Nora O'Brien

Associate

Nora O'Brien serves as bond, special and disclosure counsel for a variety of public finance transactions, including Mello-Roos community facilities district bonds, Marks-Roos joint financing authority bonds, property assessed clean energy (PACE) bonds, assessment district bonds, certificates of participation, tax allocation bonds, revenue bonds and general obligation bonds. She is an associate in Best Best & Krieger LLP’s Public Finance practice group.

Prior to joining BB&K, Nora was associate general counsel at the Illinois Finance Authority, where she managed bond issues for more than 65 transactions in a par amount of more than $5 billion. She also served as compliance officer, the Freedom of Information Act officer and the Open Meetings Act designee for the Authority.

Nora is an active member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and serves as a Board Member of Women in Public Finance, National Chapter. She is called upon by these and other associations to share her knowledge as a speaker.

 

Education

• University of San Diego School of Law, J.D.
• University of Wisconsin - Madison, B.A.

Bar Admissions

• California
• Illinois

Memberships

• Women in Public Finance, National Chapter Board Member (2016- present)
• Women in Public Finance, (Associate Board Member 2012 - 2014 and Co-Chair 2014)
• National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL) (2011 - present)

Nora O'Brien

Associate

• "Issuer's Counsel Hot Topics," NABL Bond Attorneys Workshop, September, 2014 (panelist)
• "Report of Internal Revenue Service Enforcement Efforts and Audits," National Association of Health and Education Facilities Finance Authorities (NAHEFFA) Fall Conference, September, 2014 (moderator)
• "A Roadmap to Post-Issuance Compliance for Issuing Authorities," NAHEFFA Fall Conference, October, 2013 (moderator)
• "An Overview of Bond Financing for 501(c)(3) Hospitals," Hinshaw & Culbertson's Annual Healthcare Conference, November, 2011
• "A Capital Markets Update and Debt Restructuring Options for Critical Access Hospitals," Illinois Hospital Association Critical Access Hospital Workshop, October, 2011