Practice Areas & Industries: Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Butler Snow assembles a team of attorneys from an array of legal disciplines to help clients deal with all aspects of public law and finance - from economic incentives to compliance, from the regulatory and legislative process to litigation. We offer clients a high standard of service because of the range of our experience and our knowledge of how government works.

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Our practice areas include:

• Administrative Law - We combine substantive areas of legal expertise with regulatory know-how to achieve maximum results in representing clients at the administrative level of state government.

• Civil Rights- We have extensive experience defending civil rights matters and helping businesses deal with statutes relating to employment, housing and lending.

• Economic Development Incentives - Whether the deal is large or small, our interdisciplinary Group structures transactions to take full advantage of available incentives.

• Election and Campaign Finance - Successfully navigating in today's business climate often requires knowledge of state and federal campaign finance laws. Elected officials are also frequently confronted with election and campaign finance issues as well as voting rights issues. Our lawyers are equipped to handle any election or campaign finance issues faced either by business or elected officials.

• Environmental - We have developed a comprehensive knowledge, experience and contact base to help both business and government address environmental needs.

• Gaming- We have provided full representation to a number of gaming companies before the Mississippi Gaming Commission and other state agencies.

• Governmental Litigation - Our attorneys have a distinctive combination of experience in representation of governmental entities at the local, state, regional and national levels.

• Governmental Relations - With our deep understanding of the legislative process, we serve clients by monitoring for statutory or regulatory changes, drafting and reviewing legislation, providing strategic and political guidance advice for lobbying efforts, and crisis management.

• Public Finance - A comprehensive and diverse practice ranging from state and municipal bonds and obligations to the full complement of techniques available to finance economic development.

• Public Policy and Strategy- We offer the governmental experience to help companies navigate today's complex legislative and regulatory environment. Led by three former chiefs of staff to Mississippi governors, our team has the insight and contacts to deal with any public policy challenge.

• Utilities - Our practice encompasses telecommunications, electric, gas, water and sewer law, state and federal regulatory matters, and related litigation.