John C. Stump | Member PHONE (304) 353-8196 EMAIL [email protected] LICENSURE KY | OH | WV EDUCATION J.D. Washington & Lee John Stump concentrates his practice in the areas of municipal bonds, project finance, economic development and utility regulation. Mr. Stump's experience includes significant involvement in tax- exempt and taxable bond issues of all types, a variety of economic development projects, and providing legal representation to utilities, financial institutions, and municipal and other public bodies. Mr. Stump has extensive experience as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, and issuer's counsel for tax-exempt and taxable bond issues for public works of state agencies, counties, municipalities, and public service districts, as well as conduit financings for 501(c)(3) corporations, private educational institutions, and industrial development projects. Mr. Stump has represented a number of companies, ranging from Fortune 500 international conglomerates to privately held start-ups, in the negotiation and identification of state economic development incentive packages. He has negotiated, and implemented, all types of development incentives, including Tax Increment Financing, Economic Opportunity Districts and Tourism Development Credits. Mr. Stump regularly represents utilities before regulatory agencies. His experience includes testifying as an expert witness before regulatory agencies on project financing issues. REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE Served as bond counsel for a tax increment financing private placement bond issue to finance public infrastructure costs associated with an 800 unit high-end residential and commercial community Represented a start-up public utility in the acquisition of a 2,000 customer private utility serving a resort community Represented a fiber optic cable not-for-profit utility to provide ultra-high speed broadband access to over 50,000 customers Represented a national developer in the creation of the first stand-alone community enhancement district (assessment district) in West Virginia for a 1,200 unit high-end, second home development. Work included financial structuring, legislative modifications and local government representation. The entire investment was in excess of $1.0 billion. Represented an international manufacturing conglomerate in the location of a more than $175 million Every legal matter is different. The outcome of each legal case depends upon many factors, including the facts of the case, and no attorney can guarantee a positive result in any particular case. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. John C. Stump, Member www.steptoe-johnson.com