Taft’s (formerly Sherman & Howard) Mountain West Public Finance group has received top honors in the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Bond Buyer 2024 In Statistics Annual Review. The firm was ranked eighth nationally for bond counsel in competitive issues.

Regarded among the best in the field of public finance, Taft has a long history of providing innovative financing solutions in the Mountain West and around the country. The firm has been behind the bonding of billions of dollars in municipal and public financing projects like airports, medical facilities, affordable housing, cultural centers, utilities, schools, educational institutions, professional sports facilities, convention centers, streets, highways, and transit stations.

The firm has been listed in the “Municipal Bond Attorneys” section of The Bond Buyer’s Municipal Marketplace since the publication began listing municipal bond attorneys in 1939. The firm is regularly recognized among the leading public finance firms in the “Municipal Market Analysis” published by LSEG.

In the 2023 Bond Buyer rankings, released at the beginning of 2024, Taft’s Mountain West Public Finance group ranked first in Nevada, second in Colorado and New Mexico in varying aspects of municipal publicly offered bond sales, and 15th nationally as disclosure. The firm was also ranked first in Nevada and ninth in the Far West Midyear Bond Buyer rankings, ranked nationally by U.S. News & World Report, and received metropolitan rankings for public finance law in Colorado and New Mexico.