Career moves

Kutak Rock will open a law office in Tallahassee next month, to be staffed with 10 hires from Hopping Green & Sams.

Jason Appleson will assume the role of head of the municipal bond team at PGIM Fixed Income when longtime muni director Susan Courtney retires.

Peter Delahunt, who spent 26 years with Raymond James, has been hired by StoneX to help build out its muni business.

Dan Hynes, who was a deputy governor in J.B. Pritzker's administration, will work in public finance and corporate investment banking at Jefferies.

William Estes has overseen multibillion-dollar design-build and infrastructure developments for government agencies in New York.

Nathan Coco and Megan Preusker joined the firm this month, deepening the expertise offered by the firm's bankruptcy and restructuring practice.

Morgan Fahy has joined BAM’s capital markets team from Citigroup.

Ice Miller's new position is part of its growth strategy.

Larry Martinez replaces James Kerr, who plans to retire, but will retain his role as chairman.

Paul Arevalo, who joins as a managing director in Pasadena, adds to the broker-dealer's California growth path since it entered the state a decade ago.

The transition should not affect state credit, said John Ceffalio, senior research analyst for municipals at CreditSights.

John Pellici and Yaffa Rattner bring deep public finance experience to Hilltop.

Most recently, he was a principal investment officer and head of global equity at the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, or LACERA.

Kyle Hemminger joined Cain Brothers this month in Columbus, Ohio.

The board will have 15 members for its fiscal year starting Oct. 1.

A compendium of changes in the municipal industry.

The acting New York City Transit president was in line for a board chairmanship had state lawmakers approved Gov. Andrew Cuomo's measure to split the authority's top positions.

Michael Pagano, a "dean" of government finance with a national reputation, will hand the mantle as director of the university's Government Finance Research Center next month to Deborah Carroll.

SWS Capital Management, which manages the Clear Vision Impact Fund, has hired a Detroit-based analyst/investor.

Brian Egan will take up the mantle of being the primary voice for bond lawyers in Washington.