Lawyer Overview

Mr. Holm's practice concentrates in the representation of developers, lenders and investors in historic, new markets, renewable energy, and low-income housing tax credit transactions; securing PILOTs and other tax and business incentives for Firm clients; Native American economic development; public policy; taxation; real estate; corporate; finance; and, tax-exempt financing. He received a B.A. from Northwestern University; and, an M.A. in Accounting and J.D. from the University of Missouri - Columbia. He is a certified public accountant. He is a member of the Governing Committee of the American Bar Association's Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law (the "Forum"); Committee Chair for the New Markets Tax Credits practice area for the Forum; a member of the Advisory Board of Novogradac & Company's publication, the NMTC Monthly Report; a board member of Preservation Action; a member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States; a member of the League of Historic American Theatres; and, a member of the American Bar Association, Missouri Bar and Tennessee Bar. He is the author of a chapter entitled "Rehabilitation Tax Credits: An Important Community Revitalization Tool" in the book Building Healthy Communities: A Guide to Community Economic Development for Advocates, Lawyers and Policy Makers which was published in 2009 by the American Bar Association. Prior to joining Farris Bobango in 2007, Mr. Holm was the Vice President and General Counsel of National Trust Community Investment Corporation in Washington, DC, a national syndicator of historic and new markets tax credits and for-profit subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States.

Areas of Practice

• Taxation
• Real Estate
• Corporate
• Finance
• Tax-Exempt Financing

Representative Cases

• Fausek v. White, 965 F.2d 126 (6th Cir. 1992)

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business Organizations, Real Estate Law, Taxation Law

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1979
• Tennessee, 1987

Certification/Specialties

• Certified Public Accountant

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law (Member, Governing Committee)
• New Markets Tax Credits (Committee Chair)
• Novogradac & Company's Publication, the NMTC Monthly Report (Member, Advisory Board)
• National Trust for Historic Preservation, United States (Member)
• League of Historic American Theatres (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Preservation Action (Member of Board of Directors)

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, American Bar Association Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law
• Speaker, ALI-ABA
• Speaker, National Trust for Historic Preservation
• Speaker, National Main Street Center
• Speaker, Novogradac & Company LLP
• Speaker, Housing Development Law Institute
• Speaker, The Institute for Professional Development, Inc.
• Speaker, National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies

Past Employment Positions

• National Trust Community Investment Corporation, Washington, DC, Vice President and General Counsel

Education

• University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, Columbia, Missouri, 1978
  J.D.
• University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, 1979
  M.A.
  Honors: Beta Alpha Psi
  Major: Accountancy
• Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1975
  B.A.

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi
• Delta Upsilon

Address

One Commerce Square
Suite 2000
Memphis, TN 38103

Phones

(901) 259-7120

Faxes

(901) 259-7180

Emails

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Websites

http://www.farrismathews.com