| Biography | Len is a member in the firm's Boston office and practices in the Public Finance Section. He is active in both municipal finance and corporate finance, with an emphasis on financings for 501(c)(3) institutions, project finance, secured lending, structured finance transactions, workouts and restructurings, corporate debt and Section 529 college savings programs. Len has been repeatedly recognized as one of the top six public finance lawyers in Massachusetts in a peer survey published in Boston Magazine and in a stand alone magazine, Massachusetts Super Lawyers. Len's practice includes service as bond counsel, issuer's counsel, underwriters' counsel, and counsel to institutional purchasers and borrowers in connection with public offerings and private placements of, and defaults and bankruptcies involving, tax-exempt and taxable debt for public, non-profit and corporate entities. Len also serves as state sponsor's counsel and program manager's counsel on various Section 529 programs. He also is experienced in obtaining SEC no-action letters and negotiation of IRS closing agreements. Len is a panelist on securities and constitutional law matters and on Section 529 programs, and has published articles and edited textbooks on a variety of finance-related topics. Len received his A.B. from Dartmouth College (1978) and his J.D. from Columbia University Law School (1983), where he was an editor of the Columbia Law Review. Before joining the firm, Len clerked for Associate Justice Ruth I. Abrams of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Industries Education Financial Services Government Health Care Insurance |