Top Banking Lawyers in ZIP 85004 | 3 available

James T. Giel (“Jim”) has a broad range of experience in public finance. Over the past 26 years, he has represented school districts, community facilities districts, fire districts, and other special districts as bond counsel, issuer's counsel, special district counsel, borrower's counsel, and underwriter's counsel. He has been counsel on numerous transactions involving general obligation bonds, assessment bonds, revenue bonds, lease financings, and formation and consolidation elections.. Jim also has experience in the use of special districts as a development financing tool and is integral to the firm’s community facilities district practice, having represented some of the largest CFD’s in Arizona. He has served as election counsel to many school districts and fire districts for bond, override, lease, and land sale elections. Jim has experience with tax credit financings, such as Build America Bonds, Qualified School Construction Bonds, Qualified Zone Academy Bonds, New Clean Renewable Energy Bonds, and Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds.. Jim has also represented regional investment banks, conduit issuers, manufacturing entities, housing developers, nonprofit organizations and an airport.

David focuses his practice in family law. He assists clients with divorces, child custody issues, post-decree modifications, and pre- and post-nuptial agreements. David is experienced with high conflict family law matters and has tried numerous cases. He has particular expertise when dealing with issues relative to children both during dissolution and issues that arise after a client’s divorce or establishment matter. David passionately advocates for what matters most to his clients and builds a strategic, custom game plan for each. He takes pride in the details and genuinely cares for his clients and the best interests of their children. While his primarily practice is family law, David continues to have a passion for sports law and teaches both Family Law and Sports Law courses at ASU’s College of Law.