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Bond Counsel to Michigan State Housing Development Authority on numerous single-family and multi-family housing revenue bond transactions and debt restructurings involving derivative products.
Bond Counsel to Michigan Public Educational Facilities Authority for the public school academy State Aid Note Program.
Bond Counsel to Michigan Public Educational Facilities Authority on numerous public school academy long term facilities financings totaling over $65,000,000.
Bond Counsel to Wayne County in bond financing for purchase of the Guardian Building.
Issuer's Counsel in over 75 financing transactions for short and long-term debt issued by public school academies.
Underwriter's counsel to Fifth Third Securities, Inc. in a public school academy work-out financing.
Underwriter's counsel to Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., LLC on $500,000,000 School District of the City of Detroit School Building and Site Improvement Refunding Bonds and $142,105,000 School District of the City of Detroit State Aid Notes.
Bond Counsel to Michigan Strategic Fund and underwriter's counsel on numerous private activity bond transactions benefiting manufacturing facilities and nonprofit organizations.
Bond Counsel to Michigan Strategic Fund on private activity bond financing for the Legal Aid and Defenders Association Detroit headquarters.
Counsel to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. on numerous private activity bond transactions.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Chandler Park Academy
Charter County of Wayne
Fidelity Bank
Fifth Third Securities, Inc.
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Michigan Public Educational Facilities Authority
Michigan State Housing Development Authority
Michigan Strategic Fund
Nataki Talibah Schoolhouse of Detroit
Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., LLC
AREAS OF PRACTICE EMPHASIS
Banking & Financial Services
Municipal Law & Finance
Real Estate
Schools & Educational Institutions
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Member, State Bar of Michigan
Member, Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association
Member, Wolverine Bar Association
Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
Board Member, Michigan Women in Finance (2003-2008)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Board of Trustees, Detroit Medical Center
Advisory Council, Community Legal Resources
EDUCATION
Howard University, B.S. 1973
University of Detroit, M.B.A. 1979
University of Michigan Law School, J.D. 1994.
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