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CarolynTrespasz

Associate

Overview

Biography

Carolyn primarily assists in serving as bond counsel to state issuers in the tax-exempt financing of school district facilities, affordable housing, water and sewer infrastructure, college and university facilities, senior housing, and independent living facilities. Carolyn also assists in serving as transaction counsel to local industrial development agencies in straight-lease transactions involving payment-in-lieu-of-tax (PILOT) agreements and as underwriter's counsel and borrower's counsel in revenue bond transactions. 

Bar Associations

  • New York State Bar Association, State and Local Government Law Section

Selected Memberships & Affiliations

  • Barclay Damon’s Women’s Forum
  • National Association of Bond Lawyers
  • New York State Economic Development Council
Experience

Prior Experience

  • Greenberg, Trager & Herbst, Construction Contracts Associate
  • Troutman Sanders, LLP, Construction Associate and Summer Associate
  • United States District Court Judge Glenn T. Suddaby, Summer Law Clerk
  • Trespasz & Marquardt, LLP, Public Finance Summer Intern

Selected Honors

  • The Best Lawyers in America®: Public Finance Law, 2026
  • Selected to Super Lawyers New York Metro Rising Stars: Government Finance, 2024–2025
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America®: Public Finance Law, 2025

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