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Dara Smith

Work Department

Finance

Position

Associate

Career

Dara N. Smith is an associate in the firm’s Finance Department, focusing her practice on public finance matters. She has served as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel and borrower’s counsel on a variety of public infrastructure financing, including charter school, university and multifamily housing matters. She has experience representing governmental entities, health and educational institutions and other private entities developing infrastructure projects. She also has experience in drafting bond documents, official statements, remarketing circulars, continuing disclosure agreements and bond resolutions relating to tax-exempt bond issuances on behalf of local development corporations, industrial development agencies and other governmental agencies. Dara finds fulfillment in helping healthcare and higher education institutions improve their facilities to better serve local communities.

Admissions

Memberships

Pennsylvania Bar Association

New York State Bar Association, Business Law Section, Derivatives and Structured Products Committee

American Bar Association, Business Law Committee

Teach for America, Alumni CorpsMember

Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity, Pardon Clinic Volunteer

Education

American University, Washington College of Law (J.D. 2017)
Article Editor, “The Modern American Brief”

George Washington University (B.A. 2012)