Brian Fender
USA Guide 2024
Band 3 : Public Finance
Band 3
About
Provided by Brian Fender
Practice Areas
Public Finance
Career
Brian is a shareholder and director of GrayRobinson and he leads the firm’s Public Finance Team. Brian has represented a variety of clients including aviation authorities, banks and other direct purchasers of municipal debt, bond holders, charter schools, cities, counties, expressway authorities, government financing pools and programs, hospitals and other health care facilities, housing authorities, investment banks, open and closed investment funds, placement agents, port authorities, school boards, special districts, sports authorities, state programs, tax-exempt organizations, trustees, utilities, water support authorities, universities, and various special districts. Over the course of his career, Brian has been involved in more than 800 public finance transactions and has represented clients in the issuance of more than $45 billion of tax-exempt and taxable debt. Brian has been rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell and recognized for his work in public finance by Chambers USA, Super Lawyers and Florida Trend’s “Legal Elite.”
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association
The Florida Bar
Hillsborough County Bar Association
National Association of Bond Lawyers
Education
University of South Florida
B.A.
1996
University of Florida College of Law
J.D.
1999
Awards
AV Preeminent® rated
Martindale-Hubbell
Best Lawyers in America
2024
Legal Elite
Florida Trend
Super Lawyers
2023
Top 10 Public Finance Lawyer
Business Today