Top 25 Bond Counsel in New England

Ranked by principal amount of long-term bonds issued from January 1 through September 30, 1997

Source: Securities Data Co., The Bond Buyer Rank: 1

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo P.C.

Address: One Financial Center

Boston, MA 02111

Phone: (617) 542-6000

Fax: (617) 542-2241

Web: www.mintz.com

Public Finance Head: Gregory A. Sandomirsky, Ann-Ellen Hornidge

Public Finance Attorneys: 18

Other New England Offices: None

Principal Amount: $3,247.3 million

Number of Issues: 15 Rank: 2

Krokidas & Bluestein

Address: 141 Tremont St.

Boston, MA 02111

Phone: (617) 482-7211

Fax: (617) 482-7212

Web: www.knb krokidas.bluestein.com

Public Finance Head: Maria J. Krokidas, Esq.

Public Finance Attorneys: 5

Other Offices: None

Principal Amount: $2,233.6 million

Number of Issues: 6 Rank: 3

Palmer and Dodge

Address: One Beacon St.

Boston, MA 02108-3190

Phone: (617) 573-0100

Fax: (617) 227-4420

Public Finance Head: Thomas W. Merrill

Public Finance Attorneys: 20

Other Offices: None

Principal Amount: $2,168.5 million

Number of Issues: 80 Rank: 4

Ropes & Gray

Address: One International Place

Boston, MA 02110-2624

Phone: (617) 951-7000

Fax: (617) 951-7050

Web: www.ropesgray.com

Public Finance Head: Lawrence D. Bragg 3d

Public Finance Attorneys: 19

Other New England Offices: Providence

Principal Amount: $1,138.5 million

Number of Issues: 70 Rank: 5

Hawkins, Delafield & Wood

Address: City Place, 185 Asylum St.

Hartford, CT 06103

Phone: (860) 275-6260

Fax: (860) 527-5786

Public Finance Head: Richard L. Sigal

Public Finance Attorneys: 17

Other New England Offices: None

Principal Amount: $1,024.1 million

Number of Issues: 40 Rank: 6

Day, Berry & Howard

Address: City Place

Hartford, CT 06103-3499

Phone: (860) 275-0100

Fax: (860) 275-0343

Public Finance Head: Edmund See

Public Finance Attorneys: 12

Other New England Offices: Boston, Stamford

Principal Amount: $587.3 million

Number of Issues: 16 Rank: 7

Carmody & Torrance

Address: 50 Leavenworth St., P.O. Box 1110

Waterbury, CT 06721-1110

Phone: (203) 573-1200

Fax: (203) 575-2600

Public Finance Head: John D. Yarbrough Jr.

Public Finance Attorneys: 5

Other New England Offices: New Haven

Principal Amount: $436.9 million

Number of Issues: 9 Rank: 8

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Address: 850 Main St., P.O. Box 7006

Bridgeport, CT 06601-7006

Phone: (203) 330-2000

Fax: (203) 576-6888

Public Finance Head: Raymond E. Baldwin Jr., Frank Cleary

Public Finance Attorneys: 6

Other New England Offices: Hartford, New Haven, Southport,

Stamford

Principal Amount: $412.0 million

Number of Issues: 5 Rank: 9

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

Address: 350 Park Ave., 15th Fl.

New York, NY 10022

Phone: (212) 872-9800

Fax: (212) 872-9815

Web: www.ssd.com

Public Finance Head: Edward S. Sinick

Public Finance Attorneys: 6

Other New England Offices: None

Principal Amount: $380.6 million

Number of Issues: 3 Rank: 10

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Address: One American Row

Hartford, CT 06103-3902

Phone: (860) 251-5000

Fax: (860) 251-5199

Web: www.shipman-goodwin.com

Public Finance Head: Michael J. Andreana, Bruce A. Chudwick

Public Finance Attorneys: 6

Other New England Offices: Stamford

Principal Amount: $369.2 million

Number of Issues: 3 Rank: 11

Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan

Address: 100 Field Point Rd.

Greenwich, CT 06830

Phone: (203) 869-3800

Fax: (203) 869-1951

Public Finance Head: Christopher A. Stack (New York)

Public Finance Attorneys: 3

Other New England Offices: None

Principal Amount: $292.8 million

Number of Issues: 14 Rank: 12

Kutak Rock

Address: 1101 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 1000

Washington, DC 20036

Phone: (202) 828-2400

Fax: (202) 828-2488

Web: www.kutakrock.com

Public Finance Head: Mitchell J. Bragin

Public Finance Attorneys: 7

Other New England Offices: None

Principal Amount: $281.1 million

Number of Issues: 5 Rank: 13

Cummings & Lockwood

Address: 185 Asylum St., 36th Fl.

