Matthew J. Miller is a partner in Ice Miller’s Municipal Finance Group. Matt has served as bond counsel, disclosure counsel and underwriter’s counsel on over 100 financings, including various short-term and long-term general obligation financings, revenue financings, working cash financings, refunding transactions and special obligation financings issued by states, large municipalities and transit systems, counties, villages, school districts and other special districts. Matt has specific experience in public transportation and airport-related financings.
Matt also has extensive experience advising government entities on economic development projects and public-private partnerships with residential and commercial development utilizing tax increment financing districts and other economic incentive programs.
Matt has also advised clients in a number of areas including federal and state grant administration, federal reporting requirements, legislative drafting and review, procurement and contracting issues and FOIA responses and challenges.
Matt is licensed to practice law in the states of Ohio and Illinois.
Selected Experience
- $15,245,000 Treasurer of the State of Ohio Transportation Project Revenue Bonds (State Transportation Infrastructure GRF Bond Fund) Series 2019-1 (Port of Greater Cincinnati Parking Garage Project)
- $19,835,000 Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority Public Infrastructure Revenue Bonds (Tax-Exempt), Series 2019A-1 (Bridge Park D Block Project)
- $36,000,000 Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Taxable Lease Revenue Bonds (SOMO Flats Project), Series 2019
Prior to Joining Ice Miller:
- $191,205,000 Regional Transportation Authority (IL) General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2017A
- Aqua Illinois, Inc., $100,000,000 First Mortgage Bonds, Series Y-Series DD (2017)
- $300,000,000 Chicago O’Hare International Airport Third Lien Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2005C and Series 2005D (2017 Remarketing)
- $1,303,145,000 State of Illinois General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series of October 2016
- $1,947,380,000 Chicago O’Hare International Airport Senior Lien Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2015A and Series 2015B, and Chicago O’Hare International Airport Senior Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 2015C and Series 2015D
- $400,000,000 Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Toll Highway Senior Revenue Bonds, 2015 Series A
- $111,725,000 City of Chicago Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2002, Reoffering Conversion to Fixed Rate (2015)
Speaking Engagements
- "Debt Issuance Sale Options - Which is Best for Your Jurisdiction?" at the Ohio GFOA 32nd Annual Conference and Membership Meeting in Columbus, OH (Sept. 20, 2019)