Select Matters
- Representation of a public utility in the development of a distributed energy resiliency customer program. (2022-present)
- Representation of a public utility in negotiations to purchase all street lighting assets of a major metropolitan city. (2021-present)
- Represented a public utility in negotiations for a $200 million electric resiliency project for a major commercial airport. (2018-2021)
- Representation of a public economic development agency in connection with economic development projects with a cumulative value of public and private investment in excess of $1 billion. (2008-present)
- Represented client in the negotiations for the design, engineering, and acquisition of hydropower turbines for a hydroelectric generating facility (2020-2021)
- Represented an electric generating company in a $334 million transaction related to acquisition of and represented a public utility in purchases of fuel stock and related transport electric coal-fired generating facility. (2011)
- Served as buyer's and closing counsel in connection with an economic development project involving the public purchase and leasing of a $32 million shipbuilding facility. (2015)
- Represented a state agency purchaser in connection with the $31 million acquisition of electric gantry cranes for a commercial maritime port. (2014)
- Represented the purchaser and served as closing counsel in a complex transaction involving the merger and acquisition of the real and personal assets of a $3+ million regional water utility. (2013)
- Represented lessor in negotiations and development of a long-term commercial lease transaction with a Fortune 500 company. (2016)
- Represented the seller in the negotiation and development of offtake agreements for the sale of chemical byproducts valued in excess of $1 billion. (2011-2012)
- Represented a client in negotiations with state and county representatives to obtain in excess of $1 billion in tax incentives. (2015)
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Credentials
Education
- University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 2005
- Mississippi State University, B.A., 2002
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 2005
Professional Affiliations
- Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity
- American Bar Association
- Mississippi Bar Association, Real Estate Section and Business Law Section
- Harrison County Bar Association
Awards & Accolades
- The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law
- Lawyer of the Year, Corporate Law, 2021
- The Sun Herald and the Journal of South Mississippi Business, Top 10 Business Leaders Under 40, class of 2011
- March of Dimes, Spotlight on Success recipient, 2012
- Coast Young Professionals, Inaugural Board Member
Community Involvement
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce, General Counsel
- Gulfport Redevelopment Commission, Commissioner
- Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Board of Trustees
- United Way of South Mississippi, Board Member
- Boys & Girls Club of South Mississippi, Board Member