Mr. Lockaby’s primary areas of practice include public-private partnerships, infrastructure, affordable housing, public finance/bonds, and economic development.
Experience
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- Advising clients in the areas of infrastructure, land use, economic development, and public finance
- Assisting clients with infrastructure projects including internet and telecommunications, water, sewer, stormwater, roads, and municipal electrical systems
- Representing clients in the areas of public procurement, construction, and public-private partnerships (P3s)
- Working with local leaders on projects to bring investment and desirable employment to communities as well as on redevelopment projects such as brownfields areas and Community Development Block Grants
- Developing, enforcing, and defending land use actions in Virginia state court
- Working with municipal financial advisors to structure public finance transactions and working as issuer’s counsel and/or bond counsel to close transactions
- Litigating local tax cases in circuit courts, before the State Tax Commissioner, and at the State Corporation Commission
- Serving as Outside General Counsel to Southside Network Authority; Economic Development Authority of Amherst County, Virginia; and the Town of Bedford Redevelopment and Housing Authority
- County Attorney, Botetourt County
- Town Attorney, Town of Bedford
Education
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- University of Virginia, B.A., history and religious studies, 2002
- College of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D., 2006
Admissions
- Virginia Bar
- United States District Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Memberships
- Chair, Local Government Section, Virginia State Bar Board of Governors (2023—present)
- Virginia Association of Telecommunications Officers & Advisors Board of Directors (Secretary, 2023)
- Co-Chair, Local Government Attorneys of Virginia Affordable Housing Law Practice Group (2024—present)
- National Association of Bond Lawyers