
Professional Affiliations
- American College of Mortgage Attorneys, Fellow
- Alabama Bar Association
- Federalist Society
- NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association, Alabama Chapter President
Awards & Accolades
- Chambers USA, Real Estate and Banking & Finance
- Birmingham Magazine, Top Attorney, 2017
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Banking and Finance Law, Real Estate Law
- Birmingham Business Journal, Who's Who in Banking
- Mid-South Super Lawyers
Community Involvement
- Executive Committee Member of REV Birmingham, a nonprofit economic development association for the city of Birmingham
- The Westminster School at Oak Mountain, Founding Board Member and Past Chairman
- Red Mountain Church (PCA), Ruling Elder
- FOOD+Culture, Board Member
Clerkships
- U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Honorable David Sentelle, 1995 - 1996