Michael Cafiso has broad experience in various types of tax-exempt and taxable financings, including general obligation, sales tax, revenue, special assessment, certificate of participation, and municipal leasing issues and financings for water and sewer, industrial development health care, tax increment, housing and education projects.
Areas of Concentration
· Public finance
Significant Representations
· Represented issuers (as both bond and general counsel), underwriters, and other types of participants in a comprehensive variety of municipal finance transactions.
Professional & Community Involvement
· Member, American Bar Association
· Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers
Awards & Recognition
· Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Public Finance Law (2007-2012)
· Selected, "Phoenix Public Finance Lawyer of the Year," Best Lawyers® (2011)
· Rated, AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5
Previous Employment
· Assistant Attorney General, State of Texas, 1982-1983
Articles, Publications, & Lectures
· Co-Author, "A Case For Public Finance Reform in Texas," 23 Houston Law Review 1113, October 1986