Crawford

Kim represents governmental entities and other transaction participants in public finance transactions and economic development matters.

• Public Finance
• Tax Credits
• Governmental Finance

• 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.

• 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

• Colorado, 2000

• 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

• 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

• Presenter, "Implications of Property Tax Legislation on Colorado School Districts," Colorado Association of School Business Officers Annual Conference, October 17, 2024.
• Presenter, "Why is Our Attorney Calling Their Document a POS? Demystifying Bond Terminology and the Issuance Process," 2024 Special District Association Annual Conference.
• Presenter, "Give us the Money: Bond Issuance from Election to Closing," 2023 Special District Association Annual Conference.
• 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).

• Anythink Library District Foundation, Board of Directors, 2019-Present