About Ben
Ben Brooks serves as bond counsel for cities, counties, school districts, special law districts, higher education authorities and other political subdivisions throughout Texas and elsewhere. He has been involved in the financing and development of airports, sports facilities, single- and multi-family housing, student loans, industrial development, health care, public power and regional water and sewer systems both as bond counsel and underwriters' counsel. In addition, he has experience drafting legislation authorizing public entities to finance their infrastructure and economic development programs.
Experience
Recent Notable Matters
Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas — disclosure counsel in connection with $391.755 million Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Joint Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2020A (Non-AMT); $459.520 million Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Joint Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2020B (Non-AMT); and $1.193 billion Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Joint Revenue Refunding Bonds Taxable, Series 2020C
City of Dallas, Texas — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $301.960 million General Obligation Refunding & Improvement Bonds, Series 2017
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $482.53 million of Senior Lien Sales Tax Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2016A
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $280.43 million of Joint Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2016A
Dallas Independent School District — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $29.55 million of Multi-Modal Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series 2016B-1; $35.18 million of Multi-Modal Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series 2016B-2; $37.6 million of Multi-Modal Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series 2016B-3; $27.37 million of Multi-Modal Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series 2016B-4; $18.16 million of Multi-Modal Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series 2016B-5; and $118.585 million of Multi-Modal Unlimited Tax School Building Bonds, Series 2016B-6
City of Denton, Texas — underwriter’s counsel in connection with the issuance of $214.89 million of Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2017
Dallas County, Texas — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $167.9 million of Combination Tax and Parking Garage Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2016
Southern Methodist University — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $25.25 million of Higher Education Revenue Bonds, Taxable Series 2016B and $118.545 million of Higher Education Revenue Bonds, Tax Exempt Series 2016A
Viridian Municipal Management District — bond counsel to issuer in connection with $8.23 million of Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2015; $21.59 million of Unlimited Tax Utility Improvement and Refunding Bonds, Series 2015; and $18.26 million of Unlimited Tax Road Improvement and Refunding Bonds, Series 2015