Practice focuses on public finance, public-private infrastructure development, capital finance and complex commercial lending. Substantial experience in structuring and issuing debt of all types for broad range of public and private infrastructure projects, including airports, roads and highways, convention and conference centers, educational facilities, government administrative facilities and water and wastewater facilities.

Relevant Experience

• Represented concessionaire in a long-term PPP concession arrangement for the development, construction and maintenance of an approximately $1.8 billion major roadway project in South Florida, that will contain both managed toll and general purpose lanes.
• Represented 63-20 corporation as bond counsel in connection with the development, construction, operation and maintenance of the I-495 Capital Beltway HOT Lanes project, an approximately $1.5 billion roadway project consisting of both managed toll and general purpose lanes in Northern Virginia pursuant to a long-term PPP concession arrangement.
• Representing national real estate investment trust in the development and financing of nearly $150 million in infrastructure improvements to support a nearly $500 million mixed-use project that will serve as the catalyst for redevelopment of an old suburban area in Northern Virginia.
• Representing issuers as special counsel in connection with creation and use of special tax districts, community development authorities and tax increment and tax allocation districts to fund and finance project infrastructure.
• Represented large Georgia city as bond counsel in multi-series issuance of bonds in excess of $300 million supported by tax increment financing to finance infrastructure for multi-billion mixed-used project on former brownfield site.
• Represented large Virginia city as project and finance counsel in unique public-private partnership to develop long-planned central business district, supported by tax increment financing to finance key infrastructure and other public facilities such as a theater and parks.
• Represented issuer in nearly $160,000,000 financing backed by hotel occupancy taxes to finance largest convention facility in Virginia.
• Represented issuer in public-private joint venture to construct and operate outdoor performing arts concert facility.
• Handled the structuring and issuance of the first storm water facilities revenue bonds issued by a Virginia locality.
• Significant experience representing airports in issuance of debt and in negotiations of airport use agreements.

• Board of Trustees, The Collegiate School, Richmond, Virginia, 2008 to present
• Board of Directors, Prevent Blindness America, Chicago, Illinois, 2003 to present (Chairman 2006 to 2009)
• Board of Directors, Prevent Blindness Mid-Atlantic, Richmond, Virginia, 1998 to present (Chairman 2001 - 2003)
• Law Clerk, Hon. D. Dortch Warriner, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1983

• Member, Virginia State Bar
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Virginia Bar Association
• Member, Richmond Bar Association
• Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
• Member, Past President, The Bond Club of Virginia

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Public Finance Law, 2005-present
• Listed in Virginia Super Lawyers, published by Richmond Magazine, 2006-present
• Fellow, Virginia Law Foundation
• Leadership Metro Richmond, Class of 2006

• J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law, 1983
  
• B.A., University of Richmond, Political Science, 1977