Kim represents governmental entities and other transaction participants in public finance transactions and economic development matters.
Overview
Kim represents governmental entities and other transaction participants in public finance transactions and economic development matters.
Practice Areas
Experience
- Represents governmental entities and other transaction participants in public finance transactions and economic development matters in Colorado.
- Financings include general obligation bonds, user fee revenue bonds, special assessment bonds, excise tax revenue bonds, lease transactions, tax increment financings and private activity bonds.
- Clients include governmental entities such as municipalities, counties, special districts, school districts, transportation agencies, joint action agencies, urban renew al authorities, and downtown development authorities as w ell as non-profit corporations, underwriters, trustees and credit enhancers and banks.
Distinctions
- Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business
- Public Finance (Colorado), 2024
- Martindale-Hubbell®
- AV®– Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
- Super Lawyers®
- Colorado Rising Star, Government Finance, 2010
- Best Lawyers in America®
- Public Finance Law, 2020-2025
- Fellow, American Bar Association
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Bar Admissions
- Colorado, 2000
Education
- University of Denver, J.D., 2000
- Order of St. Ives
- Member, Water Law Review
- University of Colorado at Denver, M.S., Management and Organization, 1991
- University of Wyoming, B.S., Personnel Administration and Industrial Relations, 1985
Associations
- National Association of Bond Lawyers
- West Chamber of Commerce
- Member, 2009-2014
- The Jefferson Foundation
- Board of Directors, 2002-2007
- Judge William E. Doyle American Inn of Court
- Executive Committee Member, 2003-2019
- American Bar Association
- Great Education Colorado – Board Member, 2017-Present
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Presenter, “Continuing Disclosure: A Primer,” Colorado Association of School Business Officials 64th Annual Spring Conference, April 2017.
- Presenter, “Capital Funding for Building and Fleet,” CGFOA/CMA Annual Conference, November 2016.
- Presenter, “Continuing Disclosure: the Sequel,”, CGFOA/CMA Annual Conference, November 2016.
- Co-Presenter, “Bonds 101,” Colorado Division of Securities, February 2017, Colorado Government Finance Officers Association Annual Conference, November 2013; GCFOA Western Slope Coalition Workshop, April 2013, and Special District Association of Colorado Annual Conference, September 2012.
- Co-Presenter, "The Federal Government and Its Impact on the Future of Tax Exempt Debt," Special District Association of Colorado Conference, September 2013.
- Co-Author, "Improvement Districts for Colorado Counties, Cities, and Towns," 30 Colorado Lawyer, 53 (January 2001).
Civic Involvement
- Anythink Library District Foundation, Board of Directors, 2019-Present