Hawkins is a nationally recognized leader in public finance. Founded in 1854, the firm now has 90 lawyers in ten offices across the country. Hawkins offers government agencies, non-profit organizations and financial institutions exceptional legal service and sophisticated counsel in finance and infrastructure transactions. State and local governments regularly turn to Hawkins on the strength of our specialty practice and record of innovation and accomplishment, to structure new financing programs, resolve complex tax and securities disclosure questions, and advise on infrastructure procurement, project finance and public private partnership matters. Hawkins is perennially rated among the very top bond counsel and underwriters’ counsel nationally and the firm has closed over $1 trillion in public finance transactions.