Distinctions
· Certified Public Accountant (Tennessee 2005 - Inactive)
· Certified Public Accountant (Mississippi 2010)
· Assurance Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 2002-04
· SEC Reporting Senior, Wright Medical Technology, Inc., 2004-06
Associations
· American Bar Association
- Business Law Section
· Capital Area Bar Association
· Jackson Young Lawyers
· American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
· Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants
· New Markets Tax Credits Working Group
Legal Experience
· Representation of buyers and sellers in business acquisitions in various industries.
· Representation of private businesses in formation, organization and business planning including shareholder and LLC operating agreements.
· Representation of nonprofit businesses in formation, organization, and business planning.
· Community Development Entity counsel in connection with the development of a hydrogenated tackifier resins manufacturing facility in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
· Community Development Entity counsel in connection with the development of a pipe manufacturing facility in Tunica, Mississippi, which is utilizing federal and state New Markets Tax Credits, CDBG grant funds, a loan from the State, acting through the Mississippi Development Authority and the Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority, a grant through the Rural Impact Fund Program, a loan through the Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Fund, as well as other state and local economic incentives.
· Developer/Owner counsel, bond counsel and economic development incentives counsel in connection with an orthopedic hospital facility in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, which combined federal and state New Markets Tax Credits with GO Zone Tax Exempt Bonds and other state and local economic development incentives.
· Developer counsel, bond counsel, and economic development incentives counsel for a biomass torrefaction facility in Quitman, Mississippi.
· Leverage lender counsel for a modular home manufacturing facility in Holmes County, Mississippi.
Papers, Presentations & Publications
· Presenter, "New Markets Tax Credits," Mississippi College School of Law, 2011.
· Panelist, "Incentivizing Commercial Development," Client Seminar, 2011.
· "IRS Proposes New Audit Me Disclosure Requirement", Pointe Innovation, Spring 2010.
· "Mississippi Secretary of State Requires LLC Annual Reports by April 15, 2011", Sound Advice, Volume 2011.
· "IRS Implements New Corporate 'Audit Me' Disclosure Requirement", Planning Notes, August 2010.