Brigid Burroughs

Brigid Burroughs is an attorney at Leverage Law Group, LLC in Leawood, Kansas. She focuses on New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) transactions designed to promote economic development in underserved communities. Her clients include tax credit investors, community development entities, and qualified businesses throughout the country. Her work addresses the legal arrangements through which these participants take part in development-oriented financing.

Brigid earned a B.A., Cum Laude, from Duke University in 2018. She later received a J.D., Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Missouri – Kansas City in 2021. Her education provides a foundation for legal analysis, research, and written reasoning. These skills are relevant to transactions that involve several organizations, distinct legal responsibilities, and financing objectives tied to the needs of underserved communities.

Brigid joined the firm as an associate in 2021. She represents NMTC participants at a variety of levels within a transaction. Her practice therefore includes clients whose roles differ, from those investing in tax credits to community development entities and the businesses receiving financing. Understanding those roles helps frame the legal questions within the transaction and the relationship between its investment structure and development purpose.

Brigid Burroughs is licensed in Missouri and Kansas. Her practice remains focused on the NMTC matters described in her professional background. These transactions require participants to coordinate their legal responsibilities while pursuing investment and development goals. Her academic training and concentrated practice support advice on the issues connected to each client’s participation. She serves organizations seeking legal guidance within a financing framework aimed at supporting economic activity in underserved communities.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Leverage Law Group, LLC
• Member, The Missouri Bar
• Member, Kansas Bar Association

Licensed State

• Missouri
• Kansas

Education

• University of Missouri – Kansas City
  Juris Doctor (JD) Summa Cum Laude
• Duke University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) Cum Laude

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