TERESA P. FINISTER

Partner

Ms. Finister has specialized in public finance law since 1990. Her practice primarily involves financings for state and local governments and nonprofit issuers. She represents governmental issuers, investment banks and conduit borrowers as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel in a variety of tax-exempt financings for public infrastructure, healthcare, higher education, transportation and public-private partnership projects (through tax allocation district bonds). She also represents financial institutions that purchase municipal bonds and that provide credit support for municipal bonds.

Ms. Finister is a member of the State Bar of Georgia. She is also a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and a member of the American College of Bond Counsel. The American College of Bond Counsel is a national organization with approximately 300 members that recognizes lawyers who have established reputations among their peers for their skill, experience and high standards of professional and ethical conduct in the practice of bond law.

Ms. Finister graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor in Business Administration. Ms. Finister passed the Certified Public Accountancy exam, and received her M.A. in Taxation from Georgia State University. Ms. Finister received her J.D., with distinction, from Emory University. In law school, she served as Articles Editor of the Bankruptcy Developments Journal and is a member of the Order of the Coif.

Ms. Finister has spoken at seminars sponsored by Georgia Municipal Association, Georgia Government Finance Officers Association and Georgia Society of CPA’s on various issues relating to municipal bond finance.