Bond counsel

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.

The forthcoming Texas law bans businesses from state contracts if their policies are said to discriminate against the firearms industry.

The IRS is seeking comments on a change that may benefit many issuers.

The bond counsel rankings saw plenty of moves, except at the top spot where Orrick took a commanding lead.

Locke Lord's Texas public finance team continues to expand with the addition of Arnold Cantu from Norton Rose Fulbright.

The team from Bank of New York Mellon will notably expand Ice Miller's arbitrage rebate compliance practice as a component of its public finance services.

Grace Dunlap, Chair of the Board at Bryant Miller Olive P.A., has been honored with the 2020 Ralph A. Marsicano Award presented by the City, County and Local Government Law section of the Florida Bar.

Only three spots in the top 10 remained the same from a year ago, as issuance grew and firm positions changed in 2021.

Smith, who joined the Michigan-based law firm in 2016, will lead a 16-member team.

Crumbaker has experience representing bondholders and corporate trust companies in cases related to distressed or defaulted high-yield tax-exempt bonds.

McCall Parkhurst & Horton and Norton Rose Fulbright moved up in 2020 to second and third.

Mary Kimura was one of 25 female attorneys promoted to partner globally.

Law firm appoints Robert Labes to head its public and infrastructure finance practice group with hopes for expansion if an infrastructure bill comes to fruition.

Stanford Ladner of Butler Snow has been listed in the 2020 edition of “New York Metro Super Lawyers."

Senior Associate, Orrick

The top municipal bond counsel firms easily surpassed 2019's pace of par amount. Year-to-date, the top-ranked firms have totaled $326.46 billion compared with last year's number of $265.99 billion.

Bryant Miller Olive PA has practiced public finance and governmental law across the Sunshine State and the Southeast for five decades.

The New York-based minority-owned firm now has a Chicago office led by veteran bond attorney Chuck Katz.

Guarnaccia is a partner at Ballard Spahr in Baltimore.