Glenn Weinstein is a Partner and member of Pugh, Jones & Johnson, P.C.'s Public Finance Practice Group.  Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Weinstein was Senior Counsel with the Chicago firm of Chapman and Cutler LLP, an Associate with the Chicago firm of Schiff Hardin LLP and a law clerk to the Honorable John A. Nordberg of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Experience

Mr. Weinstein has served as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, trustee's counsel and credit enhancement provider's counsel on tax-exempt and taxable bond issues for numerous state agencies and units of local government in Illinois, and on tax-exempt bond issues for issuers in the states of Alaska, California, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.   Representations by Mr. Weinstein have included issues of general obligation, limited tax, revenue and alternate revenue source bonds, and conduit issues for airports, air cargo facilities, solid waste disposal facilities, industrial development projects, multi-family housing, single family housing, universities, hospitals and other 501(c)(3) entities.  Mr. Weinstein has extensive familiarity with multi-modal and auction rate financings, advance and current refundings, multiple-tranche issuances under ongoing debt programs, reissuances of tax-exempt bonds, interest mode conversions and substitutions of credit facilities, trustees and remarketing agents.  Mr. Weinstein has been selected as a 2012 Leading Lawyer by the Leading Lawyers Network.

Mr. Weinstein's recent experience includes the following representations:

• Co-Bond Counsel for the Board of Education of the City of Chicago $468,915,000 Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2012A.
• Co-Bond Counsel for the State of Illinois (Illinois Department of Employment Security) $652,075,000 Unemployment Insurance Fund Building Receipts Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A, $707,865,000 Unemployment Insurance Fund Building Receipts Revenue Bonds, Series 2012B and $110,000,000 Unemployment Insurance Fund Building Receipts Revenue Bonds, Series 2012C.
• Co-Underwriter’s Counsel for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois $31,575,000 General Obligation Unlimited Tax Project and Refunding Bonds, Series 2012B, $54,905,000 General Obligation Limited Tax Project and Refunding Bonds, Series 2012B and $56,450,000 General Obligation Unlimited Tax Bonds (Personal Property Replacement Tax Alternate Revenue Source), Series 2012C.
• Co-Bond Counsel for the State of Illinois $525,000,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series A of January 2012 and $275,000,000 General Obligation Bonds, Taxable Series B of January 2012.
• Co-Underwriter's Counsel for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, $30,000,000 Taxable General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds, Limited Tax Series A of July 2011, $270,000,000 General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds, Limited Tax Series B of July 2011 and $100,000,000 General Obligation Capital Improvement Bonds, Unlimited Tax Series C of July 2011.
• Co-Bond Counsel for The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority 2011 reissuance of $478,900,000 Toll Highway Variable Rate Senior Refunding Revenue Bonds, 2008 Series A and $700,000,000 Toll Highway Variable Rate Senior Priority Revenue Bonds, 2007 Series A.
• Underwriter’s Counsel for the City of Chicago $92,280,000 General Obligation Bonds, Series 2010A (Modern Schools Across Chicago Program) (Tax-Exempt) and $57,835,000 General Obligation Bonds, Taxable Series 2010B (Modern Schools Across Chicago Program) (Build America Bonds – Direct Payment).
• Co-Bond Counsel for the Board of Education of the City of Chicago $257,125,000 Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2010C (Taxable Qualified School Construction Bonds – Direct Payment), $125,000,000 Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2010D (Taxable Build America Bonds – Direct Payment), $183,750,000 Tax-Exempt Unlimited Tax General Obligation Refunding Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2010F and $72,915,000 Tax-Exempt Unlimited Tax General Obligation Refunding Bonds (Dedicated Revenues), Series 2010G.
• Co-Bond Counsel for The County of Cook, Illinois $277,950,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2010A, $80,000,000 Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2010C (Pension Funding), $308,640,000 Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2010D (Build America Bonds – Direct Payment) and $23,255,000 Taxable General Obligation Bonds, Series 2010E.

Memberships

National Association of Bond Lawyers (Securities Law and Disclosure Committee)

Presentations

Panelist, NABL 2012 Bond Attorneys' Workshop -- "Issuer's Counsel" and "Underwriter's Counsel"
Panelist, NABL 2012 Fundamentals of Municipal Bond Law Seminar - "Underwriter's Counsel"