Profil
Ashton M. Bligh focuses her practice in the area of public finance, with a particular emphasis on taxable and tax-exempt financings including serving as disclosure counsel, bond counsel, underwriters' counsel, trustee's counsel, purchasers' counsel, lender's counsel and borrower's counsel in connection with publicly and privately offered financings in a wide array of sectors, including general government, higher education, community development districts, and tax allocation districts.
Prior to her practice at GT, Ashton gained public finance experience assisting: public school systems, cities, counties and water and sewer systems in Georgia; higher education systems throughout the US; and health care systems and affordable housing developments in completing projects related to new construction, equipment acquisition and refinancing.
Concentrations
- Tax-exempt and taxable bond financings (Municipal Finance)
- Municipal Securities
- Local Government
- Workout Transactions
Kompetencje
Sukcesy i wyróżnienia
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, "Ones to Watch," Public Finance Law, 2025
- Selected, Orlando Business Journal, “40 Under 40,” 2024
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Member, Women in Public Finance
- Member, Women’s Affordable Housing Network
- Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
- Junior League of Greater Orlando
Kwalifikacje
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J.D., Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law, Advanced Legal Writing, Research and Drafting
- Certificate, Advanced Legal Writing, Research and Drafting
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B.S., magna cum laude, Florida State University
- Recipient, Graduate of Distinction Award, Annual Trends Conference, Real Estate
- Recipient, Billy Teel, Clara J Milligan Teel, and Ann Teel Hatcher Scholarship, Real Estate
- Recipient, Appraisal Institute Education Trust Scholarship
- Florida
- Georgia