John Fox Arnold
John Fox Arnold has represented developers and owners during acquisition and construction of governmental, commercial and urban redevelopment projects. In addition, he has structured sales tax rebate, tax abatement, and tax increment financing and served as counsel in tax incentivized transactions.
Mr. Arnold has served as bond counsel, special counsel and underwriter's counsel for general obligation and revenue bond obligations for prospects in which billions of dollars have been inverted.
John has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 in the field of Corporate Law (Copyright 2009 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC) and is a member of the American Arbitration Association Panel of Commercial Arbitrators. He earned his LL.B. from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law.
The Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District (Metro)
St. Louis Public Library
Rate Commission of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
Special Counsel for Downtown St. Louis Foundation in New Markets Tax Credit financings for Old Post Office Plaza project
Special Counsel for New Markets Tax Credit transactions for projects in the Central Business District of the City of St. Louis
Rate Counsel for Capital Improvement Programs for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District
Special Counsel for the transactions authorizing the Purchase, Defeasance and Cancellation of the Outstanding Series B Subordinate McKinley Bridge Revenue Bonds and the Transfer of Jurisdictional Control of the McKinley Bridge to the State of Illinois Department of Transportation
Underwriters' Counsel or Issuers' Counsel for Mass Transit Sales Tax Appreciation Refunding Bonds for MetroLink Cross County Extension Project
Special Counsel to Bi-State Development Agency for Lease Financings of Rail Equipment with Wachova Bank, Fleet National Bank and Comerica Leasing Corporation, et al.
Martindale-Hubbell, AV Peer Review Rating
The Best Lawyers in America® 2010, Corporate Law (Copyright 209 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC), 2005-Present
Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, 2005-Present, Top 50 St. Louis, 2005
Distinguished Lawyer Award of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 2009
St. Louis Bar Foundation Award 2006 for Significant Contribution to the St. Louis Community and Legal Profession
The Missouri Bar President's Award 2005
Member - 2005 Missouri State Government Review Commission
Downtown Now! Development Action Plan - Partnership for Downtown St. Louis, 1997-1999, Co-chair 1997-2001
Chairman - Judicial Merit Selection Commission for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1990
The Missouri Bar Award of Merit for Service to the Profession, 1985
University of Missouri Law Alumni Association Citation of Merit for Meritorious Service in Law, 1984
Chairman - St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners, 1981-1985, 2008
United States Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (1973 to date) Drafting Committees, for the Uniform Securities Act and Article 2 (Sales), Article 2(A) (Leases) and Article 8 (Investment Securities) of the Uniform Commercial Code
Member - St. Louis County Charter Revision Commission, 1967
Biography in "Who's Who in America", "Who's Who in American Politics" and "Who's Who in American Law"
Commissioned Lieutenant U.S.A.R. Artillery, 1959
VII Corps Artillery, U.S. Army Europe, 3rd Gun Battalion, 39th Field Artillery, Dachau, Germany, 1961-1963
Headquarters, St. Louis Defense, Army Air Defense Command, 1st Missile Battalion, 62nd Artillery, Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois, 1963
102nd Infantry Division, Division Artillery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1963-1966
Honorable Discharge as Captain U.S.A.R. Artillery, 1966
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