Steve Berger is a member of the Firm's Corporate & Securities Service Team.  He concentrates his practice in arbitrage and tax compliance issues, as well as public and corporate finance, and economic development incentive packages.

Education

J.D., cum laude, University of Pennsylvania, 1972

 B.A., cum laude, University of Pennsylvania, 1969

B.H.L., cum laude, Gratz College, 1969

Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, 1967

Distinctions

• Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® Public Finance Law, 2007-present
  Best Lawyers® 2014 Louisville Public Finance Law "Lawyer of the Year"
• Fellow, American College of Bond Counsel
• Highest Professional Rating (AV®) by Martindale-Hubbell
• Recognized as one of the "Top Lawyers" in the area of Project Finance Law and Public Finance Law by Louisville Magazine, March 2014
• Kentucky Super Lawyers® 2012-present

Professional Activities

• Louisville and Kentucky Bar Associations
• National Association of Bond Lawyers
• Kentucky Opera: Treasurer, Chair of Finance Committee, Board of Directors
• Chairman, Cultural Partners Supporting Organization (nonprofit organization providing centralized management services to Louisville Orchestra, Kentucky Opera, and Stage One: The Louisville Children's Theatre)
• Congregation Adath Jeshurun: Board of Directors, President (1990-1992), General Counsel

• $225,000,000 Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District Sewer and Drainage System Revenue Bonds, Series 2022A (Green Bonds - Climate Bond Certified) - first certified climate bond issue in Kentucky.
• $246,550,000 Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District Sewer and Drainage System Revenue Bonds, Series 2021A (Direct Placement, Forward Delivery) - first forward delivery bond issue in Kentucky in lieu of an advance refunding.
• $62,900,000 - County of Christian, Kentucky Hospital Revenue Bonds, Series 2016 (Jennie Stuart Medical Center), advance refunding and new money qualified 501(c)(3) bond issue.
• $148,765,000 - Louisville and Jefferson County Visitors and Convention Commission Dedicated Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2016 (Kentucky International Convention Center Expansion Project), new money hotel tax revenue bond issue to finance renovation and expansion of state convention center.
• $13,075,000 - Variable-to-fixed interest rate swap hedging outstanding variable-rate private nonprofit college revenue bond issue.
• No change IRS audit of $9,000,000 school district revenue bond issue.
• Covenant waiver and modification agreement for outstanding $58 million insured hospital revenue bond issue.

News

• “Manager’s Special: IRS Issues New Rules on Management Contracts for Tax-Exempt Bond Projects,” Louisville Bar Briefs (March 2017)
• Tax Incentives for Business Location and Expansion
• "Establishment and Free Exercise Clause Issues in School Financings," Bond Attorneys' Workshop, National Association of Bond Lawyers, September 2016
• "Water Infrastructure Financing: WIFIA and P3," Kentucky League of Cities & Kentucky American Water "Water Infrastructure Summit," October 2015
• "Charter School and Other Educational Facility Financings," Bond Attorneys' Workshop, National Association of Bond Lawyers, September 2015
• "Using Industrial Revenue Bonds To Obtain Property Tax Abatement For An Economic Development Project In Kentucky," presentation to the Kentucky Network for Development, Leadership and Engagement, January 28, 2015
• “Using Industrial Revenue Bonds To Obtain Property Tax Abatement For An Economic Development Project In Kentucky,” presentation to the Kentucky Association for Economic Development, July 24, 2014
• "The Kentucky Business Investment Program - Tax Incentives for Business Location and Expansion in Kentucky," In-House Counsel Seminar, June 2011
• Panelist and Panel Chair: "Tax Exempt Financing for Educational and Cultural Facilities," Bond Attorneys' Workshop, National Association of Bond Lawyers, 2004-2014.
• "HB 819 Local Government Debt Act," Municipal Law News (October 1996)
• "Mortgage Credit Certificates," Municipal Law News (June 1992)

• The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company
• City of Danville, Kentucky
• Jennie Stuart Medical Center
• Goodwill Industries of Kentucky
• Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District
• Jefferson County (KY) Board of Education