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In addition to serving as bond counsel and disclosure counsel to a number of public clients in the Pacific Northwest including public universities, Stacey Crawshaw-Lewis also is a frequent speaker and author and has held leadership roles in NABL.
Stacey is recognized in Best Lawyers in America 2010-2020 (Public Finance Law) including selection as Lawyer of the Year in Public Finance Law in Seattle for 2017, and has been selected for inclusion in Washington Super Lawyers. She has served on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Bond Lawyers.  Stacey was awarded the National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL) 2020 Carlson Prize for her work as the lead author of the article “Practical Considerations in Electronic Disclosure by State and Municipal  Bond Issuers” that was published in the 2020 Spring issue of The Bond Lawyer and the 2019 Fall edition of the Municipal Finance Journal.
Stacey and her husband Jeff spend many hours on the soccer sidelines, cheering for their sons’ club and school teams and cheering for the Seattle Sounders.
Brown University, B.A., Economics, Int’l Relations, magna cum laude
London School of Economics, General Course
University of Washington, J.D., with high honors, Order of the Coif (Washington Law Review, Managing Editor, Judge Lawless Award)
Selected for Washington Super Lawyers, 2012-2019, 2022
Selected for Washington Rising Stars, 2004-2006, 2008
Washington Public Ports Association, 2022 Finance and Administration Seminar, Port Bond Disclosure, June 2022
Washington Public Utility District Association, Municipal & PUD Attorneys CLE, Environmental, Social, and Government (ESG) Bond Disclosure, June 2022
Puget Sound Regional Council and ULI Northwest, Incentives for TOD: TIF and Other Financing Tools, April 29, 2022
Market Solutions, Government Finance Officers Association, MiniMuni Conference, October 21, 2021
Association of Washington Cities, ARPA Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, June 2021
National Association of State Treasurers, Treasury Management Training Symposium: Municipal COVID-19 Response: Swift Reactions in Ratings, Market, and Disclosure, May 19, 2021
Washington Association of School Business Officials’ 2021 Annual Conference: Teacher Housing: Legislation and A Case Study, May, 2021 (with Faith Pettis)
National Association of Bond Lawyers, The Institute: Electronic Disclosure, Panel Chair, Spring 2021
Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys, Fall Conference: Past is Prologue Lessons from the Great Recession and Tools for Addressing COVID, October 14, 2020
GFOA Webinar: Disclosure Update, August 13, 2020
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – Spotlight on Transparency: A Discussion of Secondary Market Municipal Securities Disclosure Practices, Voluntary Disclosure Practices in the Secondary Market, June 16, 2020
Webinar: Funding and Disclosure in the Time of COVID, May 28, 2020
Treasury Institute for Higher Education Symposium: Bond Compliance Goes Campus-wide in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape, January 28, 2020
Treasury Institute for Higher Education: Tax-Exempt Bond Compliance Workshop, Back to Basics; The Life Cycle of Tax-Exempt Bond Compliance, and Practical Approaches to Measuring Private Business Use, December 9, 2019
The Seminar Group’s Transportation Strategies in Washington: Project Finance, October 18, 2018
National Association of Bond Lawyers The Institute, Panelist – Securities Law Hot Topics, 2018
National Association of Bond Lawyers Bond Attorneys’ Workshop, Panelist – Ethics, October 4-6, 2017
Pacific Maritime Magazine Ferries Conference, Legislative Overview: State and Federal, October 19, 2017
The Seminar Group’s Public/Private Transactions: Pitfalls and Opportunities, November 16, 2017
Washington Public Treasurers Association Conference, Securities Law Update, April 14, 2017
Women in Public Finance (Pacific NW Chapter), SEC Enforcement Update, March 15, 2017
2016 WSAMA Fall Conference, SEC Enforcement Panel, October 7, 2016
CDFA, 2016 Washington Financing Roundtable Conference, The Washington Bond Market, October 11, 2016
National Association of Bond Lawyers 41st Annual Bond Attorneys’ Workshop, Financing Airports and Seaports, October 19-21, 2016
