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William Rhodes

1.215.864.8534 rhodes@ballardspahr.com View profile

Work Department

Finance

Position

Partner, Leader of Education Industry Group, Leader of Municipal Recovery Initiative

Career

William C. Rhodes leads the firm’s Education Industry Group and its Municipal Recovery Initiative. Bill regularly represents issuers, broker-dealers, and investors in all areas of public finance, with an emphasis on the offering of high-yield (unrated) municipal securities.

Bill represents clients in the financing of public infrastructure, transportation, project financing, economic development, and public purpose facilities for governments and their authorities. His clients also include public and private secondary schools, colleges, and universities; health care systems; cultural institutions; and municipal- and investor-owned water, wastewater, and energy utilities. He also has extensive experience in affordable housing, including single-family mortgage finance and multifamily, military, and senior housing projects.

Bill regularly advises issuers, underwriters, municipal advisers, and investors in the evolving landscape of municipal securities regulation and enforcement, including regulatory compliance, primary and secondary market disclosures, and enforcement actions.

Admissions

Memberships

Colorado Bar Association

Philadelphia Bar Association

National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL)

Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers (PABL)

Pennsylvania Economy League, Inc., Board Member

Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, LLC, Board Member

Past board member and former President, Elfreth’s Alley Association, a 501(c)(3) corporation that preserves and interprets Elfreth’s Alley, the nation’s oldest continuous residential street and a National Historic Landmark in Philadelphia

Education

Dickinson School of Law of Pennsylvania State University (J.D. 1991)

Member, Dickinson Law Review

Swarthmore College (B.A. 1987, cum laude)