Public finance bond counsel with gold-star client service

Allison Buchanan is a public finance lawyer who leads the Quarles school district and technical college public finance team, working with school districts, technical colleges and other municipal entities on all public finance matters.  Allison has served as bond counsel to over 300 Wisconsin school districts on more than 2,300 financings totaling in excess of $16.8 billion.

Allison guides school boards and technical college boards, administration and other public officials through:

• Capital and operational referenda
• Bond financings for capital projects
• Short-term cash flow borrowings

Clients find Allison to be approachable and easy to work with, committed to understanding their unique needs and addressing them. They appreciate her step-by-step guidance on how to conduct referenda, the bond authorization process and post-issuance compliance matters for both short and long-term financings.

Bar Admissions

• Indiana Inactive
• Wisconsin

Education

• University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 2003)

• University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2006)
  • The Wisconsin International Law Journal, note and comment editor (2005, 2006)

• "Cash Flow and Short-Term Borrowing"
• Build America Bonds: IRS Sends Out Questionnaire to Issuers of Build America Bonds Regarding Post Issuance Compliance
• Campaign Practices
• Draft Wisconsin Legislation Would Allow Water Public Utilities to Provide Financial Assistance to Replace Lead-Containing Service Lines
• Guidance and Allocations Released for ARRA Recovery Bonds
• Material Event Filings for Certain Pre-Refunded Rated Obligations That Have Been Downgraded
• Midwestern Disaster Area Bonds Provide Tax-Exempt Financing Opportunities for Private Businesses
• Midwestern Disaster Area Bonds Provide Tax-Exempt Financing Opportunities for Private Businesses
• MSRB Webinars for EMMA Continuing Disclosure Submission Process; Changes to Small Issuer Continuing Disclosure Exception
• New Law Changes Time Requirement For Filing Referendum Questions
• Post Issuance Compliance: IRS Questionnaire Sent to Hundreds of Governmental Issuers
• Post-Issuance Compliance Policy for Tax-Exempt and Tax-Advantaged Obligations
• Public Finance Provisions included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Information for Bond Issuers
• Public Finance Provisions included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Information for Wisconsin Bond Issuers
• Public Finance Stimulus Legislation Changes: New "Bank Qualified" Limits and Changes to AMT Treatment
• Recovery Zone Facility Bonds: Waiver and Reallocation of Allocations; Counties Permitted to Issue Industrial Revenue Bonds Under WI 2009 Senate Bill 440
• Referendum Workshop: Unlocking Secrets to Success 
• Reminder Regarding Expanded Disclosure Obligations for Governmental Bond Issuers
• School Capital Funding Consideration in a Changing Financial
• Stimulus Bond Programs At A Glance: Build America Bonds, Tax Credit Bonds and Others Compared
• Tax Law Changes for 2011 Affect Municipal Bonds
• Treasury Guidance Regarding ARRA Bond Provisions
• “Cash Flow Borrowing”
• “Cash Flow Borrowing” and “Open Meetings Law”
• “Continuing Disclosure and EMMA”
• “MSRB and EMMA”
• “Municipal Borrowing in Wisconsin”
• “New Bond Programs Under ARRA and Other Recent Legislation”