Tiffany Lu Leichman

Member

Denver, Colorado

Phone: 303.299.8104

Fax: 303.298.0940

tleichman@shermanhoward.com

Areas Of Emphasis

Education

  • Juris Doctor, Fordham University School of Law, 2013
    • Managing Editor, Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
  • Bachelor of Arts in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 2008

Tiffany Leichman focuses her practice in the area of public finance and has acted as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, special disclosure counsel, and placement agent’s counsel in a variety of matters relating to the issuance of tax-exempt debt by state and local governments. 

Her practice includes general obligation bond issuances, direct loans, lease purchase transactions, special revenue bonds, and other obligations on behalf of governmental entities including special districts, school districts, urban renewal authorities, cities, towns, and counties.

Since moving to Colorado, Tiffany has helped clients issue in excess of $1 billion in tax-exempt financings for public infrastructure, education, and municipal projects throughout Colorado, Nevada, and the mountain region.  Prior to joining Sherman & Howard, Tiffany served as a Legal and Compliance Manager for Morgan Stanley in New York City.

Experience

  • Has acted as counsel on hundreds of Colorado Special District Financings.
  • Represented a university in a $150 million financing acting as both bond and special counsel in 2017. The deals financed projects including new dorm buildings, a student center, community commons and renovations of the campus career center.
  • Acted as disclosure counsel on multiple school district financings in Colorado and Nevada with par amounts ranging from $45 million to over $600 million.

Publications & Presentations

Professional Activities

  • Board of Directors, Women in Public Finance Mountain Region Chapter
  • National Association of Bond Lawyers
  • Infrastructure Committee, Metro Denver EDC
  • Colorado Bar Association
  • Denver Bar Association
  • Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Colorado
  • Colorado Women’s Bar Association

 

CIVIC ACTIVITIES

  • Fellow, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Leadership Foundation, Impact Denver Class of 2019

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

  • Chinese
  • Spanish
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