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The Authorities Finance Officers Affiliation’s Emily Brock was offered with the Nationwide Affiliation of Bond Legal professionals’ 2025 Bernard P. Friel Medal by NABL’s new president, who known as her “a tireless advocate for state and native governments.”
Established in 1982 in honor of NABL’s first president, the medal acknowledges distinguished service in public finance total, mentioned NABL President Matthias Edrich, who offered Brock with the medal Wednesday throughout NABL’s annual convention and enterprise assembly in Washington, D.C.
In his feedback previous to presenting the award to Brock, director of the GFOA’s Federal Liaison Middle, Edrich highlighted her function in main the advocacy efforts of the Public Finance Community, a coalition of organizations devoted to preserving state and native authorities use of tax-exempt bonds.
“Her management has been instrumental, particularly this 12 months, in guaranteeing that municipal bonds stay a significant and obtainable software to municipalities,” mentioned Edrich, whose one-year time period as NABL president started Sept. 10. “Most notably, Emily’s work culminated in a tax reform invoice that not solely protected, however even expanded municipal financing, a unprecedented achievement.”
Past that, Brock “has persistently partnered with NABL and different business teams to guage public finance points with legislators and stakeholders,” he mentioned.
“It actually was an honor” to obtain the award, Brock mentioned in feedback to The Bond Purchaser. She added, nonetheless, that it was essential to notice that the Public Finance Community is a coalition representing greater than 40 organizations devoted to preserving the tax-exempt municipal bond.
By advantage of representing greater than 40 organizations, “we’re representing hundreds of thousands of individuals concerned on this market,” she mentioned, citing the issuers, bond counsel, municipal advisors and underwriters “who create the inspiration for a wholesome and thriving municipal bond market.”
Along with the Bernard P. Friel Medal, Edrich additionally offered two different awards, together with the Carlson Prize, which is offered in recognition of the very best scholarly article submitted for publication in The Bond Lawyer: The Journal of the Nationwide Affiliation of Bond Legal professionals, or on the affiliation’s web site.
This 12 months’s Carlson Prize was awarded to Andrew Kintzinger of Hunton Andrews Kurth; Paul Maco, a former Bracewell legal professional who’s now retired; and Fredric Weber of Norton Rose Fulbright.
Collectively the three “have produced an illuminating collection of articles on the historical past of … municipal securities regulation,” Edrich mentioned.
Allen Robertson of Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson was the recipient of the 2025 Frederick O. Kiel Distinguished Service Award. The award “honors a person for extraordinary service to NABL over an prolonged time period,” Edrich mentioned.
“Allen has been a guiding drive in our affiliation for many years,” Edrich mentioned, noting that Robertson served as NABL president for the 2013 to 2014 time period.
