George has experience in a variety of areas of public finance. His experience includes financings for affordable multifamily housing projects, non-profit entities, educational facilities, airport facilities, correctional facilities, industrial development revenue bond financings, and tax credit financings as well as general obligation bond and revenue bond financings for local governments. He is also experienced in financing of joint public/private initiatives for economic development. He has served as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, issuer's counsel, borrower's counsel and bank counsel on numerous tax-exempt bond financings.
Presentations and Speaking Engagements
Securities Law Considerations for the Local Government Attorney, Virginia Local Government Attorneys Association Spring Conference, April 2007 Community Development Authorities: Public-Private Financing Tool for Localities, Virginia Industrial Development Authorities Institute, April 2007 Housing Authorities - A Partner in Economic Development, Virginia Local Government Attorneys Association Fall Conference, October 2006 Community Development Authorities: Public-Private Financing Tool for Localities, Virginia Industrial Development Authorities Institute, April 2006 Anatomy of a Bond Issue, Henrico County, VA, Sixth Annual Local Government Bond School, April 2003 Anatomy of a Bond Issue, Henrico County, VA, Fifth Annual Local Government Bond School, April 2002 The Bond Buyer, 2nd MidAtlantic Public Finance Conference, October 2002- Panel Moderator Government Risk Management Multifamily Housing Bonds presentation: 7th Annual Developer's Tax Credit Conference, Orlando, Florida, January 2001 Urban Revitalization: An Affordable Housing Conference, Chicago, July 2000 Virginia Association of Housing and Community Development Officials, Virginia Beach, May 2000 Tax-Exempt Private Activity Bond Workshop, Richmond, Virginia, May 2000 6th Annual Developer's Tax Credit Conference, Orlando, Florida, January 2000
Publications
"Tax Exempt Lease Financing," VA Local Government Attorneys Association Spring Conference, March 2002 "Bond Basics - The Fundamentals of Municipal Bond Law - Article III Securities Law Considerations" VA Local Government Attorneys Association Spring Conference, April 2003 "Using Your Housing Authority" - A Partner in Economic Development," Virginia Local Government Attorneys Association Fall Conference, October 2006 "The Role of the Local Government Attorney in Bond Issues - Securities Law Considerations," Virginia Local Government Attorneys Association Spring Conference, April 2007 Public Service Executive Board Member, R.E. Lee Council, Boy Scouts of America, 2000-2006 Board of Governors, Virginia State Bar, Local Government Law Section, 1996-1999 Leadership Metro Richmond, 1987-1988 Board of Directors, YMCA Midlothian Branch, 1995-1997 Board Member, Chesterfield County Personnel Appeals Board, 1996-1998 Other Distinctions Recognized as a Virginia Super Lawyer in Business/Corporate Law (2006).
Memberships
ˇ National Association of Bond Lawyers
ˇ Virginia Local Government Attorneys Association
ˇ Virginia Government Officers Finance Association
ˇ Maryland Public Finance Officers Association