Attorney Corbin I. Carpenter is the Owner and a Managing Member of Carpenter Law, PLLC (the "Firm"). Attorney Carpenter has experience in various corporate, housing and transactional matters, and has a primary practice focus in the area of municipal finance. In this capacity, Attorney Carpenter, as Bond Counsel, Disclosure Counsel, Issuer's Counsel, and Counsel to the Underwriters’, facilitates the issuance of various tax-exempt and taxable bonds that finance a variety of public infrastructure projects with airports, utilities, multifamily housing, healthcare facilities, sports arenas/stadiums, transportation and various other economic development financings for governmental municipalities and quasi-governmental entities.
Attorney Carpenter also has extensive experience in blight and code enforcement litigation in Environmental Court, drafting, negotiating and reviewing contracts for corporations, professional entities and small businesses, and advising on both sports/entertainment law matters and corporate/non-profit governance and compliance matters.
Attorney Carpenter is a legacy corporate entrepreneur who actively perpetuates equitable avenues for community infrastructure growth through experiential education, transparent mentorship and creating access within the realms of law, finance, and politics. He has a unique and long-standing civic pedigree of serving on boards and being actively involved with the community and non-profit sectors.
Attorney Carpenter is currently or formerly affiliated with the following organizations:
Attorney Carpenter has garnered a laudable reputation and earned several honors and accolades throughout his career, most notably when he was awarded Attorney of the Year from the Top 100 Registry in 2021; an honoree of the Memphis Business Journal's Best of the Bar Awards in 2021 and 2019; an honoree of the National Black Lawyer's Top 40 Under 40 in 2021; inducted into the Marquis Who's Who in 2020; an honoree of the Memphis Business Journal's 40 Under 40 in 2018; an honoree Memphis Flyer’s Top 20 Under 30 in 2018; and an honoree of the Top 40 Under 40 Urban Elite Professionals in 2016.
Education
University of Tennessee - Knoxville, B.A.
University of Memphis School of Law, J.D.
Licenses
Tennessee
District of Columbia
Professional Memberships and Associations
Memphis Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
National Association of Bond Lawyers
American Bar Association
National Bar Association
National Housing & Rehabilitation Association
