John Fox Arnold

ATTORNEY AT LAW

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Biography

John Fox Arnold has served as general counsel and special counsel to public agencies, represented firms engaged in the underwriting and public offering of securities, and has represented developers and owners during acquisition and construction of governmental, commercial and urban redevelopment projects. In addition, he has structured sales tax rebate, tax abatement and tax increment financing transactions, and served as counsel in tax-incentivized transactions. Mr. Arnold has served as bond counsel, special counsel and underwriter’s counsel for general obligation and revenue bond obligations. Billions of dollars have been invested in projects in which he has been engaged as counsel.

John earned his LL.B. from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law and has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the field of Corporate Law each year since 2005. In 2019, Arnold was selected as an ICON Award recipient by Missouri Lawyers Media. In 2016, he was selected the Lawyer of the Year for St. Louis in the area of Corporate Law by The Best Lawyers in America®. He is also peer rated AV Preeminent® with Martindale Hubbell.

He has served as sole arbitrator, chair and panelist for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (formally the National Association of Securities Dealers) and for the American Arbitration Association.

Representative Clients

The Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District
The Board of Directors of the City of St. Louis Municipal Library District
Rate Commission of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District

Representative Cases or Transactions

Special Counsel for New Markets Tax Credit transactions for projects in the Central Business District of the City of St. Louis
Rate Counsel for Capital Improvement Programs for a metropolitan sewer district
Special Counsel for the transactions authorizing the Purchase, Defeasance and Cancellation of the Outstanding Bridge Revenue Bonds and the Transfer of Jurisdictional Control of an interstate bridge for renovation
Underwriters’ Counsel and Issuers’ Counsel for Sales Tax Appropriation Refunding Bonds for a light rail project
Special Counsel for Lease Financings of Rail Equipment

Community Service

St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association, Board of Directors, 2011 – 2016
Missouri State Government Review Commission, Member, 2005
Downtown Development Action Plan, Co-Chair. 1997 – 2001
Downtown STL, Inc. (formerly Partnership for Downtown St. Louis), Chairman, 1997 – 1999
Judicial Merit Selection Commission for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, Chairman, 1990
St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners, Chairman, 1981 – 1985, 2008
St. Louis County Charter Revision Commission, Member, 1967

Honors

ICON Award – distinguished attorneys recognized by Missouri Lawyers Media, 2019
The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law, 2005 – Present
Lawyer of the Year in St. Louis, Corporate Law, by The Best Lawyers in America®, 2016
John H. Poelker Levee Stone Award for advancing the sustainability and revitalization of Downtown St. Louis by the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis, 2011
National Security Seminar, U.S. Army War College, Carlyle Barracks, Pennsylvania, 2009
Distinguished Lawyer Award of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 2009
St. Louis Bar Foundation Award for significant contribution to the St. Louis Community and Legal Profession, 2006
The Missouri Bar President’s Award – in recognition of his efforts to maintain an impartial judiciary, 2005
Master Lawyer Designation by the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis – attorneys who best exemplify the honor and dignity of the profession, 2005
The Missouri Bar Award of Merit for Service to the Profession, 1985
University of Missouri Law Alumni Association Citation of Merit for Meritorious Service in Law, 1985
Biography has appeared in “Who’s Who in America,” “Who’s Who in American Politics” and “Who’s Who in American Law”
Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating

Classes & Seminars

Visiting Lecturer on Business Law- Faculty of Law, School of Business Administration, Turiba, Riga, Latvia, 2006
Visiting Lecturer on Business Law- Faculty of Law, Azov Regional Management Institute of Zaporizhya National University, Berdyansk, Ukraine, 2007

Military Service

Commissioned Lieutenant, United States Army Reserve, 1959
VII Corps Artillery, U.S. Army Europe, 3rd Gun Battalion, 39th Field Artillery, Dachau, Germany, 1962 – 1963
Headquarters, St. Louis Defense, Army Air Defense Command, 1st Missile Battalion, 62nd Artillery, Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois, 1963
4th Battalion, 13th Field Artillery, 102nd Ozark Division, St. Louis, Missouri, 1963 – 1966
Honorable Discharge as Captain United States Army Reserve, 1968

My Team

Administrative Assistant:
Elaine Lickenbrock
elickenbrock@lashlybaer.com
314-335-1010

Practice Areas

Business & Corporate
Government & Public Agencies

Bar Admissions

U.S. Supreme Court, 1971
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1961
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri, 1961
Supreme Court of Missouri, 1961

Education

University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia, Missouri
- LL.B., 1961
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
- A.B., 1959

Professional Associations

American Bar Association, House of Delegates, 1986 – 1990
The Missouri Bar, President, 1984 – 1985
St. Louis Bar Foundation, President, 1974 – 1975
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, President, 1975 – 1976
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Drafting Committees for the Uniform Securities Act and Article 2 (Sales), Article 2(A) (Leases), Article 8 (Investment Securities) of the Uniform Commercial Code, and the Protected Series Act, Commissioner and Life Member, 1973 – Present
American Law Institute, Life Member
American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
The State and Local Government Law and the Business Law Sections of the American Bar Association