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Michele Bax

Michele Bax

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Entertainment

Finance

Financial Services

Healthcare

Healthcare Finance

Higher Education

Career

Michele L. Bax serves as counsel to cities, counties, towns, development authorities, school districts, and other special issuers, providing comprehensive representation in all aspects of public finance. Her practice includes advising on bonds, notes, special taxes, underwriter, issuer, and trustee matters relating to both revenue and tax-exempt general obligation bonds.

Ranked in Band 1 for Public Finance by Chambers USA, Michele represents a diverse range of clients, including educational and healthcare institutions, municipalities, and financial institutions, across the country.

Her practice reflects substantial experience in high-profile financings for major public institutions and nonprofit entities. She has served as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel in connection with complex transactions for state institutions and universities, hospital revenue bonds for regional healthcare systems, large-scale municipal obligations for cities and counties, and a variety of charter school and educational financings.

Michele’s broad representations include tax-exempt and taxable transactions, general obligation and special revenue bonds, and multiphase projects, underscoring her reputation as a trusted advisor on complex public finance and infrastructure matters.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

State Bar of Arizona

National Association of Bond Lawyers

Arizona Women Lawyers Association - Past Member, Steering Committee; Past Co-Chair, Anniversary Funds Committee

Education

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

J.D.

Butler University

B.S.

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Public Finance - Arizona

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial

Michele Bax has a strong public finance practice which sees her regularly act as bond counsel on financings in the education sector. She has additional expertise representing financial institutions as underwriters counsel.

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Arizona

California

Colorado

Delaware

District of Columbia

Georgia

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