John J. Keohane,

senior counsel in the New York office, is a member of the Public Finance Group, which ranks first in the nation in the dollar volume of financings for which it serves as bond counsel and underwriters counsel.

Mr. Keohane has extensive experience in the area of municipal finance. Recently he has concentrated his practice on financings for student loans and housing, but he also has considerable expertise in financings for hospitals, stadiums, industrial development projects, and educational facilities, as well as in tax receivable financings.

Prior to joining Orrick, Mr. Keohane was a partner at Hawkins, Delafield & Wood. Prior to that he was an investment banker, an officer of a debt-issuing state agency, and a research director for various committees of the New York State Legislature.