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The following are links to some of the more active firms
in the California Public Finance markets.
Hawkins, Delafield & Wood
Since 1854, Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP has provided effective and innovative legal services tailored to meet the changing and evolving needs of clients. For more than a century, the firm has been nationally recognized for its public finance expertise and has been consistently ranked among the top law firms in the nation in its public finance practice. The firm is a recognized leader in the practice of public finance law. The firm's clients include state and local governments, conduit borrowers, investment banks, credit enhancers, trustees, and other public finance participants. The firm has over 100 attorneys specializing in public finance and related real estate, tax, litigation, and securities matters, many of whom are prominent leaders in their areas of expertise. The firm also provides a variety of post-issuance services such as arbitrage rebate calculations and assistance with continuing disclosure. The firm has offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sacramento, CA, New York, NY, Washington D.C., Newark, NJ, and Hartford, CT.
Contact: Sean Tierney, Esq.
Tel: (415) 486-4201
Fax: (415) 397-1513
E-mail: stierney@hawkins.com
Holland & Knight has participated in governmental debt issues since the 1960s and has served as bond counsel, underwriters’ counsel, disclosure counsel or other capacities in issues by special purpose governmental entities such as aviation and port authorities, correctional institution authorities, health care authorities, housing finance authorities, industrial development authorities, redevelopment agencies and special taxing districts. Its Public Finance Department devotes practices to bond-related matters in many states and jurisdictions.
Contact: Stephen Taber, Esq.
Tel: (415) 743-6965
Fax: (415) 743-6910
E-mail: stephen.taber@hklaw.com
Jones Hall, A Professional Law Corporation, was founded in 1978, and has 13 attorneys, 11 of whom are partners. The firm specializes exclusively in the area of municipal finance as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, disclosure counsel and special tax counsel. This specialization allows the firm to orient its practice to the peculiar requirements of public finance, without the need to suit other, unrelated practice areas. During the past fifteen years, more local California agencies have used Jones Hall as bond counsel on their long-term financings than any other law firm, based upon statistics compiled by the California Debt Investment and Advisory Commission.
Contact: Stephen Mellikian, Esq.
Tel: (415) 391-5780
Fax: (415) 391-5784
E-mail: smelikian@joneshall.comDavid Fama, Esq.
Tel: (415) 391-5780
Fax: (415) 391-5784
E-mail: dfama@joneshall.com
Kutak Rock has participated in thousands of tax-exempt public finance transactions, representing issuers as bond counsel in all 50 states and serving as underwriter's counsel to numerous national and regional investment banking firms, as well as national finance counsel for more than 20 major corporations. Kutak Rock has been listed among the most active bond counsel and underwriter's counsel firms in the nation in annual industry rankings since such statistics were first compiled. In California, the firm maintains offices in Pasadena, Irvine and Los Angeles.
Contact: Scott Beck, Esq.
Tel: (303) 297-2400
Fax: (303) 292-7799
E-mail: scott.beck@kutakrock.com
Lofton & Jennings
Lofton & Jennings is a San Francisco based firm specializing in municipal finance transactions, with an emphasis on disclosure matters. The firm has been consistently ranked among the top firms nationally by number of transactions for disclosure counsel or underwriter's counsel services. The firm also maintains an active practice as bond counsel and as counsel to remarketing agents and credit facility providers. Lofton & Jennings is the preeminent minority-owned municipal finance firm in the State of California.
Contact: William Lofton, Esq.
Tel: (415) 772-1900
Fax: (415) 772-1909
E-mail: blofton@loftonjennings.com
Nixon Peabody LLP is one of the largest and most experienced bond counsel firms in the United States and is consistently ranked among the top law firms nationwide in the public finance law practice. The firm enjoys significant recognition for its work in tax-exempt financings for conduit borrowers, including hospitals and other health care providers, continuing care retirement communities, multifamily housing developers, private schools, museums and other 501(c)(3) organizations. Nixon Peabody LLP's commitment to quality, client service and teamwork has earned it recognition as one of the foremost public finance law firms in the country. Please visit the firm's website to learn more about Nixon Peabody LLP and how the firm can serve you in your upcoming financing, or contact Gisele Rainer directly as follows.
Contact: Gisele C. Rainer, Esq.
Tel: (415) 984-8475
Fax: (415) 984-8300
E-mail: grainer@nixonpeabody.com
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is the leading public finance law firm in California. For example, it serves as bond counsel for more than twice the number and seven times the dollar amount of California municipal bonds as any other firm. Orrick provides bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriters' counsel and bank counsel services on all types of municipal obligations, as well as post-issuance services in connection with arbitrage rebate compliance, continuing disclosure, IRS audits, SEC inquiries and various kinds of workouts. Its California offices are located in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sacramento.
Contact: Lee Bolding, Public Finance Marketing Manager
Tel: (415) 773-5480
Fax: (415)773-5759
E-mail: lbolding@orrick.com
Quint & Thimmig LLP was established in March, 1997, by Brian Quint and Paul Thimmig, two of the leading bond attorneys in California, with nearly fifty years of combined bond counsel experience. The firm's entire business effort is directed toward the delivery of the highest quality bond counsel, disclosure counsel and underwriter's counsel services. The firm's practice is limited exclusively to the area of municipal finance, including taxable and tax-exempt issues, for local government entities. This specialization allows the firm to orient its practice to the peculiar requirements of public finance, without the need to suit other, unrelated areas of the legal business. The firm maintains one office in San Francisco. The two partners are supported by an eight person support staff. The firm is particularly proud of its Closing Department, which illustrates the flexibility the firm has in tailoring its practice to the requirements of the municipal bond business. Three highly trained para-professionals, together with a full-time paralegal assistant, assist the partners in all pre-closing, closing and post-closing logistics and greatly alleviate the stress and strain which is typical of many bond closings. Other support services include on-line research services, high-speed networked word processing and document management capabilities and Internet e-mail and web communications capabilities.
Contact: Brian D Quint, Esq.
Tel: (415) 765-1550
Fax: (415) 765-1555
E-mail: bquint@qtllp.comPaul J. Thimmig, Esq.
Tel: (415) 765-1550
Fax: (415) 765-1555
E-mail: pthimmig@qtllp.com
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP has one of the nation's highest ranked public finance practices and has engaged in the practice of public finance law for over 90 years. Our lawyers are actively involved in all areas of public finance - general obligation and revenue bonds, variable rate demand option and auction rate bonds, tax-exempt commercial paper, certificates of participation and tax-exempt leasing. We have experience in the financings of general municipal/infrastructure, utility, transportation and healthcare projects and systems, single and multifamily housing, sports facilities, student loan programs, joint municipal power entities, colleges, universities and other not-for-profit institutions. Our experience in California public finance law dates back to 1935, when we acted as co-bond counsel on bonds issued to finance the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Our clients in California and beyond turn to us to provide them with efficient, inventive and dependable legal services. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP is one of the world's largest law firms, with more than 1,550 lawyers and 14 offices in North America, Europe and Asia.
Contact: Gerald McGovern, Esq.
Tel: (415) 772-1215
Fax: (415) 397-4621
E-mail: gmcgovern@sidley.com
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth is a law firm of approximately 100 attorneys with its offices located in Newport Beach and San Francisco. The firm's strength in public finance comes from the diversity of financings they have structured and the comprehensive services they provide.
Note: The Association of Bay Area Governments does not
necessarily endorse the use of any of these resources.