Lawyers / Professionals

Mr. Cason is chair of the firm's Public Finance Department. He has served as bond counsel and counsel to issuers, underwriters, borrowers, developers and trustees in connection with numerous tax-exempt and taxable bond issues and private financings in Maryland and elsewhere. He has served as lead counsel in some of Maryland's largest project financings, including transactions involving hotel, convention center and retail facilities, continuing care retirement communities, solid waste disposal, paper recycling, co-generation, sludge pelletization, and student housing.

Mr. Cason serves as bond counsel and transaction counsel for Baltimore City in connection with its highly acclaimed publicly financed $300,000,000 convention center hotel which opened in 2008. He also represents the developer of National Harbor, in connection with infrastructure financing. National Harbor is a 7,000,000 square foot mixed use community combining retail, dining, office, residential, hotel and convention center facilities located in Prince George's County, Maryland, along the Potomac River.

He serves as underwriter's counsel in connection with the financing of a new 18,000-seat arena in downtown Pittsburgh for the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins.

He is a nationally recognized practitioner in the area of land-based infrastructure transactions, including special tax district, community development authority and tax increment (TIF) revenue bonds. He serves as outside general counsel for a number of nonprofit organizations, including a continuing care retirement community and Maryland businesses serving individuals with cognitive disabilities.

Mr. Cason has extensive experience in municipal law, state and local government relations and economic development matters. He has testified before Senate and House of Delegates committees of the Maryland General Assembly on legislation concerning state and local governmental entities.