Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. Ranked #1 Bond Counsel in South Carolina

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s Public Finance Practice Group is ranked first among bond counsel in South Carolina for 2008, according to The Bond Buyer (February 12, 2009 issue). The daily newspaper serving the nation’s municipal bond industry has placed the Firm first for South Carolina for four of the last five years. The Firm served as bond counsel for over $1.77 billion of bond sales, placing it in the top ten in the Southeast for 2008.

Anne S. Ellefson, managing director of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, said, “Our bond attorneys have extensive experience in crafting creative financing models, which have taken advantage of the changes in markets this past year and which are continuing into 2009. It is most gratifying to work with such committed attorneys of national stature. This ranking further demonstrates that our clients have confidence in our ability to provide the depth of service that is needed to assist them in unprecedented economic times.”

Greenville attorney Robert S. Galloway III leads Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s Public Finance Group, which has consistently ranked among the largest municipal bond practices in the Southeast. Our fifteen attorneys have served as bond counsel, special tax counsel, underwriter’s counsel, letter of credit bank counsel and derivatives counsel in connection with billions of dollars of tax-exempt bond issues for general government, utility, healthcare, housing, schools, colleges and universities, public power, transportation, manufacturing, waste disposal, and energy projects.

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd also has received national recognition due to public finance attorney and shareholder, Kathleen C. (Kathy) McKinney. Based in the Firm’s Greenville office, she currently is president-elect of the National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL), a 3,000-member organization.

The firm’s Public Finance Practice Group is comprised of these attorneys in these cities:

CHARLESTON
Carol L. Clark
Jeremy L. Cook
Charlton deSaussure, Jr.
F. Mitchell Johnson, Jr.
John Paul Trouche

COLUMBIA
Theodore B. DuBose
John K. Van Duys

FLORENCE
Benjamin T. Zeigler

GREENVILLE
Robert S. Galloway III
Bradford L. Love
Kathleen C. McKinney