Best Lawyers in America for Public Finance Law
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With a practice focus on municipal finance, Kester So has served as bond counsel or underwriter’s counsel on a wide variety of bond issues, including bonds for health care, public power, higher education, student loan, transportation, unemployment insurance, tax increment financing, state revolving fund, environmental, school bond loan fund, State and local building authorities, airports, water and sewer, solid waste disposal and economic and industrial development bonds.
Michael L. Wiener is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Public Finance Law. Michael L. practices law in Tampa, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized Michael L. Wiener since 2019. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Michael L. Wiener is held by other lawyers.
As bond and underwriter's counsel, Lewis Greenbaum advises state and local governments, nonprofits and public-private partnerships on a range of general obligation and revenue bond financings. With a public finance practice spanning more than 40 years, Lew has been involved in hundreds of high-profile public projects and public-private partnerships. Lew also advises on public finance legislation. He is the co-author of the Local Government Debt Reform Act and the Municipal Bond Reform Act, tw...
Dick Spoor's practice is concentrated in the area of government and private activity bond issues and general municipal law. He has been actively involved in those practice areas for more than 35 years. Prior to joining the firm, Dick was a partner with Hemmer Spoor Pangburn & DeFrank in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky and prior to that was a partner with Taft, Stettinius & Hollister. He served as an officer in the U.S. Army from 1966 to 1969, including service with the 1st Air Cavalry Divisio...
Warren S. Bloom is Co-Chair of the Public Finance Practice and began his legal career with Kaye Scholer in New York City in the mid-1980s concentrating on the representation of lending institutions in leveraged buyouts and "going private" transactions. Upon his relocation to Florida in late 1988, Warren began to focus his practice on public finance and the representation of creditor entities in such transactions (e.g., indenture trustees, bondholders, bond purchasers and credit enhancers). Si...
Peter J. Whitmore is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Public Finance Law. Peter J. practices law in Denver, Colorado Best Lawyers has recognized Peter J. Whitmore since 2019. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Peter J. Whitmore is held by other lawyers.
Louie Quinn has more than 40 years of experience and concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate development (housing, office, retail, mixed-use, and industrial); real estate finance; affordable housing, student housing, multi-family housing and condominiums; commercial leasing (Landlord and Tenant); business and commercial transactions, partnership syndications, public-private partnerships, and public finance transactions. Louie has an accounting degree and a broad business backgro...
Kimberly D. Magrini is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Public Finance Law. Kimberly D. practices law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Best Lawyers has recognized Kimberly D. Magrini since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Kimberly D. Magrini is held by other lawyers.
Tiffany Lu Leichman is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Public Finance Law. Tiffany, who practices law in Denver, Colorado, has been recognized since 2027. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Tiffany is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Rich has acted as bond counsel for issues of tax-exempt and taxable debt for business borrowers and governmental entities, including taxable adjustable rate bonds, general obligation bonds, refunding and revenue bonds, and lease/purchase financing. Specifically, Rich has served as bond counsel for tax increment financing and has participated in drafting legislative amendments to tax increment finance and municipal law in general over the last several years. Over more than three decades of pra...
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