Krieg DeVault LLP Appoints James T. Crawford Jr. as Chairperson of Municipal Practice Group
January 4, 2007
Indianapolis, Indiana – The law firm of Krieg DeVault LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana, is pleased to announce that James T. Crawford Jr. has been appointed to serve as Chairperson of the firm's Municipal Practice Group.
Mr. Crawford has practiced extensively in the area of governmental finance and governmental law for more than three decades. Mr. Crawford acts as bond counsel, tax counsel in lease transactions, underwriter's counsel, issuer's counsel and borrower's counsel in a wide variety of governmental financings at the state, county and local levels of government. He is a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences throughout the United States and has authored numerous articles and book chapters concerning tax-exempt financing as well as state and local government incentives for economic development. Mr. Crawford is the lead attorney for the firm in the areas of general obligation bonds, building corporation lease rental bonds, tax anticipation borrowings, economic development income tax bonds, economic development incentives and financing affordable housing developments, having provided bond and/or tax credit counsel services for affordable housing developments which constructed and/or rehabilitated in excess of 15,000 affordable housing units. He has previously served as tax counsel to the Indiana Housing Finance Authority. Mr. Crawford is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and serves on the Board of Directors of the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns. He is the former Chairman of the National Association of Bond Lawyers Tax-Exempt Lease Financing Panel as well as its Glass-Steagall and Banking Law Issues Panel. Mr. Crawford resides in Fishers, Indiana.
Krieg DeVault's Municipal Practice Group has extensive experience in representing government entities and in advising private firms and individuals before various agencies, boards, commissions and the state legislature. The group’s attorneys have represented government entities and private contractors in all areas of government procurement matters, including the preparation, submission, negotiation and performance of public bids, proposals and contracts. They advise private contractors and public entities in the opportunities and pitfalls involved in complex contractual matters and the "privatization" of various traditional functions of the public sector. They assist governmental clients in developing creative solutions to business problems, financial questions and opportunities. Krieg DeVault also advises clients in the areas of public health care and health care finance, public finance and general public property improvements, management and finance.
Krieg DeVault LLP is a 120-professional, diversified law firm representing a wide variety of local, regional and national clients. It is a business-focused law firm with offices in Indianapolis, Carmel, and Hammond, Indiana. The firm's attorneys have significant experience in key areas that address the needs of a diversified client base. Through its membership in Meritas, the firm's ability to assist clients reaches around the world.