Hartford, CT 06103

Phone: (860) 275-6786

Fax: (860) 724-3397

Web: www.cl-law.com

Public Finance Head: Lisa M. Boyle

Public Finance Attorneys: 9

Other New England Offices: Greenwich, New Haven, Stamford

Principal Amount: $260.0 million

Number of Issues: 1 Rank: 14

Gadsby & Hannah LLP

Address: 225 Franklin St.

Boston, MA 02110

Phone: (617) 345-7000

Fax: (617) 345-7050

Web: www.ghlaw.com

Public Finance Head: Paul E. Clifford

Public Finance Attorneys: 6

Other New England Offices: None

Principal Amount: $226.9 million

Number of Issues: 7 Rank: 15

Tillinghast Licht & Semonoff

Address: One Park Row

Providence, RI 02903-1288

Phone: (401) 456-1200

Fax: (401) 456-1210

Web: www.tlslaw.com

Public Finance Head: Karen Grandy

Public Finance Attorneys: 6

Other New England Offices: Boston

Principal Amount: $204.6 million

Number of Issues: 12 Rank: 16

Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer

Address: One Financial Center

Boston, MA 02111

Phone: (617) 856-8200

Fax: (617) 856-8201

Public Finance Head: Ronald S. Borod

Public Finance Attorneys: 15

Other New England Offices: Hartford, Providence

Principal Amount: $200.0 million

Number of Issues: 1 Rank: 17

Robinson & Cole LLP

Address: One Commercial Plaza

Hartford, CT 06103-3597

Phone: (860) 275-8246

Fax: (860) 275-8299

Web: www.rc.com

Public Finance Head: S. Frank D'Ercole

Public Finance Attorneys: 9

Other New England Offices: Boston, Manchester, Stamford

Principal Amount: $172.2 million

Number of Issues: 16 Rank: 18

Levy & Droney, P.C.

Address: 74 Batterson Park Rd.

Farmington, CT 06032

Phone: (860) 676-3000

Fax: (860) 676-3200

Public Finance Head: Joseph A. Vitale

Public Finance Attorneys: 4

Other Offices: None

Principal Amount: $171.1 million

Number of Issues: 4 Rank: 19

Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson

Address: 100 Middle St., P.O. Box 9729

Portland, ME 04104-5029

Phone: (207) 774-1200

Fax: (207) 774-2018

Web: www.mainelaw.com

Public Finance Head: F. Paul Frinsko

Public Finance Attorneys: 7

Other Offices: Augusta, Kennebunk

Principal Amount: $67.8 million

Number of Issues: 5 Rank: 20

McGovern Noel & Benik Inc.

Address: 1800 Hospital Trust Tower

Providence, RI 02903

Phone: (401) 274-1144

Fax: (401) 421-4213

Public Finance Head: Philip W. Noel, Gerald T. Harrington

Public Finance Attorneys: 4

Other Offices: None

Principal Amount: $50.0 million

Number of Issues: 2 Rank: 21

Murphy, McCoubrey & Auth,LLP

Address: One MonarchPlace, 25th Fl.

Springfield, MA 01144

Phone: (413) 747-5100

Fax: (413) 731-9721

Public Finance Head: JohnC.Auth

Public Finance Attorneys: 2

Other Offices: None

Principal Amount: $50.0 million

Number of Issues: 1 Rank: 22

Partridge, Snow & Hahn

Address: 180 S. Main St.

Providence, R.I. 02903

Phone: (401) 861-8200

Fax: (401) 861-8210

Public Finance Head: Normand Benoit

Public Finance Attorneys: 3

Other New England Offices: None

Principal Amount: $49.4 million

Number of Issues: 6 Rank: 23

Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.

Address: One State St.

Hartford, CT 06123-1277

Phone: (860) 548-2600

Fax: (860) 548-2680

Public Finance Head: James H. Loyd 3d

Public Finance Attorneys: 5

Other New England Offices: New Haven, Stamford

Principal Amount: $49.0 million

Number of Issues: 5 Rank: 24

Devine, Millimet & Branch P.A.

Address: Victory Park

111 Amherst St., P.O. Box 719

Manchester, NH 03105

Phone: (603) 669-1000

Fax: (603) 669-8547

Public Finance Head: David H. Barnes

Public Finance Attorneys: 1

Other New England Offices: None

Principal Amount: $31.8 million

Number of Issues: 6 Rank: 25

Jensen Baird Gardner & Henry

Address: 10 Free St., P.O.Box 4510

Portland,ME 04112

Phone: (207) 775-7271

Fax: (207) 775-7935

Public Finance Head: Dennis Lemieux

Public Finance Attorneys: 2

Other New England Offices: None

Principal Amount: $29.8 million

Number of Issues: 2

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