Brad is known for his insightful analyses of public finance projects from both economic and legal perspectives. He serves as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, bank counsel, disclosure counsel, and special counsel.
With three decades of experience in public finance, Brad has been serving as counsel in the following areas: government finance, school finance, 501(c)(3)/health care finance, economic development finance and municipal leasing. He handles both governmental and conduit transactions and is regularly called upon to address governmental and quasi-governmental councils, boards, school boards, and authorities on public finance issues.
He has served as a speaker at meetings of state and local government entities, including the State of Ohio, counties, municipalities, treasurers, trustees, school districts, OASBO, GFOA, and CAAO.
Brad’s representative experience includes the following types of projects from equipment financings to some of Ohio’s largest transformative projects:
- Public infrastructure projects of all types: roads, water sewer, parking garages…
- Stadia financings
- Convention center and hotel financings
- K-12 schools (working with OFCC on CFAP, VFAP and ELPP projects)
- Tax levies and bond issues for municipalities and school districts
- Economic development and tax incentives such as TIF and CRA (development and cooperative agreements, school compensation agreements)
- Health care financings (acute care and continuing care)
- Lease-purchase financings and certificates of participation
- Jail financings
- Land swap agreements
- General counsel to a port authority
- General counsel to a new community authority
- Bank counsel for local, regional and national banks and other credit providers
- Exempt facilities financings such as industrial development projects
