Alina is a member of the Public Finance practice group at Maynard Cooper. She has experience as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, disclosure counsel, borrower’s counsel, and bank counsel in numerous public finance transactions, including financing or refinancing the construction or acquisition of senior living and educational facilities. In addition to her work on traditional general obligation and revenue bonds, Alina also assists clients in structuring public-private partnerships (P3s) and development incentives.
Prior to joining Maynard Cooper, Alina worked in Florida for a Southeastern firm where she practiced in the areas of Public Finance, Corporate, Estate Planning, and Real Estate.
Alina is a founding director, and the current Vice President, of the Alabama Chapter of Women in Public Finance.
Alina received her J.D. with an Estate Planning Certificate and graduated cum laude from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. While there, she received book awards in Estates and Trusts as well as in Elder Law. Alina also served as an executive board member of the Law College Council. Before attending law school, Alina studied at the University of South Carolina where she was both a McNair Scholar and a Lieber (National Merit) Scholar. She graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science and English from the South Carolina Honors College.