Quarles Phoenix Team Adds Respected Public Finance and Real Estate Attorney Monika Calamita as Partner

May 1, 2025 (Phoenix) -- The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced today that Monika Calamita, a highly respected attorney who focuses on all stages of public finance and real estate finance, has joined the firm’s Phoenix office as a partner in its Real Estate Practice Group.

With public finance projects, Calamita advises on new money and refunding financings, multistate and multicampus financings, direct loan financing, publicly and privately offered financings, government financings and lease transaction financings. In the real estate finance industry, she handles both traditional and non-traditional financings as lender’s counsel and borrower’s counsel.

“Monika’s experience and breadth of her practice makes her a valuable addition to our team,” said Diane Haller, national chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. “She uses her deep knowledge of real estate and public finance matters to passionately advocate for her clients as she helps them achieve both their short- and long-term business goals.”

Calamita, who received her B.S. from Arizona State University and her J.D. from Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, was recognized as a Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” (Government Finance) in 2022 and 2023 and by The Bond Buyer as a “Municipal Finance Rising Star” in 2021.

“I’m excited to build my public finance practice and expand into real estate finance with a firm that has such a strong presence, not just in Phoenix and Tucson but across Arizona,” Calamita said. “I look forward to helping the firm grow its public finance practice in Arizona and the west coast. Having known and worked with many people at Quarles over the years, I’ve always been impressed with its people, its national platform and its culture.”