Michael T. Logan
Areas of Practice
Admissions
- New York
Education
State University College at Buffalo, B.A., Summa Cum Laude
Niagara University, M.S.
University at Buffalo, M.B.A., With Distinction
University at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., Magna Cum Laude
Michael focuses his practice on various forms of financings for municipalities, school districts, municipal authorities, for-profit corporations, and nonprofit corporations. His financing work includes general obligation debt, sewer and water revenue bond issues, and industrial development agency financings.
Michael has performed or supported the role of issuer's counsel and bond counsel on a variety of industrial development agency and public authority projects. Examples of such industrial development projects include commercial, manufacturing, nonprofit, and recreational projects. Examples of such public authority projects include parking, water and sewer systems, and airport projects. In connection with municipal and school district finance, Michael has performed or supported the role of bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel.
Since joining Hodgson Russ, Michael has been involved in the development and structuring of a number of capital projects with emphasis on creating a regional approach to the financing structure and on connecting public and private entities (i.e., private/public partnerships) to provide a regional public/private solution. Each situation has required an understanding of benefits and limitations of public finance under New York State law and the federal tax law, together with an awareness of what the private sector and private capital markets can provide.
Honors
- Listed, Upstate New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2018
- Order of the Coif
- Former articles editor, Buffalo Law Review
- Frederic L. Ballard Jr. Memorial Scholar – National Association of Bond Lawyers
- Western New York Prosperity Fellow
- Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society
- Kappa Delta Pi International Education Honor Society
Experience
- Analysis of the Preliminary and Official Statements for a $20 Million Charter School Bond Issuance
- Authority Revenue Bond Financings
- Creation of Local Development Corporations to Provide for Nonprofit Tax-Exempt Financing
- Documentation of an Industrial Development Revenue Bond Issuance
- Financing of $200 Million Nanoscience Office Building
- Public Nursing Home Restructurings
- Regional Approach to Financing/Addressing Combined Sewer Outflow Issues
- School District Capital Improvement Projects
News
- Press Release, August 20, 2018
- Press Release, January 2, 2018
- January 28, 2013
Presentations
- Albany, NY, March 1, 2019
- Steps to Forming an LLC: General Formation Information and Advantages over Sole Proprietorships/DBAsSchuylerville, New York, September 13, 2018
- Hodgson Russ, 140 Pearl St, Buffalo, NY 14202, April 24, 2018
- Preparing for IRS and SEC Scrutiny: Procedures and TrainingAlbany, NY, May 11, 2017
- Hilton Garden Inn, 30 Clifton Country Road, Clifton Park, NY, September 27, 2016
- Municipal Law Seminar: IRS and SecuritiesClifton Park, NY, June 9, 2015
- Saratoga Springs, NY, May 7, 2015
Publications
- Public Authority Law Alert, March 18, 2019
- Public Authority Law Alert, March 14, 2019
- Bond Counsel Alert, February 22, 2019
- Public Authority Guidebook: A Compendium of Governing Law and Commentary that Every New York Authority Board Member Should KnowHodgson Russ Publication, July 2014
- Hodgson Russ Alert, February 12, 2014
- Hodgson Russ Alert, January 29, 2014
- JD Supra, January 29, 2014
- JD Supra, January 29, 2014
Professional Associations
- National Association of Bond Lawyers
- New York Bar Association Municipal Law Section
- New York State Government Finance Officers Association
- New York State Association of School Business Officials
- New York State Economic Development Council
Community & Pro Bono
- Prentice Family Foundation’s Western New York (WNY) Prosperity Fellowship Program alumni advisory board
- Member of the Woodland Hill Montessori School Board of Trustees, Rensselaer County, New York