Meghan B. Burke is a nationally recognized public finance attorney. She has extensive experience serving as bond counsel, borrower’s counsel, underwriter’s counsel, and disclosure counsel in a wide range of tax-exempt and taxable municipal securities transactions. Meghan represents governmental, quasi-governmental, and nonprofit issuers and borrowers, advising on the legal structuring of general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, and 501(c)(3) conduit financings primarily funding infrastructure, education, and economic development initiatives.
Meghan also chairs Mintz’s Education Practice Group, where she coordinates multidisciplinary legal services for public and private colleges, universities, and independent schools.
Meghan is sought after for her innovative work in structuring public-private partnerships (P3s) across various sectors. Her vast experience on these transactions includes considerable work structuring the financing and legal frameworks for student housing and other projects across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
Her practice includes advising on SEC Rule 15c2-12 continuing disclosure obligations and other post-issuance compliance.
Having worked on the first interest swap in the municipal marked in 1990, Meghan has applied her expertise with the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) documents in connection with a range of hedging transactions across a number of industries, including without limitation commodities hedges, currency swaps, and interest rate swaps.
A respected leader in the municipal finance industry, Meghan is a past board member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, a former Vice President of the national Women in Public Finance, and President of Boston Women in Public Finance. She received the Freda Johnson Award, honoring her as a trailblazer, mentor, and advocate for women in the public finance industry.
Experience
- Served as bond counsel to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), one of the country’s largest transit agencies, since 1995. During that time, she has helped create several different credits, including drafting legislation providing MBTA a dedicated revenue source. In addition to billions of dollars of capital markets transactions, including long-term bonds, commercial paper, multi-model bonds, she also represented the MBTA in connection with secured loans from the US Department of Transportation Build America Bureau’s Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) and Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) loan programs, cross border and leveraged rolling stock leases, and other transactions.
- Served as bond counsel to the Vermont Bond Bank since 1995. In addition to the pooled loan program providing financing to local municipal entities in Vermont, she also helped establish an energy efficiency loan program funded from a zero-interest loan from the Unites States Department of Agriculture.
- Served as counsel to several private universities and as bond counsel in connection with a public private partnership for a new student housing facility.
- Served as bond counsel to Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corporation for their Student Housing Revenue Bonds (PRG-RI Properties URI LLC) Senior Series 2025A & Subordinate Series 2025B, the first public private partnership in Rhode Island to fund three housing projects at the University of Rhode Island.
- Representative underwriter’s counsel matters:
- All offerings for the benefit of Beth Israel Lahey Health, Dartmouth Health and UMass Memorial Obligated Groups.
- Nearly all issuances of bonds by the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) since 1990
- Higher education financings for many institutions in the Northeast and Washington, D.C.
viewpoints
2024 Pre-Election Analysis: Infrastructure
September 12, 2024 | Advisory | By R. Neal Martin, Frank C. Guinta, Meghan Burke
Read about the potential implications of the 2024 general election for infrastructure policy for the incoming presidential administration and the 119th Congress.
New Legislation Would Expand the Use of Municipal Bonds
May 15, 2024 | Alert | By R. Neal Martin, Charles Samuels, Matthew O. Page, Christie Martin, Meghan Burke, Poonam Patidar
Read about the Local Infrastructure Financing Tools (LIFT) Act, pending legislation that calls for policy changes and types of bonds that could be used by governments and nonprofits nationwide for a range of public infrastructure and capital improvement projects.
Tax Reform: The Threat of Annihilation of Tax-Exempt Financing
November 9, 2017 | Blog | By Charles Samuels, Meghan Burke, John Regier
Will It Soon Be Game over for Tax-Exempt Financing of Professional Sports Stadiums?
June 20, 2017 | Blog | By Meghan Burke, Poonam Patidar
GAME OVER FOR TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS STADIUMS?
June 20, 2017 | Blog | By Meghan Burke, Poonam Patidar
Webinar: The Future of Executive Compensation for Tax-Exempt Entities Under Recently Proposed 457(f) Regulations
September 22, 2016 | Blog | By Meghan Burke
Subsidizing Student Health Insurance With Stipends – New Agency Guidance and Relief (Employment Matters)
February 10, 2016 | Blog | By Meghan Burke
The Health and Welfare "Wrap" Document: What It Is and Why You Want One (Employment Matters)
February 4, 2016 | Blog | By Meghan Burke
Ray Cotton Named to Best Lawyers in America 2016!
