Milwaukee Office
411 East Wisconsin Avenue Suite 2350
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
53202
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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.
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