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44 Attorneys
American Municipal Power, Inc.
Archdiocesan Housing, Inc.
Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.
City of Chicago
City of Cincinnati
City and County of Denver
Colorado Health Facilities Authority
Columbus City Schools
Fifth Third Bank
Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority
Illinois Finance Authority
Kentucky Housing Corporation
Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
Northern Kentucky Water District
Pennsylvania’s State Public School Building Authority
Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority
Public Financial Management Inc.
RBC Capital Markets
State of Ohio
U.S. Bank National Association
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Ziegler Securities
Bond Counsel
Conduit Financing
Document Preparation
Economic Development
Federal Tax & Arbitrage Compliance
Infrastructure Financing
Municipal Governments and Authorities
Non-Profit Health Care and Higher Education Financings
Pre-transaction Planning
Public Education Projects
Securities Disclosure
Single and Multifamily Housing
Tax Credits
Tax Counsel
Traditional Governmental Finance
A Nationwide Reputation
Nationally-recognized, Red Book listed, Municipal Bond Counsel Financed projects in all 50 states
Ranked 16th nationally for Bond Counsel handling 200+ issues totaling $4 billion
Ranked 15th nationally for Underwriter’s Counsel handling 70+ issues totaling $3 billion
Ranked 1st in Kentucky for Bond Counsel handling 50+ issues totaling $1.5 billion
Ranked 1st in Pennsylvania for Bond Counsel by number of issues handling 81+ issues totaling $.888 billion
Ranked 2nd in Ohio for Bond Counsel handling nearly 120 issues totaling $2 billion
Our Work is Visible
Experience Highlights
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We represent J.P. Morgan Securities and Loop Capital Markets in connection with $190 million of general obligation bonds of several series originally issued by the City of Chicago in 2003. The City is utilizing provisions of the bonds to convert the interest rate on the bonds from a daily to a weekly rate and substitute a bank direct pay letter of credit for a bank standby bond purchase agreement as credit/liquidity enhancement for the bonds. This triggers a mandatory tender of the bonds by the current bondholders, and the remarketing agents will remarket the bonds to new investors.
We served as bond counsel in the issuance of $239 million worth of bonds for improvements to Commonwealth Stadium, the renovation of the Gatton College of Business and Economics and the construction of a new Academic Sciences Building. The transaction marked the first sale of bonds completed by the firm since the Dinsmore merger with Peck Shaffer. It is also the largest single bond issue the University has done to date.
When the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania decided to utilize certain financing options under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by issuing (direct payment) Qualified School Construction Bonds in order to assist certain less wealthy, or fast-growing, school districts within the state, we were called upon to serve as local bond counsel to approximately one-sixth of the pool of participating school districts.
We served as underwriters’ counsel in representing a syndicate of thirteen underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of $883.4 million of general obligation bonds issued by the City of Chicago. Wells Fargo Securities was senior manager of the syndicate. The bond proceeds will be used by the City for general public improvements and to refund prior City bond issues. In our capacity as underwriters’ counsel, we assisted the underwriting syndicate in fulfilling certain responsibilities to its investors under the federal securities laws and various other aspects of the financing, including participating in the preparation, review and negotiation of preliminary and final bond offering documents, sale documents and continuing disclosure documents, preparation of state blue sky surveys and assisting the underwriters in closing the transaction.
We counseled Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc., CAMC Foundation and their affiliates in connection with the public offering of tax-exempt revenue bonds, to finance the cost of refunding a debt that was previously incurred and paying a portion of a termination payment related to a hedge agreement entered into in connection with the issuance of such previously incurred indebtedness.
