Dee Peterson Wisor is a lawyer practicing governmental finance, public finance, public-private partnerships & public facilities and 2 other areas of law. Dee received a B.A. degree from Dickinson College in 1973, and has been licensed for 50 years. Dee practices at Butler Snow LLP in Denver, CO.
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Practice Details
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Firm InformationPositionAttorneyFirm NameButler Snow LLP
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesExperience: Represents governmental entities
other transaction participants in public finance transactions
economic development matters.
Financings include general obligation bonds, user fee revenue bonds, special assessment bonds, excise tax revenue bonds, lease transactions, tax increment financings
private activity bonds.
Economic development matters include development or annexation agreements
economic incentive agreements.
Clients include governmental entities such as municipalities, counties, special districts, school districts, transportation agencies, joint action agencies, urban renew al authorities, downtown development authorities as w ell as non-profit corporations, underwriters, trustees
credit enhancers.
Represented the RTD in connection with forming the unique public-private partnership transaction that will fund the construction of commuter rail lines east to the airport
west to Arvada
Wheat Ridge as w ell as improvements to Denver Union Station.
Represented Northwest Parkway Public Highway Authority in transfer of concession agreement.
Acted as bond counsel for the Denver Metropolitan Football Stadium District in connection with the issuance of bonds to finance the stadium where the Denver Broncos play.
Acts as bond counsel on l
based financings for new developments in Colorado
Nevada.
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1976, Colorado
MembershipsAssociations
National Association of Bond Lawyers
Board Member, 2011-Present
President, 2018-2019
Colorado Bar Association
Denver Bar Association
American Bar Association
Local Government Section
Bar FellowshipAmerican College of Bond Counsel• Member, Board of Directors, Denver Public Schools Foundation, 2012-present
• Member, Board of Directors, Colorado Fiscal Institute, 2012-present
• Member, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, Law Alumni Council, 2011-2013; Co-Chair, 2012 Law Stars Dinner
• Member, RTD Fiscal Sustainability Taskforce, 2011-present
• Member, Board of Directors, Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center, 2000-2003
• Member, Board of Education of the Cherry Creek School District, 1990-96
• Member, Board of Trustees, University of Northern Colorado, 1986-1991
• Member, Board of Directors of the Willow's Water District, 1987-90
Associations
• National Association of Bond Lawyers Board Member, 2011-14
• Colorado Bar Association
• Denver Bar Association
Experience
• Represents governmental entities and other transaction participants in public finance transactions and economic development matters.
• Financings include general obligation bonds, user fee revenue bonds, special assessment bonds, excise tax revenue bonds, lease transactions, tax increment financings and private activity bonds.
• Economic development matters include development or annexation agreements and economic incentive agreements.
• Clients include governmental entities such as municipalities, counties, special districts, school districts, transportation agencies, joint action agencies, urban renew al authorities, downtown development authorities as w ell as non-profit corporations, underwriters, trustees and credit enhancers.
• Represented the RTD in connection with forming the unique public-private partnership transaction that will fund the construction of commuter rail lines east to the airport and west to Arvada and Wheat Ridge as w ell as improvements to Denver Union Station.
Papers, Presentations & Publications
• Author, "Twenty Years of TABOR," Colorado Municipalities, December 2013.
• Presenter, "Twenty Years of TABOR," Colorado Municipal League 2013 Annual Seminar on Municipal Law.
• Presenter, "Bonds 101," Colorado Government Finance Officers Association Annual Conference, 2013.
• Faculty member at several National Association of Bond Lawyer's programs, including chair of the Fundamentals of Bond Law in 2010.
• Presenter, "Election November 2010: Proposition 101 and Amendments 60 and 61" to over 20 organizations around Colorado.
• Co-Author, "Public Moneys and Ballot Issues Under the Fair Campaign Practices Act," 34 Colorado Lawyer, 81 (September 2005).
• Co-Author, "Enterprises Under Article X, s. 20 of the Colorado Constitution, Part 1," 27 Colorado Lawyer, 55 (April 1998) and Part 2, 27 Colorado Lawyer, 65 (May 1998).
• Author, "Amendment One: Government by Plebiscite," 22 Colorado Lawyer, 293 (February 1993).
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Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolUniversity of Denver Sturm College of Law
Class of 1976
J.D.
Other EducationDickinson College
Class of 1973
B.A.
Economics
Dee Peterson Wisor
1801 California Street, Suite 5100Denver, CO 80202U.S.A.
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