Attorneys

"I think, overwhelmingly, all of our market participants are wanting the same thing and that's really a thriving municipal market," Holiday said.

Top figures in public finance have weighed in on important events at this year's Infrastructure event.

"I love solving complicated problems faced by our local governmental clients," Leslie Bacon. "We come up with strategic solutions that have a real impact on our communities." 

Since joining Orrick in Los Angeles more than a decade ago, Steffi Chan has brought her technical expertise and leadership skills to her local government and state agency clients.

Jered Davidson has been at the forefront of creative and innovative approaches to public financing. 

Now a partner at Chapman and Cutler, Kristin Hilson has played a leading role in some of the most significant health care financing in the Midwest.

"Public finance isn't about just numbers or documents," said Charity Karanja. "It's about enabling access, driving development and creating opportunities."

Kitto prioritized education finance work with an emphasis on charter school financing projects across the county, turning a small practice at Ice Miller into a national powerhouse.

As bond counsel, Walsh has financed health care and affordable care facilities, continuing care retirement communities, charter schools and many other nonprofit organizations.

Bond attorneys are pondering language governing tax-exempt bonds used to finance spaceports.

"If the open jacket policy is actually implemented—which we in the defense bar hope is the case—it would be a welcome reform," one attorney said.

Bond lawyers, municipalities, and transportation officials are moving towards greater use of public private partnerships for infrastructure projects bogged down by capital constraints and high risk.

Housing advocates are resuming a fracas with the federal government over Build America, Buy America requirements they claim are slowing down efforts to build more affordable housing, which relies on private activity bonds.

An SEC investigation "is not a litigation," said Kathleen Marcus, a partner at Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth.

The nearly-complete offshore wind power generation project can resume construction while it fights a stop-work order from the Trump administration.

Doña Ana County taxable industrial revenue bonds, which will be sold to participants in the project, will enable the project to access a variety of tax breaks.

For the 24th year, The Bond Buyer editorial board will identify and recognize the year's most outstanding municipal finance transactions. The final deadline for nominations is Friday, October 17.

BDA plans to hold the fly-ins twice a year, CEO Mike Nicholas said.

The city faces hundreds of child sex abuse claims stemming from a former after-school program volunteer. A recent state law opened the window for old claims.

Bondholders are pitted against each other in the case, where it looks like the majority holders may become owners of the distressed companies.