Donna L. Kreiser

Profile

Donna is a member of the Executive Committee of the Firm and member-in-charge of the Firm’s Lancaster Office. She is also a member of the McNees Strategic Solutions Group and the Public Finance and Government Services Group of the Firm.

Donna serves as bond counsel, underwriters’ counsel, borrower’s counsel, trustee’s counsel and disclosure counsel to a wide range of public and not-for-profit clients. She regularly acts as bond counsel for state, county and municipal clients in Pennsylvania. Donna has counseled issuers on large-scale general obligation borrowings and toll road issuances. She has served as disclosure counsel in connection with a number of significant financings, including the issuance of unemployment compensation funding revenue bonds. Donna regularly acts as underwriters’ counsel and has counseled clients in connection with convention center, airport, hospital and health centers and solid waste financings.

What does Donna do for Clients?
Donna previously served as a deputy general counsel in the Pennsylvania Governor’s Office of General Counsel, where she served as OGC’s liaison on all public finance transactions undertaken by the Commonwealth and its various issuing agencies. As a result of this experience, and during the last twenty years, Donna has developed close professional relationships with key government officials at the local, county and state level. Donna is regularly called upon to offer her insights and unique expertise in many of the most complex local, county and state financings. Donna’s good rapport, credibility and strong relationships enables her to achieve positive and efficient results for the clients of the Firm. Her background and experience also serves her well in her role as co-Practice Group Leader of McNees Strategic Solutions Group.

What do Clients have to say about Donna and the Public Finance & Government Services Group?
McNees is one of the largest bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel firms in Pennsylvania by annual deal volume. With over 100 years of collective professional experience, The Public Finance & Government Services Group provides clients with exceptional service at reasonable rates. The Public Finance professionals of the Firm includes two attorneys elected to the American College of Bond Counsel, a unique recognition.

How does Donna spend her free time?
Donna enjoys spending time on the beach with her family in Avalon, New Jersey, particularly when she’s joined by her two grandchildren; and, every chance she gets, she’s undertaking a knitting project for her friends and family.