AREAS OF PRACTICE

Republic Centre
633 Chestnut Street, Suite 900
Chattanooga TN, 37450

Maurice Bowen

Of  Counsel

Maurice Bowen is a native of Vicksburg, Mississippi who has been of counsel to the firm since 1988. Maurice received his B.A. from Middle Tennessee State University and his J.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1964. His practice is centered in the specific areas of Affordable Housing Law, Community Development Law, Revenue Bond Law, Government and Administrations Law and Nonprofit Organizations Law.

Maurice served as primary counsel for a large and nationally recognized public-private partnership for affordable housing and community development. He was instrumental in the development and drafting of HUD approved affordable housing documentation and performance agreements for blending public and private project funding, which have been adopted by or used as the basic documentation by affordable housing organizations nationally. Maurice served as counsel for the development and formation of some of the earliest and continuing "CHDO" and "CDFI" housing and community development organizations pursuant to "HOME" and "CDFI" U.S. Treasury Regulations and requirements.

Maurice has previously served as Sr. Vice President, Secretary and Corporate General Counsel for a large multi-national engineering firm, as well as owner-CEO of a multi-state road building supply company. He has served on the Hamilton County Industrial Development Board, the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Metropolitan Government Charter Commission, the Hamilton County Democratic Executive Committee, and has been a member of the Tennessee Roadbuilder's Association and the State Governmental Affairs Council. He has been a delegate and honored guest to Democratic National Conventions. Maurice has served on the Boards of the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Association, the Chattanooga Bach Choir, the St. Matthew's Shelter for Homeless Men, and the In-As-Much Mission, and is a Life Member of the National Eagle Scout Association. He has served as Vestryman, Chancellor, and Senior Warden of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Chattanooga. Maurice is an avid reader, a history buff, a fly fisherman and upland game and waterfowl hunter, and an all around sports fan. As a 16th generation American and relative of two Founding Fathers, he enjoys genealogy as a hobby and is completing a detailed family ancestry. He is a member of The Jamestown Society, The Sons of the American Revolution, and The General Society of the War of 1812. He is related by blood or marriage to all Virginia signers of The Declaration of Independence.