National Municipal Bond Lawyer Andrew R. Kintzinger Joins Public Finance Practice at Hunton & Williams.

WASHINGTON -- Hunton & Williams LLP today announced that national municipal bond lawyer Andrew R. Kintzinger has joined the firm as Counsel with its public finance practice. Kintzinger, whose practice includes the federal securities and tax laws applicable to municipal bonds, will be based in the firm's District of Columbia office.

"In recent years the IRS and SEC have substantially increased regulation and rule enforcement for municipal bonds," said John O'Neill, who co-heads the firm's public finance practice. "Drew is a first-rate lawyer who enjoys a national reputation among the public finance bar and the municipal investment banking community. He is well-known to the regulators at the IRS and the SEC, having represented a myriad of clients in matters before each agency."

Kintzinger joined Hunton & Williams from Preston Gates & Ellis, Seattle, Washington. He earned his J.D. at the University of Iowa College of Law, where he was articles editor of the Iowa Law Review, and his A.B. at Dartmouth College. Kintzinger served as President of The National Association of Bond Lawyers from 1994 to 1995 and is a member of the editorial board for its Federal Securities Laws of Municipal Bonds Deskbook. He has been a frequent moderator and speaker at NABL education programs.

Kintzinger will take a leading role in Hunton & Williams municipal securities regulatory and enforcement practice and special tax representations practice in the Washington, D.C. office. He joins Hunton & Williams senior bond partners William McBride and Dean Pope, each a past president of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, in serving clients with special needs related to public finance and tax-exempt bonds.

Listed in the "Red Book" of municipal bond attorneys for more than 40 years, Hunton & Williams ranks among the most active law firms in the issuance of tax-exempt securities. Our lawyers have advised states, local governments, housing agencies and special authorities on virtually every kind of borrowing available to public bodies, including variable rate, credit enhanced and short-term transactions.

Our geographic presence in nine states, including the District of Columbia and the firm's recent opening of a California office, has allowed us to serve as bond, underwriter's tax or disclosure counsel on transactions in approximately 40 states, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In the Mid-Year Review 2006 bond counsel rankings published in the August edition of The Bond Buyer, Hunton & Williams was ranked #2 in the Southeast for all publicly offered issues, as well as #3 nationally for competitive sales.

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Hunton & Williams LLP provides legal services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals, as well as to a broad array of other entities. Since our establishment more than a century ago, Hunton & Williams has grown to 850 attorneys serving clients in 100 countries from 18 offices around the world. While our practice has a strong industry focus on energy, financial services and life sciences, the depth and breadth of our experience extends to more than 60 separate practice areas, including bankruptcy and creditors rights, commercial litigation, corporate transactions and securities law, intellectual property, international and government relations, regulatory law, products liability, and privacy and information management.