Select Matters
- Represented a public utility in negotiations for electric resiliency backup service for a major commercial airport. (2018-present)
- Represented an electric generating company in a $334 million complex transaction related to acquisition of an electric generating facility. (2011)
- 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)
- 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
- University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 2005
- Mississippi State University, B.A., 2002
- Mississippi, 2005
- Phi Delta Phi, International Legal Fraternity, 2003 - 2005
- National Black Law Students’ Association, 2002 - present
- American Bar Association, 2005 - present
- Mississippi Bar Association, Real Estate Section and Business Law Section, 2005 - present
- Harrison County Bar Association, 2005 - present
- Harrison County Young Lawyers’ Association, 2005 - present
- Leadership Gulf Coast, Class of 2007
- Leadership Gulf Coast, board of directors, 2007 - 2010
- 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
- Gulfport Redevelopment Commission, Commissioner, 2016 - present
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce, General Counsel, 2011 - present
- Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Board of Trustees, 2020-2023
- Biloxi Seafood Festival, Board of Directors, 2011 - present
- Mississippi Bar Association, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 2011 - 2014