Mike is a public finance and economic development attorney representing the state and local governments, economic development organizations, school districts, 501(c)(3)s, and major companies. Mike has represented clients across the state on economic development financing transactions representing over $10.5 billion in capital investment. Additionally, Mike represents local governments and school districts throughout Louisiana as bond counsel. Mike served as the Chair of the National Association of Bonds Lawyers’ (NABL) Governmental Affairs Committee (2022-2024) and served on NABL’s 2022 nominating committee. Mike recently was a co-author of the Council of Development Finance Agencies' Bond Finance Guide. Mike is a member of Louisiana’s Committee of 100 for Economic Development and the Louisiana Industrial Development Executives Association. In 2010, Mike was instrumental in working with the state legislature to amend the state’s Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) economic development law to provide for more security to local governmental bodies. Recently, Mike wrote the law establishing Louisiana’s mega site economic development program, the Louisiana Competes Regional Economic Development Program. Butler Snow’s Public Finance, Tax Incentives and Credit Markets Group is ranked #6 in the nation and is Louisiana’s only top 25 nationally ranked bond finance practice. With offices throughout the US and in Europe and Asia, Butler Snow offers a comprehensive and diverse public finance practice ranging from all forms of state and municipal bonds to the full complement of economic development financing tools available to finance and/or refinance governmental as well as private sector projects.
Listed skills include Litigation, Corporate Law, Economic Development, Education Law, and 5 others.
