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Jennifer J. Stearman
Partner 
7 Saint Paul Street
jstearman@mcguirewoods.comSuite 1000 Baltimore, Maryland 21202-1671 F: 410.659.4479    |
Ms. Stearman practices in the area of corporate finance with a focus in the energy and healthcare industries. She represents borrowers, including healthcare systems and hospitals, underwriters, credit providers, corporate trustees and other agents in a diverse range of tax-exempt and taxable finance transactions. She has helped structure innovative finance programs and counseled participants in transactions that provide financing for renewable energy and other energy efficiency projects performed through energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs) and related agreements. She also has substantial experience in tax-advantaged healthcare, higher education and municipal/government debt and lease financings as well as traditional secured and unsecured lending and asset securitization transactions.
- Asset-Based Lending
- Public Finance
- Securities & Corporate Finance
- Lease Finance
- Energy & Utilities
- Healthcare
- Named One of Maryland's "Top 100 Women," The Daily Record, 2007 and 2012
- Named to The Daily Record's VIP List, 2011
- Named a Maryland Super Lawyers "Rising Star," 2011
- Named One of Maryland's "Leading Women," The Daily Record, 2010
- Named One of Baltimore's "40 Under 40" Business Leaders, Baltimore Business Journal, 2007
- Recipient of Dean's Citation for Service Award, University of Baltimore School of Law, 1998
- Judicial Clerk, Hon. James R. Eyler, Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, 1999-2000
- Office of the General Counsel, American National Red Cross, 1997-1998
- Board of Visitors, University of Maryland Children's Hospital, 2004-Present
- Chair, 2011-Present
- Vice Chair, 2009-2011
- Board of Directors, Maryland Lawyers for the Arts, 2005-2011
- Maryland State Bar Association
- Uniform Commercial Code Committee, Business Law Section, Chair, 2010-2012
- Uniform Commercial Code Committee, Business Law Section, Vice Chair, 2006-2010
- Special Committee on Lawyers Opinions in Commercial Transactions, Subcommittee on Priority and Perfection Issues, 2006-2007
- Equipment Leasing Association
- National Association of Bond Lawyers
- American Health Lawyers Association
- Association for Governmental Leasing and Financing
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EDUCATION University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, J.D., cum laude, 1999
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, B.A., 1993 ADMITTED District of Columbia Maryland Virginia U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit PLACE OF BIRTH Baton Rouge, Louisiana |