Bond Counsel
Jeffrey D. DeCarlo
Partner and head of Public Finance, Adorno & Yoss, LLP

Jeffrey D. DeCarlo has been practicing law in the area of public finance for over 25 years. He joined the law firm of Adorno & Yoss, LLP in July 1997, and is located in the Miami office. He has acted as bond counsel in both competitive bid and negotiated sales or as underwriter’s counsel, university counsel, bank counsel or developer’s counsel on more than 600 bond financings totaling in excess of $9 billion.
Mr. DeCarlo has participated in virtually every type of bond financing, including airports, seaports, general obligation, lease-purchase, transportation, water and sewer, environmental, electric utility, solid waste and resource recovery, tax-increment financings, special assessment bonds, health care, housing, education, and industrial development bonds. He has vast experience in sophisticated financing techniques, including variable-rate bonds, option bonds, advance refundings, credit enhancement and swaps and other derivative products.

Mr. DeCarlo also has significant experience in the federal tax aspects of municipal bond transactions, and is the attorney in the Firm’s public finance department responsible for tax issues relating to the Firm’s public finance practice.

Mr. DeCarlo has acted as bond counsel to the State of Florida, Miami-Dade County, Broward County, Leon County, Escambia County, Gadsden County, the City of Hialeah, the City of Hialeah Gardens, the City of Homestead, the City of Miami Gardens, the City of South Miami, the Town of Davie, the City of Wilton Manors, the City of Dania, the Village of Key Biscayne, the Town of GoldenBeach, the Broward Performing Arts Center Authority, the Florida Housing Finance Agency, the Housing Finance Authorities of Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Lee Counties, the Miami-Dade County Educational Facilities Authority, the Miami-Dade County Health Facilities Authority and the Miami-Dade County Industrial Development Authority, as well as issuers throughout Ohio. He has also acted as underwriter’s counsel on bond issues for jurisdictions throughout Florida, and in Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Jersey, and West Virginia. He has extensive experience with drafting legislation related to bond financing. He was the principal draftsman of Florida’s Taxable Bond Act, and was involved in drafting amendments to broaden the bond issuance authority of the Spaceport Florida Authority and the South Florida Water Management District.
Prior to joining Adorno & Yoss, he was a partner at Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A. in charge of that firm’s Miami office bond practice from June 1988 to June 1997. Prior to that, he was associated with the law firms of Greenberg Traurig from June 1984 toJune 1988, and Squire, Sanders & Dempsey from June 1980 to June 1984, where he practiced exclusively in the area of public finance.
Mr. DeCarlo received his J.D. degree from Columbia University in 1980 and his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Colgate University in 1977. He is a member in good standing of the Florida Bar and the Ohio Bar Association. Mr. DeCarlo is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers.