NATIONAL – Kutak Rock LLP elected 17 new partners in its attorney ranks from seven of its 19 offices – Atlanta, Denver, Minneapolis Omaha, Scottsdale Spokane, Washington D.C. These promotions took effect on January 1, 2020.
Leland P. Abide, a Minneapolis-based attorney, represents clients in high-stakes lawsuits across the United States. He focuses on entrepreneurs, mid-sized and family-owned corporations.
Tomi E. Ajibodu, (Omaha), is a member of the Public Finance Department at the firm and also resides in its Secondary Markets Working Group. She represents clients on a variety of public finance transactions.
Reshma Amin (Scottsdale), represents commercial lenders in real estate financing and transactions involving multiple jurisdictions.
Nicholas A. Carson, Washington, D.C., focuses on community development, tax-advantaged investments, and renewable energy tax credits. He also specializes in historic tax credit (HTC) and new market tax credits.
Michelle M. Douglas, (Omaha), has been focusing her legal practice for over 20 years on financial regulatory matters, compliance and litigation.
Sarah E. Elsden, (Spokane), focuses on complex commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation, and counseling for a variety of industries including consumer products, software services, and financial services.
Pardis O. Farrokhyar (Denver) focuses her practice on representing issuers and underwriters in tax-exempt and taxable financings for municipalities, school districts, and particularly utility-related issuers (including water and wastewater) and transportation-related issuers (including ports and airports).
Jon D. Finch, a Scottsdale attorney, focuses on public finance. He serves clients throughout the United States in both taxable and non-taxable financings.
Edward “Ted” J. Gillespie, Atlanta, focuses on New Markets Tax Credits transactions as well as projects involving traditional real estate acquisition and financing.
Jay C. Jackson, (Omaha), is a counsel for municipal issuers, lenders and underwriters in relation to the issuance and sale of municipal bonds.
Philip A. Overcash, a Scottsdale-based litigator with over 20 years’ experience in complex civil, real estate and commercial litigation.
Patricia E. Riley, (Omaha), represents clients primarily in financing transactions, secured loans, sales and acquisitions, and real estate related matters. This includes franchised restaurants, regional and national restaurant brands, as well as retail fitness.
Alison R. Seaborne, (Omaha), focuses primarily on commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions and commercial leasing.
Kathy A. Steadman, (Scottsdale), practices primarily in the areas employee benefits, pensions, insurance, and other regulatory issues.
John J. Westerhaus, (Omaha), advises fiduciaries and plan sponsors on the design, implementation and administration of employee benefit plans to maximize client value and minimize risk.
Colton T. Williams, (Omaha), focuses on community development, tax incentive products, including federal and state tax incentives for new markets, historic rehabilitation credit, and other state and federal financing.
Isaiah Wilson II (Scottsdale), a securities expert, advises middle and emerging market companies in the areas of equity and asset purchases and sales, venture funding, and securities compliance.
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