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Julianna Ebert / Partner
Professional Experience
Julie Ebert’s practice includes serving as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, issuer’s counsel or special counsel to Wisconsin municipalities, counties, school districts and other political subdivisions as well as the State of Wisconsin for general obligation issues, revenue bond issues, tax incremental financing issues, tax/revenue/grant anticipation issues and special assessment bond issues. Her experience includes the following:
  • Served as bond counsel to the State of Wisconsin $1,700,000,000 General Fund Annual Appropriation Bonds issued to repay its unfunded pension and sick leave liability.

  • Serves as bond counsel in connection with tax incremental financing and other economic development issues for Wisconsin communities.

  • Serves as bond counsel in connection with Wisconsin school district referendum issues and cash-flow financings.
Education and Honors
  • Marquette University Law School (J.D., 1981)
    Thomas More Scholar.
  • Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A., cum laude, 1974)
Bar Admissions
Wisconsin, 1981

Professional Recognition
  • Awarded Bernard P. Friel Medal for distinguished service in public finance by the National Association for Bond Lawyers, 1999.

  • Honored as a “Woman of Influence” by The Business Journal of Milwaukee in 2004 and as a “Leader in the Law” by the Wisconsin Law Journal in 2005.

  • Elected a Life Fellow in the American Bar Foundation in 2005.

  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (2007-present: Project Finance Law, Public Finance Law).

  • Selected for inclusion in the 2005-2008 Wisconsin Super Lawyers® lists (Bonds/Government Finance).

  • Martindale-Hubbell AV® Peer Review Rated.

  • Awarded the Frederick O. Kiel Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Bond Lawyers (2011).

Professional and Civic Activities
  • American College of Bond Counsel (Fellow).

  • Wisconsin Association of School Attorneys (Former President, 1993-1994).

  • National Association of Bond Lawyers (Former President, 1996; Board of Directors, 1994-1998).

  • American Bar Association (Task Force on Lawyers’ Political Contributions, 1997-1998).

  • AFS Foundation of Milwaukee (Former Trustee, Public Policy Forum; Board of Directors).
Selected Presentations/Publications
  • Author, “Tapping Into Federal Stimulus Dollars,” Wisconsin School News, 2009.

  • Co-author, “Municipal Borrowing in Wisconsin” chapter included in Handbook for Municipal Officials published by the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, 1999.

  • Co-author and presenter, “A Brief Comparison of Municipal Financing Vehicles,” M&I Senior Lenders Conference, 1997.

  • Author, “New Disclosure Requirements for Municipal Issuers Required by SEC Rule 15c-12, as amended,” Wisconsin Government Finance Officers Association, 1995.

  • Presenter, “Selected Legal Issues: School Building and Finance,” UW-Whitewater College of Business and Economics program, 1994.

  • Presenter, “Municipal Finance Update,” Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants / Wisconsin Government Finance Officers Association program, 1993.

  • Co-author, “Selected Legal Issues: Open Meeting Law,” Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators.