Bond counsel

Brevard County will subsidize Bezos' Blue Origin with $8 million, though a recent court ruling says it can't issue bonds to raise the funds.

City officials say the round of assignments for bond counsel and special disclosure counsel includes larger and smaller, minority-owned law firms.

Trustee UMB bank claimed the bond counsel's negligence prevented bondholders from achieving adequate recovery in bankruptcy.

Bond insurers and legal counsel battled for share of a smaller market as Assured Guaranty and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP stayed atop the rankings.

Albert Reyes will work out of the firm’s Los Angeles and Irvine offices.

Public finance bond attorneys Rick McConnell and Richard Wood joined the firm's Kansas City, Missouri, office from Gilmore & Bell.

The merger will extend Nelson Mullins' reach to the third-most populous state and expand its public finance group.

Borders is an 11-year veteran of the public finance field and was previously at Chapman and Cutler LLP in Chicago.

Latasha Thomas will work on government affairs and public finance.

His signature projects include financings for Yankee Stadium, Barclays Center and LaGuardia Airport. He is also a former New York MTA board member.