Select Matters
- Project Finance: Representation of client in connection with a $1.5 billion Department of Energy loan guarantee for the financing supporting the restart of a nuclear power plant in Michigan.
- Equipment Procurement Contracts: Representation of client in purchase and sale of multiple renewal energy equipment transactions.
- Energy M&A Transactions: Representation of various energy developers and investment funds in the acquisition and divestiture of multiple solar and wind electric generation projects across the United States, including Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Virginia.
- Mergers and Acquisitions: Representation of international technology company in its $140+ million strategic acquisition of an enterprise construction project management software business.
- Investment and Custody Compliance: Advised a multibillion-dollar financial institution on multiple state and local investment and custody regulations for public funds, quasi-public funds, and pension funds.
- Prevention of Suspected Financial Exploitation: Advised various financial institutions on transaction and disbursement holds and other best practices for senior and vulnerable clients.
- Registration and Filing Compliance: Helped negotiate stipulation agreement with state securities commission and advise issuer on compliance with state requirements for upcoming sale.
- FINRA Arbitrations: Representation of various financial institutions in multiple arbitrations involving a wide range of investments, alleged misrepresentations, and labor and employment disputes.
- Complex Litigation: Representation of clients in state and federal courts in complex litigation matters, including a securities class action and an insider trading civil action.
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Credentials
- The University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 2017, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif; Alabama Law Review; Robert F. Wagner National Labor & Employment Law Moot Court Team
- The University of Alabama, M.A., Economics, 2012
- The University of Alabama, B.S., Commerce and Business Administration, 2012, summa cum laude
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina, 2024
- U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina, 2024
- U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina, 2023
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama, 2020
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 2018
- Alabama, 2017
- South Carolina, 2020
- North Carolina, 2020
- New York, 2020
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Ones to Watch
- Birmingham Business Journal, NextGen Law, 2024
- Alabama Law Review Best Senior Editor Award, 2016 - 2017
- Hugo L. Black Scholar Award, 2016
- Campbell Moot Court Board, 2016
- Alabama Securities Commission, Commissioner
- The Blackburn Institute, Fellow
- The University of Alabama Honors College Council, Executive Member
- American Bar Association, Consumer Litigation Committee, Member Chair 2023 – present, Web Editor 2021 – 2023
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra Junior Patron Board, 2022 - 2025
- Momentum Upward Early-Career Program, 2024
- Alabama Leadership Institute Class VII, 2024 - 2025
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, Honorable R. David Proctor, 2017 - 2018