John Stokes

John Stokes, as Partner in Watson Sloane's Public Finance practice group, draws upon his extensive experience in public finance to provide legal counsel in all aspects of municipal and local government finance, including private activity bonds. John represents clients in a variety of financings, with a particular focus on school district, healthcare, county, municipality, special district, higher education, senior living and related financings. He has been involved as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriters counsel and special counsel in his representations of issuers, lenders, borrowers, trustees and underwriters for over 34 years.

John has significant experience in the healthcare field, providing financing services to major hospitals and healthcare conglomerates throughout Florida. He is one of the primary Florida attorneys providing finance-related services to school districts. John has been involved as bond counsel and disclosure counsel to city and county governments, districts and authorities in virtually all types of municipal and industrial development projects. He has also provided bond and underwriter’s counsel services in connection with the financing of senior care facilities within Florida, Georgia, Texas, South Carolina, Minnesota and Tennessee.

Florida

Since 1983

Partner

Watson Sloane PLLC

2019 - Current

Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson, P.A.

1987 - 2018

Foley and Lardner

1983 - 1986

University of Florida Levin College of Law

J.D. (1983) | Law

1981 - 1983

Honors: Law Review Order of the Coif

Activities: Law Review Student Representative J.W. Marshall Law Society

University of Florida

B.A. (1978) | Political Science/Economics

1974 - 1978

Honors: With Honors

Activities: Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity

Florida State Bar  # 380865

Member

1983 - Current