Deborah Thomas Boye has been practicing law in the public finance area since 1980. She has served as bond counsel, underwriters' counsel and counsel to banks providing credit enhancement on a wide variety of public finance transactions throughout the United States. Debbi focuses her practice on the issuance of private activity bonds, including exempt facility financings of solid waste disposal facilities, facilities for the furnishing of water and facilities for the local furnishing of electric energy or gas; industrial development revenue bond financings; financings for investor-owned, municipally-owned and cooperative utilities; and financings for 501(c)(3) corporations. She has worked on unsecured, secured, credit-enhanced, public, private, variable rate, auction rate and fixed rate offerings of municipal securities in 45 states.
Areas of Concentration
ˇ Bond counsel
ˇ Underwriters' counsel
ˇ Solid waste disposal facilities
ˇ Facilities for the furnishing of water
ˇ Facilities for the local furnishing of electric energy or gas
ˇ Renewable energy and ethanol
ˇ Sewage, pollution control and other environmental facilities
ˇ Airports
ˇ Industrial development revenue bonds - manufacturing facilities
ˇ Qualified 501(c)(3) bonds
ˇ Docks and wharves
Professional & Community Involvement
ˇ Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
ˇ Member, Women in Public Finance
ˇ Member, Women in California Public Finance
ˇ Member, Parents Board, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
ˇ Member, The Service Club of Chicago
ˇ Sustaining Member, The Junior League of Chicago
Awards & Recognition
ˇ Selected, Leading Lawyers Network (2007-2012)
ˇ Rated, AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Articles, Publications, & Lectures
ˇ Speaker, "Market Turmoil and the Future," Women in Public Finance, April 18, 2008, Chicago
(Also at Chicago, Illinois Office)