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Provided by Jonathan Frels
Jonathan Frels has spent his entire legal career focused on public law, public finance and state legislative matters, both in private practice and through government service in Texas. He serves as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel and disclosure counsel in public finance transactions for school districts, cities, counties, state agencies, navigation districts, port authorities, economic development corporations, water districts, water authorities and other political subdivisions.
He also represents political subdivisions as general counsel with respect to public law issues. In addition to helping governmental entities and developers meet their infrastructure and financing needs, Jonathan assists governmental bodies, nonprofit corporations and entities that contract with governmental bodies with respect to Public Information Act issues. Jonathan previously served as the Deputy Attorney General for Legal Counsel and Chief of the Public Finance Division at the Texas Office of the Attorney General.
American College of Bond Counsel; CHRISTUS Foundation for HealthCare, Chair Emeritus, 2021-2024; Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow; Houston Bar Foundation, Fellow; National Association of Bond Lawyers; State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association
JD, The University of Texas School of Law, 2001; BA, Trinity University, 1998
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Jonathan Frels has deep expertise in public finance transactions, regularly acting as bond counsel. His clients include school districts, port authorities and other government entities.
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"Jonathan is proactive, personable and extremely knowledgeable."
"He is very intelligent and creative."
"Jonathan is proactive, personable and extremely knowledgeable."
"He is very intelligent and creative."
