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Tobi Wiseman Joins Taylor English Law Firm

Taylor English Duma LLP announced today the addition of Tobi Wiseman to the firm.

“I look forward to the opportunity to work with a variety of attorneys that will continue to expose me to superb talent and new challenges,” Wiseman says.”While the firm has grown rapidly since its inception, there is still a sincere sharing of knowledge and expertise to assist other counsel on their matters, in a very cost-effective and efficient manner.”

As a member of the Firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution group, Wiseman’s practice areas include professional liability investigations and bankruptcy litigation on behalf of financial institutions. Prior to joining Taylor English, she represented numerous clients as plaintiffs in personal injury claims as well as co-managed large scale document productions in large securities fraud litigation.

An active member of the community, Wiseman is a board member of the Shepherd Alumni Advisory Board for Washington and Lee University and is past president of her homeowner’s association.

“My ultimate goal is to provide quality services to my clients,” she says. “I strive for more than just a satisfactory resolution to the conflict so that at the conclusion, they are certain they received the best representation possible.”

Wiseman lives with her husband in Roswell and is expecting their first child.

Taylor English Facilitates $17 Million Grant for Manufacturer’s Biomass Energy Project

Taylor English Duma LLP attorney Greg Sanderson recently advised a Washington state-based manufacturer in successfully obtaining a Treasury §1603 cash grant in excess of $17 million for a 55 megawatt biomass power plant.

The client manufactures bleached and unbleached kraft pulp and linerboard at its mill in the Tacoma, Washington area. The mill employs some of the most advanced paper recycling techniques available, and recycles some 500 tons of waste paper and boxes every day, turning it into high-quality packaging paper while improving the environment. The new power plant is fueled with biomass residues from mill operations and other regional sources. The plant co-generates green power that is sold into the public electrical power grid and steam that is used for paper manufacturing.

For the last two years, Sanderson has worked to obtain incentives for this biomass power project. The grant will cover 30 percent of the cost of the project. “Biomass” is any organic material obtained from terrestrial and aquatic crops, including wood and paper residue. The biomass material is a renewable fuel used by the power plant as an alternative to coal or petroleum products.

“The 2009 Recovery Act has made billions available to companies trying to build renewable energy facilities,” Sanderson says. “The policy is to promote domestic and renewable sources of energy.”

Sanderson is a member of the Taylor English Duma LLP renewable energy team. Taylor English lawyers represent renewable energy developers and investors to help them qualify for tax incentives and obtain project financing in debt and capital markets. Sanderson has been involved in more than 100 similar tax credit transactions supporting renewable energy. He has also served as a co-owner and financial officer of Power Management, Inc. and of W-T-E Development, LLC, private alternative energy firms that developed and financed over 30 energy projects in 14 states from 1995 to 2004.

“It is great to be able to complete a project like this and see it work,” Sanderson says. “It is rewarding because we are helping to produce electricity from renewable resources. Renewable biomass energy is produced locally, carbon neutral, and environmentally friendly. Our nation needs to develop more renewable sources to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and imported oil.”

Valerie Richmond Joins Taylor English Law Firm

Taylor English Duma LLP announced today the addition of Valerie Richmond to the firm.

Richmond is a member of the firm’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights practice group where she represents national and regional banks and other financial institutions inside and outside of Bankruptcy Court, as well as Creditors’ Committees and other non-debtor entities in a wide variety of bankruptcy matters. Her work routinely includes preference and fraudulent transfer avoidance actions, turnover actions and other bankruptcy disputes and litigation.

“Valerie brings years of legal and business experience to our Financial Restructuring team,” says Scott L. Duma, Managing Partner. “She has successfully represented creditors, bondholders and debtors and can deliver the types of services that are most needed in this economy. This team is seizing a moment in this economy that many firms are not.”

Prior to joining Taylor English, Richmond worked in the New York office of Cadwalader Wickersham and Taft LLP, and in the Chicago office of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. During this time, she represented creditors, bondholders and debtors in Chapter 11 proceedings and restructurings. Her representations included special counsel to Enron Corporation and its affiliated debtors in their Chapter 11 cases for issues relating to forward contracts, swaps and other trading contracts, as well as counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors for the Mirant Corp. Chapter 11 cases.

“My goal with the Financial Restructuring team is to provide excellent service while addressing concerns over the current economic climate,” Richmond says. “This is very timely from an economic standpoint. In bankruptcy or out, I look forward to providing the best service possible.”

Richmond lives in Atlanta with her husband and two children.

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