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North Carolina

Education

New York University, J.D., 2004, Root-Tilden-Kern Scholar; Dean's Scholar; Colloquium Editor, NYU Review of Law and Social Change, 2003-04

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., with highest honors, 2001, Phi Beta Kappa; Walter S. Spearman Award (outstanding man in graduating class)

Profile

Brandon Lofton is primarily involved in the firm's Public Finance Practice Group. Brandon regularly serves as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, borrower's counsel and bank counsel for tax-exempt and taxable financings. He represents municipalities, counties, hospitals, universities, nonprofits and underwriters in the financing and refinancing of capital improvements. Brandon also represents clients in a variety of public finance transactions, including general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, installment financings and limited obligation bonds.

He was previously associated with Ferguson, Stein, Chambers. 

Brandon is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 104.

Honors & Awards

  • The Best Lawyers in America, public finance, 2018-25; banking and finance, 2024-25; Charlotte Public Finance Law Lawyer of the Year, 2023
  • North Carolina Super Lawyers, Rising Star, government finance, 2012, 2014-18
  • North Carolina Bar Association, Citizen Lawyer Award, 2017
  • Charlotte Chamber Young Professionals, Business Leader - Small to Midsized Company Award, 2017

Experience

Experience

  • Served as bond counsel for a county in authorizing up to $1.7 billion in general obligation school bonds.

  • Served as bond counsel for a county in issuing up to $80 million in variable rate general obligation bond anticipation notes.

  • Served as bond counsel for a county in issuing $40 million of publicly sold and bank-purchased taxable and direct-subsidy bonds to finance various community college and public school facilities.

  • Served as bond counsel for a hospital authority in issuing over $1 billion of variable rate and fixed rate health care revenue bonds to finance and refinance various health care facilities. 

  • Served as bond counsel for over $500 million in tax-exempt and taxable revenue bonds to finance and refinance improvements at colleges and universities.

  • Served as underwriters' counsel for over $500 million in tax-exempt and taxable bonds to finance and refinance capital improvements for cities and counties.

News & Events

Events

Affiliations

Professional Affiliations

  • National Association of Bond Lawyers, Chair of Diversity Initiative, 2015
  • Mecklenburg County Bar Leadership Institute, Class of 2011
  • Mecklenburg Bar Foundation, Board of Directors, 2010-13

Community Affiliations

  • Council for Children's Rights, Board of Directors, 2010-18; President, 2016-17
  • SHARE Charlotte, Board of Directors, 2018-20
  • Levine Museum of the New South, Board of Directors, 2013-16
  • Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Advisory Board, Board of Directors, 2015-18
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