Member

Representative Matters

• Bond Counsel for $1,000,000,000 Clark County, Nevada (McCarran Airport) Airport Revenue Bonds and Interest Rate Exchange Agreements sold in 2006.
• Swap Counsel for $600,000,000 Regional Transportation District, Denver, Colorado Interest Rate Exchange Agreements pertaining to sales tax revenue bonds.
• Bond Counsel for $473,045,000 Clark County School District, Nevada, Series 2007A General Obligation Refunding Bonds.
• Bond Counsel for $400,000,000 Las Vegas Valley Water District General Obligation (Limited Tax) Flood Control Commercial Paper (Additionally Secured by Pledged Revenues) Series 2004A and 2004B.

Professional Activities

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

Education

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