Boston, MA -- Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. - a full-service, 480-lawyer AmLaw 100 firm with offices throughout the U.S. and in the U.K. - is pleased to announce that in 2006, the firm was ranked fifth among bond counsels in the Northeast Region, with a total dollar volume of $4.359 billion, according to the trade publication, The Bond Buyer.  The Northeast region includes Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

"Mintz Levin is committed to maintaining its position as a national leader in the specialty field of public finance as well as its reputation for quality, creativity and responsiveness," said Greg Sandomirsky, a Member of the firm and Head of its Public Finance section.  "We are proud to be recognized as one of the top bond counsel firms."

Mintz Levin conducts its bond practice through a core group of approximately 20 professionals from its offices in Boston, New York and Washington D.C., which is supplemented as necessary by lawyers in the firm's Real Estate, Health Care, Bankruptcy and Workout, Environmental, Federal Regulation and Litigation Sections. Its comprehensive public finance practice includes structuring and documenting primary offerings; counseling issuers and other participants in both the primary and secondary public markets; and representing bondholders, bond trustees, bond insurers and borrowers in restructuring or resolving troubled transactions. In combination with the firm's other practice areas, our public finance attorneys also counsel clients with respect to public pension funds, legislative matters and transactions involving other capital markets.

Mintz Levin is an AmLaw 100 law firm with offices in the US and the UK.  The firm has exceptional depth in a broad range of practice areas, but our clients recognize that what sets us apart from other law firms is our industry focus.  By truly understanding business drivers and industry trends, we are able to provide our clients with more than just legal advice.  We provide legal solutions to our clients' business issues.  Since 1933, our lawyers have represented entrepreneurs, emerging growth companies, government agencies, and leaders in primary industries that include Life Sciences/Biotechnology; Technology & Communications; Financial Services & Insurance; Healthcare; Real Estate, Hospitality & Construction; and Retail & Consumer Products.  Our practical knowledge combined with our industry expertise enables us to provide our clients with enterprise legal advice that gives their business a competitive advantage in the marketplace.