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Recognizing and honoring Joan N. Stern, one of Philadelphia's finest public finance attorneys, concentrating her practice in the areas of general government and education, transportation and utilities, tax and revenue anticipation financing, health care and housing finance, refinancing and working capital finance, project finance, and derivatives transactions.
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WHEREAS, Joan N. Sten was a Partner in the Public Finance Practice in the law firm of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC. Her retirement from the private practice of law is effective at midnight on September 30, 2023. As a public finance attorney, Ms. Stern concentrated her practice in financings for state and local governments, governmental agencies and authorities, cultural and sports facilities, institutions of higher education and health care entities. She has drafted significant debt and finance legislation enacted in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and other states. Ms. Stern is a frequent lecturer on matters related to public finance law and state and local government affairs to professional, civic and educational organizations; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Stern is Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Managers of Moore College of Art & Design. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Police Athletic League and serves as a Trustee of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. She is a member of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel and serves on the Board of Trustees of The Franklin Institute and was a member of the Board of Trustees of Royal Academy America; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Stern received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Temple University School of Law; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Stern has served clients in the full range of public finance matters, including serving as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, issuer's counsel, and trustee's counsel for all types of bond issues, tax exempt and taxable; drafting debt and finance legisla...
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