Jill Grimsley Drewyor

Counsel

Bar Admissions: Arkansas, Oklahoma
Language(s): English

Education

B.S., cum laude, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, 1998
J.D., Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana 2001
Admitted to practice by Arkansas Bar Association, 2002
Admitted to practice by Oklahoma Bar Association, 2001
Admitted to practice by United States Tax Court
Admitted to practice by United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
Admitted to practice by United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Professional Experience

Represents a variety of issuers, borrowers, underwriters and trustees in tax-exempt and taxable public finance transactions.  Serves as counsel to financial institutions and companies on a variety of lending and transactional matters, including complex commercial, real estate and oil and gas loans.  Organizes privately-held corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and professional organizations.  Serves as counsel to various business entities with respect to merger, restructure, acquisition, and sale of business activities.  Assists clients with real and personal property leasing and purchases, Section 1031 like-kind exchanges of property, and general contract drafting.  Has experience representing companies in ad valorem tax appeals and proceedings, and public finance issues including experience as bond counsel, underwriters counsel, issuers counsel, and borrowers counsel.

Other Activities

Has been a featured speaker at continuing legal education classes sponsored by the Arkansas Bar Association, Lorman Educational Seminars and by the Oklahoma Bar Association, where she has spoken on the topic of commercial lending and documentation. Ms. Drewyor was selected by the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal as one of the "Forty Under 40" for 2009 and was previously featured as an "Outstanding Young Lawyer to Watch" by the Tulsa Business Journal.

During her final year of law school, she was selected to work as an extern for the Honorable Thomas M. Brahney, III and the Honorable Jerry Brown in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Is currently a member of the Bentonville-Bella Vista Rotary Club and a member of the board of directors of The Children’s Museum of Northwest Arkansas, where she serves as the Chair of the Membership Committee.  While living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, served a executive board member of the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa and volunteered with Tulsa Lawyers for Children to represent deprived children who had been removed from their homes.