Jean S. Everett

Jean S. Everett is an attorney with Bousquet Holstein PLLC in Syracuse, New York. Her practice includes Public Finance Law, with a focus on tax-exempt financing transactions, federal tax analysis, and advising governmental and nonprofit entities on financing matters.

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Public Finance Law (2025-2026), Jean has more than 30 years of experience representing borrowers, developers, lenders, issuers, and nonprofit organizations in a broad range of financing transactions. Her work includes advising on financing and refinancing for healthcare, educational, cultural, and governmental facilities, as well as single-family housing revenue bonds and multifamily housing projects.

Jean regularly counsels issuers and 501(c)(3) organizations on matters involving tax-exempt bonds, IRS audits, post-issuance compliance, Schedule K reporting for Form 990, and remedial actions related to bond-financed property dispositions. She also advises local authorities throughout New York State on governance, contract negotiation, state law compliance, and real property matters.

As Of Counsel at Bousquet Holstein PLLC, Jean contributes to the firm’s Public Finance, Banking and Financial Institutions, and Not-for-Profit / Tax Exempt practice areas. She frequently works with financial institutions on credit enhancement transactions, direct purchases of tax-exempt bonds, draw-down bond structures, and other lending arrangements.

In addition to her public finance practice, Jean has experience supporting mergers and acquisitions, including due diligence and transactional matters involving manufacturing and municipal service businesses operating across multiple states.

Representative Experience

• Served as counsel to a 501(c)(3) organization in connection with the construction of an educational and wellness facility and redevelopment efforts involving mixed-income housing in a downtown urban neighborhood.
• Advised a municipality regarding project management and redevelopment opportunities related to a federally funded interstate highway relocation project.
• Provided tax counsel to state and local housing finance agencies in connection with tax-exempt bond financings for qualified residential rental projects utilizing 4% low-income housing tax credits, letters of credit, Freddie Mac TEL programs, and cash collateral structures.
• Advised as tax counsel on tax-exempt revenue bond issuances supporting charter schools, private secondary schools, and higher education institutions.
• Served as tax counsel for tax-exempt conduit revenue bond issuances involving a multi-state hospital system acquisition.
• Advised on pooled tax-exempt bond programs administered by a state financing authority.
• Represented underwriters in bond transactions involving New York State local issuers financing higher education facilities.
• Served as bond counsel to the City of Syracuse Industrial Development Agency in connection with School Facility Revenue Bonds issued from 2018 through 2020 to support renovations and improvements within the Syracuse City School District Project.

Presentations and Publications

• Author, White Paper Aging Infrastructure and Unemployment: The Erie Canal and WPA, July 2020
• Presenter, Enhancements to Opportunity Zone Incentives, CenterState CEO, March 2020
• Presenter, Opportunity Zones Program, CenterState CEO, July 2019

Professional Associations and Recognition

• National Association of Bond Lawyers
• The Best Lawyers in America® – Public Finance Law (2025-2026)
• The Best Lawyers in America®– Public Finance Law (2027)
  

Additional information about Jean. S. Everett and Bousquet Holstein PLLC is available at https://www.bhlawpllc.com/our-people/jean-s-everett.