Attorney Roster
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Tom Wilson
Chair, Finance • Columbus
(614) 233-5388 • thomas.wilson@dinsmore.com
Economic Development, Traditional Governmental Finance, Healthcare, Education
Co-Chair, Public Finance • Pittsburgh
(412) 288-5878 • christopher.brewer@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance, Education, Economic Development
Co-Chair, Public Finance • Cincinnati
(513) 639-9224 • john.merchant@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance, Health Care, Education
Michael Connelly
Of Counsel • (312) 775-1758 • michael.connelly@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance, Illinois House of Representatives, Illinois State Senate
Matthew Miller
Of Counsel • (312) 775-1746 • matthew.miller@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance
Lewis Diaz
Partner • (513) 639-9264 • lewis.diaz@dinsmore.com
Multifamily Housing, Tax Credits
Sujyot Patel
Partner • (513) 639-9256 • sujyot.patel@dinsmore.com
Single Family Housing, Multifamily Housing, Tax Credits
Bradley Ruwe
Partner • (513) 639-9237 • bradley.ruwe@dinsmore.com
Economic Development, Traditional Governmental Finance, Health Care, Education
Abbot Thayer
Partner • (513) 639-9233 • abbot.thayer@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance, Health Care, Education, Economic Development
Lona Valentine
Partner • (513) 639-9238 • lona.valentine@dinsmore.com
Federal Tax Compliance, IRS Audits, Arbitrage Rebate
Brenda Wehmer
Partner • (513) 639-9217 • brenda.wehmer@dinsmore.com
Economic Development, Traditional Governmental Finance, Education
John Fischer
Of Counsel • (513) 639-9239 • john.fischer@dinsmore.com
Health Care, Traditional Governmental Finance
Doloris Learmonth
Of Counsel • (513) 977-8318 • doloris.learmonth@dinsmore.com
Education
Thomas Luebbers
Of Counsel • (513) 977-8564 • thomas.luebbers@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance, Economic Development
Mary Sullivan
Of Counsel • (513) 639-9250 • mary.sullivan@dinsmore.com
Multifamily Housing, Traditional Governmental Finance, Economic Development
Michael Dean
Associate • (513) 977-8180 • michael.dean@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance, Economic Development, Multifamily Housing, Banking Regulation
Alexandra Rock
Associate • (513) 977-8472 • alexandra.rock@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance
Benton Schallip
Associate • (513) 977-8531 • benton.schallip@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance
Stephen Sparks
Associate • (513) 639-9206 • stephen.sparks@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance, Health Care, Education
Reginald Staples
Associate • (513) 639-9213 • reginald.staples@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance, Health Care, Education
Jennifer Blaser
Partner • (614) 233-5391 • jennifer.blaser@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance, Education
Edward Cavezza
Partner • (614) 233-5400 • edward.cavezza@dinsmore.com
Education, Traditional Governmental Finance
Mary Duffey
Partner • (614) 233-5401 • mary.duffey@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance, Health Care, Education, Economic Development
Marc Kamer
Partner • (614) 233-5406 • marc.kamer@dinsmore.com
Economic Development, Traditional Governmental Finance, Health Care, Education
Glendon Pratt
Partner • (614) 233-5390 • glendon.pratt@dinsmore.com
Conduit Finance, including Health Care, Senior Living, Education and Other Nonprofit Entities
Dennis Schwallie
Partner • (614) 233-5399 • dennis.schwallie@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance, Education, Economic Development
Erin Sutton
Partner • (614) 233-5421 • erin.sutton@dinsmore.com
Health Care Finance, Economic Development, Nonprofit Finance, Senior Living Finance
Joshua Grossman
Associate (614) 628-6950 • joshua.grossman@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance
Drew Linnenbom
Associate • (614) 233-5397 • drew.linnenbom@dinsmore.com
Economic Development, Traditional Governmental Finance, health care, Education
Diana Silveira
Associate • (614) 233-5392 • diana.silveira@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance, Cealth Care, Education, Economic Development
Dirk Bedarff
Partner • (859) 547-3374 • dirk.bedarff@dinsmore.com
Economic Development, Traditional Governmental Finance, Health Care, Education
Roger Peterman
Partner • (859) 431-7290 • roger.peterman@dinsmore.com
Economic Development, Traditional Governmental Finance, Health Care, Education
Wil Schroder
Of Counsel • (859) 547-3377 • wil.schroder@dinsmore.com
Kentucky State Senator, Traditional Governmental Finance
Elizabeth Younger
Associate • (859) 547-3363 • elizabeth.younger@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance, Conduit Finance, Leases and Other Non-Traditional Finance, Education, Economic Development
Mary Groves
Partner • (303) 296-2590 • mary.groves@dinsmore.com
Health Care, Education
Erich Kennedy
Partner • (303) 831-6979 • erich.kennedy@dinsmore.com
Economic Development
Mallary Lerner
Associate • (303) 831-6963 • mallary.lerner@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance
Daniel Briscoe
Associate • (502) 540-2374 • daniel.briscoe@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance
Tim Anderson
Partner • (412) 288-5879 • timothy.anderson@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance, Education
Anthony Ditka
Partner • (412) 288-5879 • anthony.ditka@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance, Education, Economic Development
Clifford Pastel
Of Counsel • (412) 261-4250 • clifford.pastel@dinsmore.com
Tax Compliance and Audit, Traditional Governmental Finance, Health Care
Thomas Trimm
Of Counsel • (412) 288-5866 • thomas.trimm@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance
Sean Garin
Associate • (412) 288-5856 • sean.garin@dinsmore.com
Traditional Governmental Finance, Education, Economic Development