October 28, 2015 | Blog | By Meghan Burke
Student Employees and the Affordable Care Act (4-part series)
June 14, 2015 | Blog | By Meghan Burke
News & Press
173 Mintz Attorneys Across 53 Practice Areas Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America 2026
August 28, 2025
173 Mintz attorneys across 53 practice areas have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Five Mintz attorneys received 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 61 firm attorneys were included in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Chambers USA has recognized 43 of Mintz’s practices and 88 of its attorneys in its 2025 guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those featured in the guide, 17 attorneys and seven practice areas were awarded Chambers’ highest ranking, Band 1. The firm expanded its rankings this year with three new practice area listings and 17 attorneys recognized for the first time or in additional categories.
Mintz Member Meghan Burke Named “Go To Higher Education Lawyer” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
October 29, 2024
Mintz Member Meghan Burke has been named a 2024 “Go To Higher Education Lawyer” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. The award recognizes top lawyers across the Commonwealth who distinguish themselves as leaders in their fields with a history of success.
Mintz is pleased to announce that 31 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 35 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2024.
The Best Lawyers in America 2025 Recognizes 184 Mintz Attorneys across 56 Practice Areas
August 15, 2024
187 Mintz attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, three Mintz attorneys received 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 64 firm attorneys were included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Mintz announced today that 42 of its practices and 83 of its attorneys earned recognition in the 2024 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those included in the guide, 18 attorneys and seven practice areas were awarded Chambers’ highest ranking, Band 1. The firm obtained new listings in three practice areas and 10 of its lawyers were recognized for the first time.
Fifty-Nine Attorneys Recognized as 2023 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
October 12, 2023
Mintz is pleased to announce that 32 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 27 attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2023.
Mintz is pleased to announce that 120 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
BOSTON –Mintz announced today that 39 of its practices and 81 of its attorneys earned recognition in the 2023 edition of Chambers USA, a guide to the country’s leading law firms.
35 Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Super Lawyers and 25 Mintz attorneys have been named Massachusetts Rising Stars for 2022.
Best Lawyers® recognized 108 firm attorneys in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, two Mintz attorneys – Poonam Patidar and Scott M. Stanton – received 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 28 firm attorneys were included in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Mintz Recognized by Chambers USA 2019
April 26, 2019
Chambers USA 2018 Ranks Mintz Attorneys & Practices
May 03, 2018
Mintz's Meghan Burke Named Vice President of Women in Public Finance
February 14, 2018
Chambers USA 2017 Ranks Mintz Attorneys & Practices
May 26, 2017
Eighty-Four Mintz Attorneys Named 2016 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
October 18, 2016
Mintz Serves as Bond Counsel on 2014 Deal of the Year
December 04, 2014
Events & Speaking
National Association of Health and Educational Facilities Finance Authorities (NAHEFFA) Spring Conference
Washington D.C. Update & What Happens IF...?
New Orleans
The Office of the General Treasurer and Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corporation's Joint Municipal Training and Education Conference
Cybersecurity
Greenwich, RI
Stopping Health Care Hemorrhaging: Transforming New York City's Health Care Infrastructure
42 West 44th Street, New York, NY
Council of Independent Colleges 2016 Presidents Institute
The Council of Independent Colleges
Lowes Miami Beach Hotel Miami Beach, FL
Bond Attorneys' Workshop (BAW)
National Association of Bond Lawyers
200 N. Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL
Recognition & Awards
Featured in Best Lawyers in America, Public Finance Law (2009 – 2026)
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's Go To Higher Education Lawyers (2024)
Chambers USA: Massachusetts (Band 1) – Public Finance (2020 – 2025)
Chambers USA: Massachusetts (Band 2) – Public Finance (2012 – 2019)
Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Government Finance list (2013 – 2025)
Freda Johnson Award, The Bond Buyer and Northeast Women in Public Finance (2015)
Involvement
- Advisory Board Member and former President, Boston Women in Public Finance
- Member, Women in Public Finance, Inc.
- Member and past Board Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL
Recent Insights
173 Mintz attorneys across 53 practice areas have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Five Mintz attorneys received 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 61 firm attorneys were included in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Chambers USA has recognized 43 of Mintz’s practices and 88 of its attorneys in its 2025 guide to the country’s leading law firms. Of those featured in the guide, 17 attorneys and seven practice areas were awarded Chambers’ highest ranking, Band 1. The firm expanded its rankings this year with three new practice area listings and 17 attorneys recognized for the first time or in additional categories.
Mintz Member Meghan Burke has been named a 2024 “Go To Higher Education Lawyer” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. The award recognizes top lawyers across the Commonwealth who distinguish themselves as leaders in their fields with a history of success.
