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Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

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  Public Finance



Professional Experience
Allison Buchanan practices in the Firm’s Public Finance Group. She advises school districts and other municipalities in many areas of municipal finance. Some of her recent experience includes:
  • Working with school districts on the financing of capital projects and cash flow borrowing.

  • Working with school districts on bond and revenue cap referenda.

  • Assisting clients with various municipal financings, including general obligation bonds and notes, revenue bonds and note and bond anticipation notes.

  • Advising clients regarding tax incremental financing districts and other economic development and redevelopment matters.

  • Providing assistance related to public records and open meetings laws.

  • Working with clients on 501(c)(3) bond financings.
Education and Honors
  • University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2006)
    The Wisconsin International Law Journal (Note and Comment Editor, 2005-2006). Served as a judicial intern for Honorable Judge Moria Krueger of the Dane County Circuit Court.
  • University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 2003)
Bar Admissions
Wisconsin, 2006
Indiana (inactive), 2006

Professional and Civic Activities
  • State Bar of Wisconsin (Member).

  • National Association of Bond Lawyers (Member).

  • Milwaukee Bar Association (Member).

  • Marquette Legal Clinic Pro Bono Volunteer Lawyer (2010-Present).

  • Life Navigators (Member, Friends of Life Navigators Young Professionals Group, 2011-present).

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of St. Joseph County, Inc. (Board of Directors, 2007-2008).

  • Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County, Indiana (Member, Young Professionals Network Advisory Council, 2006-2008).
Selected Presentations/Publications
  • Co-author, “Municipal Borrowing in Wisconsin,” chapter included in Handbook for Municipal Officials published by the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, to be published in 2012.

  • Presenter, “Cash Flow Borrowing,” Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials Fall Conference, 2011.

  • Presenter, “Cash Flow Borrowing” and “Open Meetings Law,” Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials Spring Accounting Conference, 2011.

  • Presenter, “Continuing Disclosure and EMMA,” Wisconsin Government Financial Officers Association Fall Conference, 2009.

  • Presenter, “New Bond Programs Under ARRA and Other Recent Legislation,” League of Wisconsin Municipalities Chief Executives Workshop, 2009.

  • Presenter, “MSRB and EMMA,” Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials Spring Accounting Conference, 2009.