Thomas is a member of Butler Snow’s Public Finance, Tax Incentives, and Credit Markets Group with a central focus on tax-exempt and taxable financings on behalf of local governments and school districts throughout Louisiana, in capacities of bond counsel and underwriter's counsel.
Overview
Thomas is a member of Butler Snow’s Public Finance, Tax Incentives, and Credit Markets Group with a central focus on tax-exempt and taxable financings on behalf of local governments and school districts throughout Louisiana, in capacities of bond counsel and underwriter's counsel.
Practice Areas
Experience
- Mr. Hessburg has recently served as bond counsel, disclosure counsel or underwriters counsel in the following transactions:
- $3,193,000,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority System Restoration Bonds (Louisiana Utilities Restoration Corporation/ELL), Series 2022 (Federally Taxable)
- $40,000,000 General Obligation School Bonds, Series 2022 – Parishwide School District of Ascension Parish, State of Louisiana
- $8,000,000 Taxable Hurricane Recovery Revenue Bonds, Series 2022 of the Parish of St. James, State of Louisiana
- $65,000,000 Louisiana Housing Corporation Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds (Home Ownership Program), Series 2022A (Non-AMT) (Social Bonds)
- $5,250, 000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Revenue Bonds (Town of St. Francisville Sewer Project), Series 2022
- $9,295,000 Taxable General Obligation School Refunding Bonds, Series 2021A, of the Zachary Community School District No.1, State of Louisiana
- $15,025,000 Taxable Water Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2021 of the Consolidated Waterworks and Wastewater District No. 1 of the Parish of St. Charles, Louisiana
- $29,325,000 City of Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana Taxable Refunding Bonds, Series 2021
- $137,210,000 Multi-Modal Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2021A of the East Baton Rouge Sewerage Commission
- $16,200,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Revenue Refunding Bonds (Entergy Louisiana, LLC Project), Series 2021A
- $182,480,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority Revenue Refunding Bonds (Entergy Louisiana, LLC Project), Series 2021B
- $7,539,905 Louisiana Housing Corporation Single Family Mortgage Revenue Refunding Bonds (Mortgage Backed Securities Pass-Through Program), Series 2021A (Federally Taxable)
- $40,000,000 Louisiana Housing Corporation Single Family Mortgage Revenue Refunding Bonds (Home Ownership Program), Series 2021B (Non-AMT) (Social Bonds)
- $178,195,000 City of New Orleans, Louisiana Taxable Sewerage Service Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2021
- 194,300,000 City of New Orleans, Louisiana Taxable Water Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2021
- $61,385,000 Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2020A (Tax-Exempt) of the East Baton Rouge Sewerage Commission
- $224,900,000 Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2020B (Taxable) of the East Baton Rouge Sewerage Commission
- $129,950,000 Revenue Bonds of the Parish of East Baton Rouge Capital Improvements District, Series 2019
- $361,325,00 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority, Subordinate Lien Refunding Bonds (East Baton Rouge Sewerage Commission Project), Series 2020A (Taxable)
- $182,080,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority (East Baton Rouge Sewerage Commission Project), Subordinate Lien Multi-Modal Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2020B
- $138,800,000 Taxable Utilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2020 of the City of Alexandria, State of Louisiana
- $100,000,000 General Obligation School Bonds, Series 2020 of the Parishwide School District of Ascension Parish, State of Louisiana
- $40,340,000 Taxable General Obligation School Refunding Bonds, Series 2020 of the Parishwide School District of Ascension Parish, State of Louisiana
- $477,660,000 State of Louisiana Gasoline and Fuels Tax Taxable Revenue Refunding Bonds, 2020 Series A-2
- $68,245,000 State of Louisiana Gasoline and Fuels Tax Taxable Revenue Refunding Bonds, 2020 Series A-2
- $4,755,000 General Obligation School Bonds, Series 2020, Parishwide School District No. 3 of West Baton Rouge Parish, State of Louisiana
- $120,000,000 Orleans Parish School Board Supplemental Revenue Anticipation Draw-Down Note, Series 2020
- $100,000,000 Orleans Parish School Board Revenue Anticipation Draw-Down Note, Series 2020A
Distinctions
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
- Public Finance – Louisiana, 2024
- Super Lawyers®
- Louisiana Rising Stars, 2012-2014
- Assistant La. Supreme Court Bar Examiner for Code I of the Louisiana Bar Exam
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 2003
- U.S. District Courts
- Louisiana: Middle, Eastern, Western
- U.S. Bankruptcy Courts - Louisiana: Middle
Education
- Southern University Law Center, J.D., 2003
- Louisiana State University, B.A., Business Administration, cum laude, 1998
Associations
- Louisiana Bar Association
- Baton Rouge Bar Association
- Secretary/Treasurer, Family Law Section
- American Bar Association
- Business Law Section
- Taxation Section