Atty. Alysse E. Hollis
Alysse Hollis is a Director in the Cincinnati Office of Coats Rose, P. C.
Public Finance Law Attorney · Serving Cincinnati, OH · 21+ Years Experience
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About Alysse E. Hollis at a Glance
Alysse E. Hollis is a business attorney based in Cincinnati, Ohio, practicing at Coats Rose PC. They have 21+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2005. Admitted to practice in Ohio (2005). Educated at University of California Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 2000) and Colorado State University (B.A., 1994). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Public Finance Law (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Additional Areas of Practice: (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Project Finance Law (2026). Serves clients in Cincinnati, OH and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About Alysse E. Hollis
- Alysse Hollis is a Director in the Cincinnati Office of Coats Rose, P. C. Alysse focuses her practice on the representation of clients in the development and financing of affordable housing
- Her practice includes the structuring and documentation of complex public and private housing finance transactions involving taxable and tax-exempt obligations, federal low-income housing tax credits, state tax credits, and various federal and state subsidies
- She routinely serves as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel on such transactions
- Alysse has worked with local governments, underwriters, mortgage bankers, affordable housing developers, nonprofits organizations, HUD officials, GSE’s, and banks across the country
- Alysse has experience with all of the major multifamily housing bond programs, structures and credit enhancements
- These transactions include FHA mortgage insurance, GNMA, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Home Loan Bank, letters of credit, bond insurance, direct purchase structures and rated/unenhanced transactions
- She has experience structuring and documenting multi-layered transactions that include federal and state subsidies such as Section 8, Section 236, Section 202, federal low income housing tax credits and state tax credits
- Alysse has more than a decade of experience in public finance serving as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, issuer’s counsel, trustee’s counsel, bank counsel, and developer’s counsel
- In addition to her work on affordable housing transactions, she has represented public universities, nonprofit organizations, local governments, and private developers in connection with infrastructure, municipal finance, and economic development transactions
- Alysse was named a 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” in Cincinnati in the area of public finance law by Best Lawyers in America®, published by Woodward White Inc. Alysse received her undergraduate degree in journalism from Colorado State University and her law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where she served as symposium editor for the Hastings Women’s Law Journal
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Business & Corporate Law in Cincinnati
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Practicing law in Ohio. Legal matters in Ohio are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Cincinnati are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Ohio state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Ohio brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this venue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Ohio courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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Decade-Tested Legal Experience
Alysse E. Hollis brings 21+ years of hands-on legal practice — enough to have navigated the recurring fact patterns, procedural traps, and negotiation dynamics that shape case outcomes.
Focused Business Practice
Concentrating on business means Alysse E. Hollis's knowledge of relevant statutes, case law, and procedural nuances stays current — unlike generalist practices that spread attention across unrelated fields.
Local Presence in Cincinnati
A Cincinnati-based practice means Alysse E. Hollis attends hearings in the same courthouses, knows the local clerks, and understands the unwritten scheduling norms that affect every case filed here.
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