- Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
- Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
- Member, Rhode Island Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Volunteer, Moses Brown School
Education
- Boston University School of Law, LL.M., 2000, banking and financial law
- Roger Williams University School of Law, J.D., 1999, editor-in-chief, Roger Williams University Law Review
- Providence College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1995, English
Bar Admissions
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
- Presenter, “MB Connects: Career Explorations Day,” Moses Brown, 2024.
- Presenter, “ESG Issues and Implications,” National Association of Health and Educational Facilities Finance Authorities Fall Conference, 2023.
- Presenter, “ESG: Separating politics from policy,” The Bond Buyer, 2023.
- Presenter, “Phaseout of LIBOR – Navigating the Final Stages, Implementing Alternative Reference Rates and Fallback Language,” Strafford Publications, 2021.
- Presenter, “The US Federal Reserve’s Main Street Lending Program: Demystifying the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” The Knowledge Group, 2020.
- Presenter, “The Municipal Liquidity Facility – Lending Lifeline or Last Resort in the Age of COVID-19?” 2020.
- Author, “Turning the Magic Eight Ball: FDTA’s proposed joint rules tell muni industry to ask again later,” The Bond Buyer, 2024.
- Author, “Danger, Will Robinson! Mitigating AI-washing risk in municipal securities disclosure,’” The Bond Buyer, 2024.
- Author, “A bond by any other name would smell as sweet,” The Bond Buyer, 2023.
- Author, “Anti-ESG laws’ impact on munis may be far-reaching,” The Bond Buyer, 2023.
- Quoted, “Lawsuits in multiple Southwest states involve municipal bonds,” The Bond Buyer, October 1, 2024.
- Quoted, “Oklahoma ruling could undermine anti-ESG laws in Southeast, attorneys say,” The Bond Buyer, July 25, 2024.
- Quoted, “S&P backs down from ESG scores critics called ‘confusing,’” The Bond Buyer, August 14, 2023.
- Quoted, “Red state vs. blue fight heats up as anti-ESG becomes law in Florida,” The Bond Buyer, May 3, 2023.
- Quoted, “Florida lawmakers pass prohibition on issuing ESG municipal bonds,” The Bond Buyer, April 20, 2023.
- Quoted, “DeSantis’ duel with Disney reignites as Florida lawmakers near ESG vote,” The Bond Buyer, April 19, 2023.
- Quoted, “Issuers, rating agencies are direct targets of anti-ESG bill in Florida,” The Bond Buyer, March 15, 2023.