Real Estate Developer

education: JURIS DOCTOR, Florida State College of Law . May 2006 Cum Laude

. Federalist Society

. Book Award: Gratuitous Transfers

Bachelor of Arts, Brigham Young University . April 2003

. Major: Political Science

. Hebrew Club: Conversant in Modern Hebrew

Bar Membership: Florida Bar., Tallahassee, Florida, Attorney . July 2006

to Present

Mississippi Bar., Jackson, Mississippi, Attorney . February

2007 to Present

Experience: General Counsel, NFC Development, Inc., Destin, Florida . 2006

to Present

. General Counsel for $300 million real estate development

company

. Drafted documents for all aspects of real estate

transactions

. Extensive real estate litigation experience

. Please see: Representative Legal Matters attached hereto

Legal Clerk, State Attorney's Office, Tallahassee, Florida . Fall

2005

. Prosecuted various misdemeanors

. Extensive plea bargaining

Office of General Counsel, Department of Businesses and

Professional Regulation Tallahassee, Florida, Clerk . 2004-

2005

. Prosecuted contractors for misconduct

. Wrote hundreds of malpractice complaints

Office of General Counsel, Housing Authority of the City of Houston,

Houston, Texas . Summer 2004

. Worked on low income housing tax credit developments

. Ensured compliance with HUD requirements

Legislative Intern, Congressman Ernest Istook, U.S. House of

Representatives, Washington, D.C. . Summer 2002

. Legislative research

. Took minutes at committee meetings

Intern, Senator Robert F. Bennett, U.S. Senate, Provo, Utah

. Fall 2000

. Constituent Services

. Organized Senator Bennett's "Round Table Discussion"

itinerary

Volunteer Minister, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day

Saints, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . 1998-2000

. Worked with charitable organizations throughout the

inner city

. Assistant to the President; oversaw 200 other

volunteer ministers.

AWARDS: Representative to Boys State (Texas); Eagle Scout; Texas

State Football Semifinalist

INTERESTS: Politics, Sports, Furniture Building, Weight Lifting

Representative Legal Matters

Law practice focuses on real estate transactions, typically involving

the acquisition, engineering, permitting, and development of real property.

Since the collapse of the real estate market I have been highly involved

in all aspects of foreclosure litigation.

Real Estate Development:

. Assisted in formation, permitting, surveying and environmental review of

Horizon, a Master Planned Community, with 40,000 planned residential

units.

. Residential covenants and restrictions as well as residential

development standards for master planned community

. Title policies for over 10,000 acres of real property

. Environmental and cultural surveys for over 8,000 acres of real property

. Concrete requirements contracts

. Video, voice, data bulk services contracts for residential developments

Litigation:

. Defended hundreds of foreclosure actions for $300 million real estate

company.

. Southern Ag Credit v. Adkinson - Successful defense of $7MM personal

guaranty suit in U.S. District Court for Southern District of

Mississippi.

. Gulf Coast Utility Contractors v. Hammock Oaks, LLC - Successful defense

of $1MM contract claim.

. Defended homeowner's association in legal proceedings.

. Stone County Utility Authority v. Horizon Utilities, LLC - Successfully

argued utility company's rights, preventing County from disputing the

validity of utility's certificate.

Finance-Related Mergers & Acquisitions Transactions:

. Purchase contracts, participation agreements, deeds of trust, mortgages,

notes, hypothecation agreements and collateral assignments.

Utilities Transactions:

. Assisted in formation of Horizon Utilities, LLC, providing 10 Million

gallons per day of potable water and sewage treatment services to S.

Mississippi

. Assisted in documents necessary to submit to the Mississippi Public

Services Commission

. Litigation: Stone County Utility Authority v. Horizon Utilities, LLC

Public Improvement District:

. Assisted in formation of the Horizon Public Improvement District (a $40

million bond issue) allowing the developer to recoup up to 100% of his

costs for infrastructure

. Assisted in formation of the Beaver Dam Crossing Public Improvement

District (a $10 million dollar bond issue) allowing the developer to

recoup up to 100% of his costs for infrastructure

General Counsel Duties:

. Employment policies manual

. Health benefits package

. Corporate books and annual reports for over 250 companies

. Acquisition of information technologies & copiers

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