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Atlanta lawyer Leonard T. Marcinko from Bryant Miller Olive selected to "The Best Lawyers in America 2016"

Leonard T. Marcinko, a Public Finance Lawyer from Bryant Miller Olive was selected by his peers as one of "The Best Lawyers in America 2016"

Bryant Miller Olive announced today that Leonard T. Marcinko, a Public Finance Lawyer from its Atlanta office, was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016®. This is Marcinko’s 10th year of receiving this honor.

Marcinko was recognized for his work in Public Finance law. He concentrates his practice in the federal income tax aspects of municipal finance law. In addition to his primary responsibility of dealing with federal income tax issues related to the firm’s public finance area, Marcinko also heads up Bryant Miller Olive’s representation of clients in the area of interest rate swaps and other derivative product transactions.

From 1977 to 1980, Marcinko served as an attorney-advisor in the Office of Chief Counsel to the Internal Revenue Service, where he was responsible for the development of income tax regulations and proposed legislation in the tax-exempt bond area. A member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, Marcinko earned his B.S. from Georgetown University in 1973 and his J.D. from Georgetown University in 1976.

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About Best Lawyers

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. More than 79,000 leading attorneys are eligible to vote, and Best Lawyers received more than 6.2 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

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About Bryant Miller Olive

With a distinguished 45-year history of serving its clients’ needs, Bryant Miller Olive represents governments, businesses and agencies in legal matters relating to public finance, state and local government law, complex transactions, project finance, and litigation. The firm has served as Bond Counsel on more deals than any other firm in the Southeast over the past five years, and more than any other firm in Florida over the past decade. Members of the firm are often called upon to handle some of the most complex legal issues in the boardroom and in the courtroom. The firm has offices in Tampa, Tallahassee, Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit http://www.bmolaw.com

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