Ranking tables
Public Finance | USA
Illinois
Rankings overview for Departments
Amy Cobb Curran Chapman and Cutler LLP3 Years Ranked- Bruce Weisenthal ArentFox Schiff LLP3 Years Ranked
Chad R. Doobay Katten3 Years Ranked- David Kates Chapman and Cutler LLP1 Years Ranked
David Narefsky Mayer Brown LLP12 Years Ranked
Glenn E. Weinstein Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.2 Years Ranked
Heidi Jeffrey Foley & Lardner LLP2 Years Ranked
James Snyder Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.3 Years Ranked
Janet Zeigler Polsinelli PC3 Years Ranked
John F. Bibby Chapman and Cutler LLP3 Years Ranked
Julie Seymour Nixon Peabody LLP12 Years Ranked
Kathryn Ashton Dentons11 Years Ranked- Kelly Kost Chapman and Cutler LLP3 Years Ranked
- Kent M Floros Chapman and Cutler LLP1 Years Ranked
Kyle Harding Chapman and Cutler LLP3 Years Ranked
Laura L. Bilas Foley & Lardner LLP3 Years Ranked
Lewis Greenbaum Katten3 Years Ranked
Mary Wilson Dentons12 Years Ranked- Megan Rudd Chapman and Cutler LLP1 Years Ranked
Michael Melzer Nixon Peabody LLP3 Years Ranked
Nancy A Burke Chapman and Cutler LLP3 Years Ranked
Richard A Cosgrove Chapman and Cutler LLP2 Years Ranked
All Departments profiles
Band 1

1 Chapman and Cutler LLPPublic Finance2025 | Band 1 | 3 Years RankedChapman and Cutler LLP boasts a well-respected Chicago public finance practice. It offers notable expertise acting as bond counsel on an array of financing deals, as well as being a strong choice for underwriters. The firm has particular strength in the healthcare sector.
Band 2

2 DentonsPublic Finance2025 | Band 2 | 2 Years RankedDentons has a strong Chicago-based public finance team. The firm is held in high regard for its strength handling public finance transactions in the healthcare sector. The firm is routinely called upon to represent hospitals and health systems in tax-exempt financings. The firm has additional expertise in underwriter representation.
2 Foley & Lardner LLPPublic Finance2025 | Band 2 | 2 Years RankedFoley & Lardner LLP has a varied Chicago-based public finance practice which sees it handle transactions in the healthcare, housing and transport sectors, among others. The firm regularly represents developers on tax-exempt bond financings. The team has expertise acting as both purchasers' and issuers' counsel, including for financial institutions and local authorities.

2 KattenPublic Finance2025 | Band 2 | 3 Years RankedKatten has a distinguished public finance group, with experience advising all parties to financing deals. It has expertise in infrastructure projects across a range of sectors including healthcare, education and culture. The firm demonstrates strength acting as bond and underwriters' counsel.
2 Nixon Peabody LLPPublic Finance2025 | Band 2 | 2 Years RankedNixon Peabody LLP is recognized for its strength in public finance transactions, including those involving tax-exempt bonds. The firm is well equipped to act as bond and underwriters' counsel in financings, including those in the education and healthcare sectors. It is regularly engaged by local governments and banks.
Band 3

3 Ice Miller LLPPublic Finance2025 | Band 3 | 2 Years RankedIce Miller LLP is experienced across a broad spectrum of public finance transactions. The team are regularly called upon to represent municipal entities as bond and disclosure in financings and have complementary expertise acting for the underwriters. The firm has experience in the housing, education and transportation sectors.
3 Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.Public Finance2025 | Band 3 | 2 Years RankedMiller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C.'s Chicago-based team has broad expertise in public finance. It routinely acts as bond counsel for state and local government entities an array of social infrastructure projects.
3 Polsinelli PCPublic Finance2025 | Band 3 | 2 Years RankedPolsinelli PC is noted for its strength in the public finance space and its deep expertise in the healthcare sector. The team are routinely called upon by health systems to act as bond counsel in tax-exempt bond financings. It is additionally experienced acting as underwriters' counsel.