Ben D. McIntosh, Associate
BEN D. MCINTOSH, Associate
bdm@carmodymacdonald.com
(314) 854-8681
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Ben D. McIntosh joined Carmody MacDonald P.C. as an associate and concentrates his practice in banking and finance law, real estate law, business law, and estate planning.
Ben has a valuable background in finance from both his work at UMB Bank in the Management Training Program and at the University of Missouri. He served as a law clerk for the Honorable Terry I. Adelman, a federal magistrate judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Ben's banking and finance law practice involves the representation of both lenders and borrowers in all manner of transactions, including secured and unsecured financings, commercial and industrial loans, syndicated credit facilities, participations, intercreditor agreements, debt restructurings and work-outs, foreclosures, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, mezzanine and subordinated debt, and deeds in escrow.
His real estate practice also covers a wide array subjects such as real estate purchase agreements, title issues, easements, commercial and residential leases, tenant-in-common agreements, 1031 exchanges, land use issues, real estate financings, listing agreements, and licenses.
Ben's business law practice typically involves the formation of business entities such as limited liability companies, corporations, and limited partnerships, corporate governance issues, the drafting of operating agreements and shareholder agreements, resolving member and shareholder disputes, securities laws issues, reviewing and drafting employment agreements and consulting agreements, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, advising non-profit organizations, confidentiality agreements, non-compete agreements, prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements, and other general corporate matters.
Professional & Community Involvement
- American Bar Association
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Volunteer Teacher, Junior Achievement of Mississippi Valley, Inc.
- Director, JESS (Jobs and Employment Support Services) 2008-2009
Publications & Presentations
- Author: Standing Alone: The Fight to Get Citizen Suits Under the Clean Water Act into the Courts, 12 Mo. Envtl. L. & Pol'y Rev. 171 (2005).
- Author: When Policy Trumps the Text: How Ambiguous Statues Allow the Courts an Opportunity to Further Congressional Intent, 12 Mo. Envtl. L. & Pol'y Rev. 210 (2005).
- Co-Author: Update: The Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act, TED Magazine (2008)
Areas of Practice
Admissions
- Missouri
- Illinois
Education
- University of Missouri School of Law, Columbia, Mo., J.D. cum laude,
- Order of the Coif, 2006
- Missouri Law Review
- Academic Achievement Awards: Banking Law, Freedom of Speech, Remedies, Will and Trust Drafting
- Member, Phi Delta Phi
- University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., B.S.B.A., Finance, magna cum laude, 2002
- Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society
