Member

Representative Matters

• Bond Counsel for over $2 billion Clark County, Nevada Airport (Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport) Revenue Bonds sold in 2009 - 2010
• Swap Counsel for $600 million Regional Transportation District, Denver, Colorado Interest Rate Exchange Agreements and Terminations pertaining to sales tax revenue bonds - 2006 - 2010
• Bond Counsel for Clark County School District, Nevada, $110,245,000 Series 2010C and D Qualified School Construction Bonds.
• Bond Counsel for over $400 million Las Vegas Valley Water District, Nevada General Obligation (Limited Tax) Build America Bonds (Additionally Secured by Pledged Revenues) Issued in 2009 and 2010.

Professional Activities

• Admitted Colorado, 1977; Nevada, 1982
• Member, Washoe and Clark County, Nevada, Colorado and Denver Bar Associations
• Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
  • Board of Directors, 2004-2007
  • Chair, Web Site Editorial Board, 2006-2008
  • Chair, Tax and Securities Law Institute, 2004
  • Vice Chair, Tax and Securities Law Institute, 2003
  • Chair, General Taxation Committee, 1993-1994
• Member, Committee on Tax Exempt Financing of the American Bar Association Section on Taxation
  • Committee Vice Chair, 2009-2011
  • Chair, Task Force on Prepayment Regulations, 1999-2000
  • Chair, Task Force on Restrictions on Private Activity Bonds, 1993-1995
• Member, Steering Committee, Bond Attorneys Workshop, 1990-1992
• Member, Editorial Board, Federal Taxation of Municipal Bonds, 2003-2005

Publications and Presentations

• Author, "Patent Law for Bond Lawyers - Almost a Requiem?," The Bond Lawyer (Fall 2011)
• Author, "Patent Law for Bond Lawyers, An Update"  The Bond Lawyer (Summer-Fall 2010)
• Author, "Patent Law for Bond Lawyers - Watch Out for Now," The Bond Lawyer (Spring 2008)
• Presentations:
  • Panelist, Bond Attorneys Workshop, Chicago and San Antonio, 1990 - 1998; 2002 - 2010
  • Panelist, Committee on Tax Exempt Financing, American Bar Association Section of Taxation 2000 and 2009 to 2011
  • Panelist National Association of Bond Lawyers Tax and Securities Law Institute, 2003 - 2008
  • Various presentations on tax-exempt and government financing, swaps and other financial products for the Institute for International Research (New York), Nevada Government Financial Officers Association (Reno and Las Vegas), Nevada Fiscal Officers Association (Nevada), Practicing Law Institute (San Francisco), Western States Treasurers Association (Nevada)

Education

• Juris Doctor, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, 1977
• Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, Gonzaga University, 1974

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, American College of Bond Counsel
• Recipient of the National Association of Bond Lawyer's Carlson Prize for 2008, for the best scholarly article submitted for publication in The Bond Lawyer
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Public Finance Law