
Jeffrey W. Stone
Practices & Industries
Admissions
- New York
Education
University of Rochester, B.A., magna cum laude
University of Michigan, J.D.
Jeff represents counties, cities, towns, villages, school districts, underwriters, and corporate trustees as bond counsel or special counsel on a wide range of general obligation, revenue bond, and securitized lease and asset-backed financings. He frequently lectures on public finance, education, and municipal law matters at client seminars and at professional education seminars sponsored by the New York State and Erie County Bar Associations, the Government Finance Officers Association, the Association of School Business Officials, and other groups.
Honors
- Phi Beta Kappa
In the News
- The Buffalo News, September 29, 2022
- Observer, March 13, 2018
Press Releases
- Hodgson Russ Press Release, April 30, 2019
Publications
- Hodgson Russ Education Alert , July 21, 2023
- Hodgson Russ Education Alert, April 18, 2023
- Hodgson Russ Municipal Alert, November 28, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Education Alert, October 18, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Education Alert , June 24, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Municipal Alert, May 16, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Renewable Energy & Municipal Alert, May 3, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Municipal and Education Alert, April 19, 2022
- Hodgson Russ Municipal Alert, October 29, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Education Alert, September 2, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Education Alert, August 6, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Education and Media & First Amendment Alert, June 23, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Education Alert, March 8, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Education Alert, February 22, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Education Alert, February 17, 2021
- Hodgson Russ Education Alert , December 1, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Bond Counsel Alert, August 31, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Municipal and Education Alert, August 7, 2020
- Municipalities Hit with Deluge of FOIL Requests After Repeal of Section 50-a of the Civil Rights LawHodgson Russ Municipal Alert, June 22, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Public Authority Alert, June 9, 2020
- Governor Cuomo’s Latest Executive Order Extends Deadlines to Submit Absentee Ballots for School VoteHodgson Russ Education Alert, June 8, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Education Alert, June 5, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Education Alert, May 13, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Municipal Alert, May 5, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Education Alert, May 2, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Bond Counsel Alert, April 27, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Municipal Alert, April 14, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Municipal Alert, April 10, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Education, Municipal & Public Finance Alert, April 8, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Public Authority Alert, April 3, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Public Finance Alert, April 1, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Education Alert , March 31, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Municipal Alert, March 30, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Education Alert, March 30, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Municipal Alert, March 17, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Municipal Alert, March 16, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Municipal Alert, January 6, 2020
- Hodgson Russ Municipal and Education Alert, October 21, 2019
- Hodgson Russ Education Alert, June 14, 2019
- Hodgson Russ Municipal Law Alert, May 22, 2019
- Municipal Law Alert, February 27, 2019
- Bond Counsel Alert, February 22, 2019
- Municipal Law Alert, July 26, 2018
- Education Law Alert, July 22, 2011
- Education Law Alert, July 8, 2011
- Health Alert, July 2007
- Municipal Alert, May 19, 2006
Presentations & Events
- Buffalo Marriott Niagara 1340 Millersport Hwy, Amherst, NY 14221, January 13, 2023
- January 15, 22, and 29
- May 7, 2020
- Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Avenue, Buffalo NY 14225, January 17, 2020
- Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Avenue, Cheektowaga, NY 14225, May 16, 2019
- Millennium Hotel Buffalo, January 18, 2019
- Exempt Organizations ConferenceAmherst, New York, November 2, 2018
- Tax Reform and Its Impact on New York State Governmental Issuers, NYGFOA Western Summer SeminarJuly 19, 2018
- Millennium Hotel, 2040 Walden Avenue, Cheektowaga, NY 14225, May 17, 2018
- Hodgson Russ, 140 Pearl St, Buffalo, NY 14202, April 24, 2018
- Capital Asset Management Through The Issuance Of General Obligation Notes And Bonds--An OverviewApril 16, 2018
- Millennium Hotel Buffalo, 2040 Walden Ave, Buffalo, NY, January 12, 2018
- October 1, 2017
- Preparing for IRS and SEC Scrutiny: Procedures and TrainingBuffalo, NY, May 11, 2017
- Cheektowaga, New York, January 13, 2017
- Cheektowaga, NY, May 17, 2016
- Millennium Hotel Buffalo, 2040 Walden Ave, Buffalo, NY, January 15, 2016
- Preparing for IRS and SEC Scrutiny: Procedures and TrainingBuffalo, NY, December 2, 2015
- Millennium Hotel Buffalo, 2040 Walden Ave, Buffalo, NY, January 16, 2015
- Preparing for IRS and SEC Scrutiny: Procedures and TrainingAmherst, NY, December 30, 2014
- Buffalo, NY, May 22, 2014
- Buffalo, NY, January 17, 2014
- Buffalo, NY, January 18, 2013
- Buffalo, NY, January 20, 2012
- Buffalo, NY, August 29, 2011
- Buffalo, NY, January 14, 2011
- Cheektowaga, NY, May 26, 2010
- Buffalo, NY, January 15, 2010
- Buffalo, NY, January 9, 2009
Professional Associations
- National Association of Bond Lawyers
- Government Finance Officers Association (Western Advisory Council)
- New York State Association of School Business Officials
- Bar Association of Erie County (past chair, Municipal and School Law Committee and Corporation Law Committee)
- Association of Towns of the State of New York
Community & Pro Bono
- SUNY Erie Community College
- Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees 2020-Present;
- Chair, Budget & Audit Committee;
- Member, Executive and Presidential Search Committees;
- Trustee 2019- Present
- Former Trustee/President, Irish Classical Theatre Company,
Active politically, Jeff is the immediate past chair of the Town of Grand Island's Democratic Committee. He sits on the Executive Committee of the Erie County Democratic Party and chairs the Judicial Screening and Rules Committee of the Erie County Democratic Party. He is a past president of the Buffalo Council on World Affairs and has chaired numerous committees and task forces for the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County.