Irvin M. Weinstein

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Professional Experience / Bio

Irv practices in the area of public finance and corporate finance, serving in the capacities of bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, counsel to financial institutions and counsel to borrowers in conduit transactions. Irv also counsels corporate trust departments of financial institutions as administrator of municipal and corporate debt transactions. Irv’s practice also includes counseling business enterprises on general business and corporate transactions.  Irv prioritizes timely communication and prompt resolution of matters entrusted to his care.

Over the past decade, Irv has served as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel in a variety of public finance transactions for cities, counties, health care institutions and other government bodies.  Additionally, he has extensive experience in counseling corporate trustees for hundreds of bond transactions, involving multitudinous structures and has also recently represented a power marketing corporation.

As a specialist in public finance, Irv is an integral member of the Corporate & Business Transactions Group and serves as the firm’s leading expert in public finance.  As such, he frequently works with the Rogers Towers Tax Group, Government & Regulatory Department, and Real Estate Department to provide holistic counsel and advice for clients and the federal and state levels.

Education

  • University of Florida, B.S.B.A., with high honors, 1972
  • Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 1975

Awards & Distinctions

  • AV Preeminent®  Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
  • The Best Lawyers in America® (Municipal Law), 2017-2024
  • The Best Lawyers in America® (Nonprofit/Charities Law; Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)), 2022-2024
  • The Best Lawyers in America® (Financial Services Regulation Law), 2023
  • The Best Lawyers in America® (Nonprofit / Charities Law), 2024
  • Florida Trend Magazine, “Legal Elite” (Public Finance & Bonds), 2010
  • Board of Editors, Columbia Law Review
  • Harlan Fisk Stone Scholar

Bar Association Membership

  • The Florida Bar