Lawyers / Professionals

 
Emery B. McRill       
Partner
7 Saint Paul Street
Suite 1000
Baltimore, Maryland 21202-1671
T: 410.659.4422
F: 410.659.4520
emcrill@mcguirewoods.com
 

Mr. McRill focuses his practice on public and corporate finance. He has served as bond counsel and counsel to issuers, underwriters, banks and borrowers on numerous taxable and tax-exempt debt financings. He has participated in all types of public finance transactions, with a particular emphasis in nonprofit, exempt facility, and manufacturing financings, including complex non-rated, multi-modal and interest rate swap transactions.

A significant portion of his practice involves structuring and completing complicated project financings for the benefit of nonprofit organizations, including transactions for private secondary and elementary schools and several major area hospitals, continuing care retirement communities and other healthcare institutions. He also has served in a variety of capacities on "bank qualified" bond issues for nonprofits. These transactions often require the resolution of an array of real estate, credit and tax issues.

Mr. McRill has also served as lead attorney on behalf of the firm in a number of financings for the construction of major sewage and solid waste disposal facilities located across the country for several nationally known paper and industrial companies. He has developed experience with addressing the challenging and diverse tax issues that arise with major exempt facility bond transactions.


Practices & Industries
Honors
  • Named One of the "Best Lawyers in America," Woodward/White, Inc., 2009-2012

Previous Experience
  • Shapiro & Olander, Associate, 1992-1993
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of General Counsel, Attorney/Advisor to Farmers Home Administration (now the Farm Service Agency, the Rural Development Administration, and the Rural Housing Service), 1988-1992

Speaking Engagements
  • Speaker, "When Should a Not for Profit Borrow Money," Lorman Audio Conference, 2011
  • Faculty Speaker, Council of Development Finance Agencies, Intro Bond Finance Course, 2010-2011; Intro Energy Finance WebCourse, 2011
  • Speaker, Maryland Government Finance Officers Association Fall Conference, 2009-2010
  • Faculty Speaker, National Association of Bond Lawyers, Fundamentals Seminar, 2009, 2011
  • Featured Speaker, Council of Alumni Association Executives Annual Meeting, 2008

Professional Affiliations
  • Maryland State Bar
  • National Association of Bond Lawyers
  • Chairman of the Board, Franciscan Youth Center
 

EDUCATION

University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, J.D., with Distinction, 1988

  • Note and Comment Editor, Journal of Corporation Law, 1987-1988

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, M.B.A., 1987

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, B.S., 1982

 
 

ADMITTED

Maryland 1991

Iowa 1988

 

PLACE OF BIRTH

Marshalltown, Iowa