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Municipal Law & Finance

Expanded Description

Bond Counsel
  • Bond counsel to State of Michigan and its authorities and public agencies

  • Bond counsel to local units of government (counties, cities, townships, villages, school districts, airports, drainage districts, public power agencies, local building authorities, local hospital authorities, economic development corporations, tax increment, downtown development, and local development finance authorities)

  • Arbitrage rebate and tax compliance

  • Bond counsel for private activity bond financings for senior congregate care facilities, higher educational facilities, solid waste disposal facilities, manufacturing facilities, health care facilities and other types of qualifying projects


  • Transactional Roles
  • Underwriter's counsel to national and regional underwriters

  • Disclosure counsel

  • 15c2-12 issues

  • Counsel to credit enhancement providers, trustees, and purchasers

  • Energy industry restructuring

  • Company counsel


  • General Municipal Law
  • Zoning, land use, planning, and real estate

  • Water and sewer contracts, ratemaking, and user regulation

  • Economic development projects and development agreements

  • Brownfields, DDAs, TIFAs, LDFAs, and renaissance zones

  • Special assessments

  • Tax appeals

  • Employment, environmental, construction, condemnation, and employee benefits law

  • Litigation


  • For more information, please contact:

    Detroit and Bloomfield Hills:
    Terence M. Donnelly
    248-433-7224 or tdonnelly@dickinsonwright.com

    Lansing:
    Kester K. So
    517-487-4722 or kso@dickinsonwright.com

    Grand Rapids:
    Richard A. Wendt
    616-458-1300 or rwendt@dickinsonwright.com