Career moves

Acosta Jordán has more than 30 years of financial services experience in Puerto Rico.

UMB plans to focus on higher education with its initial thrust into advisory services.

The Los Angeles lawyer founded her own firm and ran it for two decades before Polsinelli acquired it in 2011 to enter California. She retires in October.

In 15 years at Wilshire Consulting, he worked with public and corporate pension funds, foundations, endowments and insurance companies.

Sorth, who joins as a managing director, will provide municipal bond underwriting and advisory services to clients in Missouri and the Midwest.

The former Loop Capital executive has nearly two decades of experience in underwriting and institutional sales.

Raymond James' Western region head Robert Larkins was part of a couple caught on video challenging a man for chalking the slogan in front of his own home.

Flynn joined the Cleveland-based firm’s Indianapolis office as a managing director.

Bond lawyer Rebecca Lawrence has joined Ballard Spahr

Joseph Pollock will be responsible for covering hospitals and healthcare systems across the United States.

RBC hires 30-year vet Teri Hartman from Barclays and expects another hire.

Clark Hill senior counsel Andrew Maher will serve a one-year term.

Eric Fischer returns to the firm and will focus on municipal finance and tender option bonds.

President Trump named Sarah Feinberg, a former FRA administrator, and Chris Koos of Illinois to the board of the quasi-public national passenger railroad.

Cheng, a six-year veteran of the rating agency, will be a senior vice president of Citi's Institutional Clients Group.

Continuing the firm’s national expansion, HJ Sims announced it is opening offices in Chicago and Orange County, Calif.

Bexar County Commissioner Justin Rodriguez will join Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson on Locke Lord's Texas public finance team.

Michael Bartolotta, who built his career at Hilltop Securities' predecessor firm, returns to its Houston office.

Stepan Haytayan was named senior counsel and Mauricio Salazar has joined as an associate.

Tom Prendergast and Denise Berger were hired by the engineering firm to spearhead major infrastructure needs facing the New York City region.