WPUDA, Municipal Attorney Summer CLE Meeting, Panel Presentation regarding Municipal Bond Current Topics, June 16, 2016
Higher Education Treasury Institute, Tax-Exempt Bond Compliance Workshop, To Refund or Not To Refund, December 7-9, 2015
Washington Public Treasurers Association, Securities Law Updates and Compliance Training 2015, April 17, 2015
WPUDA, Municipal Attorney Summer CLE Meeting “Bond Voyage: Farewell to Everything We Once Knew About Municipal Finance, June 20, 2013
Puget Sound Finance Officers Association, Debt & Municipal Finance Hot Topics, May 8, 2013
WSAMA Spring Conference Roundtable Presenter, Federal Tax Reform, April 25, 2013
WEDA Winter Conference, Municipal Finance Update, February 11, 2013
WASWD Workshop, Expanded Authority for Joint Utility Operations, with David Findlay (FCS Group), March 20, 2012
Society and Municipal Bonds: ESG Disclosure, 2021
Washington State Legislative Update: Public Finance, 2021 (Tax Increment Financing)
Washington State Convention Center Addition Financing, 2021
Communicating with Investors During COVID, 2021
“Practical Considerations in Electronic Disclosure by State and Municipal  Bond Issuers,” published in the 2020 Spring issue of The Bond Lawyer and the 2019 Fall edition of the Municipal Finance Journal
“Updated Guidance on the Federal Reserve’s Municipal Liquidity Facility: A Short-Term Financing Option for State and Local Governments,” 2020
“CARES Act Update: Eligible Expenditures for Coronavirus Relief Funds,” 2020
“Municipal Bond Disclosure: Disclosing COVID-19 Impacts,” 2020
“A Proposal for Teacher Housing in Washington,” 2020
“Public Finance Case Law Update,” 2019
“Dispatches from Florida: Selected Highlights of the 2019 NABL Institute,” 2019 “Washington’s Public Ports: Financing Airport and Seaport Infrastructure,” 2017
“Bill Introduced To Implement 2012 SEC Recommendations; Would Authorize Direct Regulation of Municipal Bond Disclosure,” 2016
“On the To Do List for Municipal Bond Issuers: Disclosure Policies and Procedures,” 2015
“SEC Report Recommends that the SEC Be Authorized To Directly Regulate the Form, Content and Timing of Municipal Bond Disclosure,” 2012
“Fifty Years of 63-20 Financing: Revisiting an Alternative Development Tool for Washington State Agencies and Municipalities,” 2012
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project Pro Bono Attorney
Youth soccer coach and team manager
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Alaska and Washington, former Board member, former Chair
VISTA Volunteer, Central Youth & Family Services
National Association of Bond Lawyers, Board of Directors, 2017-2020
National Association of Bond Lawyers, Securities Law Committee, Co-Vice Chair, 2017
National Association of Bond Lawyers, Bond Attorney Workshop Steering Committee, 2010-2011, 2014-2016
National Association of Bond Lawyers, Chair, Ethics – Professional Responsibility of Bond Counsel, 2007
National Association of Bond Lawyers, Board Nominating Committee, 2011
Washington Association of Municipal Attorneys
Washington Association of Public Utility District Attorneys
Washington Finance Officers Association
Washington Public Ports Association
Puget Sound Finance Officers Association
Serving as bond and disclosure counsel to King County on a range of general obligation, wastewater and other financings, including establishment of its commercial paper program
Serving as bond counsel to the Washington State Convention Center Public Facilities District in its issuance of lodging tax bonds to finance an addition to the Convention Center
Serving as bond counsel to the University of Washington in its issuance of general revenue bonds to finance the renovation of Husky Stadium and financing research facilities
Serving as bond counsel to the University of Oregon and Oregon State University in their inaugural general revenue bond issuances
Serving as disclosure counsel to the Port of Seattle on various airport and seaport financings
Serving as bond counsel to the City of Bellevue in its TIFIA loan and as bond counsel to King County in its WIFIA loan
Serving as finance counsel to Forterra in connection with the acquisition of conservation property in the Teanaway
Serving as underwriter’s counsel in connection with Sound Transit financings to finance light rail and other public transit through the Puget Sound
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