Watchdog Gets New Trustee

Bond attorney Linda D'Onofrio has been elected to be a trustee of the Citizen's Budget Commission, a business-oriented fiscal watchdog.

D'Onofrio is a partner at Blank Rome LLP covering public finance tax law relating to tax-exempt and taxable bonds and derivative products.

The commission, which was formed in 1932, publishes reports and commentary on New York City and New York State fiscal issues.

D'Onofrio currently serves on a committee of the National Association of Bond Lawyers that reviews the association's model opinion standards, including those for taxable Build America Bonds. She has also served as co-chair of the New York State Bar Association tax section committee on tax-exempt finance and as chair of the American Bar Association committee on tax-exempt financing.

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