Ryan Callender’s experience includes serving as bond counsel, counsel to credit enhancers, underwriters, trustees and public issuers in a variety of conventional and capital market public debt financings. Ryan is experienced in general obligation debt, revenue bond debt, tax increment financing, special assessments and certificates of participation. He also has experience with a variety of industrial development revenue bonds, housing revenue bonds, water and sewer revenue bonds, conduit financings and
501(c)(3) bonds.

In addition, Ryan has experience serving as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel for various state revolving funds including serving as bond counsel to the Ohio Water Development Authority for more than US$1 billion of bond and commercial paper issues.

Prior to practicing public finance law, Ryan served as the clerk of commissioners in Lake County, Ohio, and was also an intern for Senator John Breaux of Louisiana.

Ryan is an active member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and a governor appointee to the Board of Trustees of Lakeland Community College

Representative Experience

• Providing bond counsel for a more than US$200 million bond issuance to provide funds for museum construction near the National Mall in the District of Columbia.
• Representing many Ohio municipalities and school districts in the issuance of bonds and notes.
• Serving as bond counsel for major water authorities in Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia for various new money and refunding bond issuances.