Lansing-based Member Jarrod Smith has been selected as Leader of Dykema’s Public Finance Practice Group.
With more than 16 years of experience in public finance, Smith serves as bond counsel to the State of Michigan, the Michigan Department of Treasury, the Michigan Department of Transportation, the State Building Authority, the Michigan Finance Authority, the Michigan Strategic Fund, and the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, as well as municipal clients including the Detroit Downtown Development Authority and the City of Lansing. He also frequently serves as underwriter’s or bank counsel to numerous national underwriting and financial institutions.
Smith’s experience includes complex public finance transactions—including the $3 billion Unemployment Obligation Assessment Revenue Bonds transaction, and a $288+ million transaction that funded the completion of a large county criminal justice complex, each of which received “Deals of the Year” recognition by The Bond Buyer.
Smith also provided counsel for various transactions involving the construction of Little Caesar’s Arena, home to the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Pistons. He also was a key player in the Michigan Finance Authority’s refunding bond transaction to restructure and fix out the debt of the Detroit Public Schools and he assisted in the State’s restructuring of its School Bond Qualification and Loan Fund program through the creation of a School Loan Revolving Fund program.
Prior to joining Dykema, Smith was an Assistant Attorney General with the Michigan Department of Attorney General for more than a decade. During that time, he acted as issuer's counsel to the State of Michigan and its various authorities for numerous transactions representing billions of dollars in public finance transactions.
Smith earned a J.D., cum laude, and a B.S. from Michigan State University.
- Posted April 22, 2021
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Smith to lead Dykema's Public Finance Practice Group
![](/Content/LegalNews/images/article_db_image1.jpg)
headlines Ingham County
- ABA report explores successes and legal hurdles for U.S. Latinos
- Environmental lawyer releases new novel, ‘People of the Dune’
- Attorney/health and wellness coach presents stress busters: Six ways to achieve work-life harmony
- Cooley Law School professors present at Legal Writing Institute’s 21st biennial conference
- Book tells plenty about a would-be VP and his motives
headlines National
- Judge accused in drive-by shootings has progressive brain disease, court filing says
- Despite lyrics mistake by AI, lawyer wasn’t ineffective for using tech in rapper’s case, federal judge says
- Former Littler lawyer drops California suit against firm, bringing end to departure dispute
- Last-minute election lawsuits may serve political goals, law prof says
- Criticizing plaintiff’s ‘chutzpah,’ federal judge holds lawyer jointly responsible for over $207K in legal fees
- Personal injury firm sues TD Bank after loss in fraud scheme