Career moves

Three municipal veterans will add to Ramirez' public finance operations in New York and Texas.

Underwriting specialist Alice Livingston joined Stern Brothers this month.

Jim Stricklin has joined the team of advisors at Columbia Capital Management.

Prager filed with for dissolution with FINRA last month and Dallas, Texas-based HilltopSecurities stepped in to snap up the bankers in a move that will bolster its East and West Coast muni presence.

She joins the recent additions of Steve Bolden, Jani Lotz and Justin Mapes in Dallas to bolster the firm's Texas presence.

A compendium of changes in the municipal industry.

Boyea brings more than three decades of public finance experience to the minority- and women-owned heavyweight firm's new office in California's state capital.

The attorneys elevated to the of counsel position include Stephanie S. Kim and Katie Leesman, both of the firm's Washington, D.C., office.

Jon Ballan will head the firm's new infrastructure and public-private partnerships practice.

Galperin has been a journalist, a lawyer, and a city controller. He plans to take his time before deciding what comes next.