Erin A. Sutton

Partner

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Erin’s public finance practice includes governmental bond issues and conduit financings for 501(c)(3) organizations.

She has experience as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel for a variety of tax-exempt and taxable debt transactions, including those involving hospital facilities, long-term care facilities, senior living communities, other 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, higher education facilities, and counties and municipal corporations.

Erin is also the current Finance Department Chair and serves on the firm’s Board of Directors.

Credentials

Education

The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1997)

John Carroll University (B.A., cum laude, 1994)

Bar admissions

  • Ohio

Court admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Affiliations and memberships

  • National Association of Bond Lawyers
  • Ohio State Bar Association
  • Columbus Bar Association
  • Ohio Women’s Bar Association
  • Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation
    • Leadership Institute (2011 – 2012)

Career Highlights

  • Bond Counsel for $1.16 Billion Health Care Financing

    We served as bond counsel for Bon Secours Mercy Health, Inc., one of the nation’s 20 largest health care systems, with respect to the issuance of several series of bonds totaling $1.16 billion in aggregate principal amount. As bond counsel, we assisted with each step of the financing process, which involved the public offering of municipal tax-exempt and corporate taxable bonds involving issuers in three states. The bonds were issued in April of 2020 and enabled the financing or refinancing of health care facilities in Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia while also contributing to the re-opening of the capital markets for health care borrowers during the COVID-19 pandemic. These combined bond deals were selected by The Bond Buyer as its 2020 Deal of the Year in the Health Care Financing Category.

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  • January 1, 2025

    Dinsmore Announces 16 Partner Promotions, New Board Members and Department Leaders

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  • December 10, 2020

    Dinsmore Serves as Bond Counsel for Bond Buyer Health Care Financing 2020 Deal of the Year

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