Cynthia Weed is senior of counsel in the firm's Finance practice. She practices
in the public law and finance areas of the firm with a focus on structured finance
and leasing.
Since 1978, she has worked with states, state agencies, public universities,
colleges, cities, towns, counties, school districts, and special districts (ports,
water, sewer, school and fire protection) in Washington, Alaska, Oregon, Montana,
California, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Idaho on municipal financings which include
general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, special assessment district financings, tax
anticipation obligations, hospital debt, short-term obligations, and industrial
development bonds. She has worked on a majority of the private activity bonds issued
in Washington since they were authorized by statute in 1981. More recently, she
works with public agencies and private clients in public and private partnerships,
as conduit financing and also utilizing 63-20 financing.