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Ray Headen is a member of the Bricker & Eckler Bond, Structured & Public Finance practice group.
Representative Experience
Former General Counsel, Ohio State Treasurer J. Kenneth Blackwell
Principal drafter, S.B. 81: Local government investment statute; State Information Depository law
Developed proposal to deliver non-tax revenues to local governments using the local government funds and authorizing local governments to develop a plan on how to pledge these non-tax revenues as credit enhancement for local government public infrastructure, housing and economic development projects
Serves as general counsel to the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers (NASACT), an umbrella association of state elected or appointed chief financial officers
Serves as bond, underwriters' and disclosure counsel to issuers and investors of municipal bonds
Serves as bond, underwriters' and hospital counsel on hospital bond issuances
Community and Professional Activities
Recommended to serve as an initial member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board created by Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Trustee, Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators
Visiting Committee, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs Cleveland State University
Member, Greater Ohio Steering Commitee
Former Member, Regional Competitiveness and Cooperation Task Force (Appointed by Ohio House and Senate leadership)
Former Member, Cleveland City Schools Task Force on Finance and Education
Member, Ohio State Bar Association
Member, Urban League of Greater Cleveland
Life Member, Greater Cleveland Chapter of NAACP
Awards and Recognitions
Super Lawyer, Ohio Super Lawyers, 2005
Education
Williams College (B.A., 1982)
University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1987).
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