LAWYER PROFILE

Katrina Piligian Desmond

USA 2026

Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.

Ranked in 1 practice area

Public Finance

Michigan

3 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Public Finance

Tax

Career

Katrina is one of a very small number of attorneys nationwide who work extensively in the area of law dealing with the highly complex Internal Revenue Code Section 103, specializing in the rules relating to the issuance and post-issuance compliance for tax-advantaged bonds.

Katrina has extensive experience in matters related to federal tax opinions on tax-exempt bonds, financing capital projects and infrastructure improvements, economic development and environmental response projects, government and regulatory affairs, health care and housing, including tax structuring for New Market Tax Credit financings, and other public-private partnership transactions.

Professional Memberships

National Association of Bond Lawyers, 2024 Steering Committee, former Editorial Board Member, Panelist

Refundings and Reissuances Panel, National Association of Bond Lawyers, October 2023

Michigan Women in Finance, Past President, Current Member

Michigan Association of CPAs

State Bar of Michigan

American Bar Association

Personal

Angels Place, Advisory Board

Accounting Aid Society

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the USA

Public Finance - Michigan

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Katrina Piligian Desmond's practice sees her advise on the tax aspects of municipal bond financings, primarily acting as counsel to government entities on infrastructure developments.

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