Barbara Geisman

Barbara draws on her extensive background in regional government to counsel clients on the financing, zoning and tax credit issues that crop up in public-private development projects.

As the former Executive Director for Development under Saint Louis Mayor Francis Slay, Barbara spent a decade managing all aspects of the Mayor's economic development policy. She left the Mayor's office in 2010 to attend law school at Washington University. For dozens of large-scale projects involving urban planning, federal grants and tax incentives, Barbara negotiated development strategies and multimillion-dollar budgets while solving a variety of logistical problems, all so developments could successfully advance. She is a licensed architect with more than 30 years of experience in community development.

Since joining Thompson Coburn in 2013, Barbara has assisted the Firm's clients with a number of issues in situations where public and private sector interests interact, including tax increment financings, community improvement districts, real estate tax abatements, historic and low income housing tax credits, zoning and a variety of special projects.