DeCotiis

William Mayer is a partner in the firm's Teaneck office. He joined DeCotiis as a partner in 1994 and is a member of the Public Finance practice group.

Mr. Mayer has been a practicing public finance attorney for over 28 years, and has been actively and continuously involved in New Jersey public finance transactions since 1984. He has served as bond counsel to the State of New Jersey, to various state, bi-state and regional authorities, to counties and county authorities, to municipalities and municipal authorities, and to boards of education and fire districts. He has represented national and regional investment banking firms.  He has experience with general obligation bonds, revenue bonds and private activity bonds, certificate of participation financings and the related state, tax and securities law requirements.
       
Mr. Mayer has extensive and detailed knowledge of New Jersey’s Local Bond Law. He has prepared and reviewed numerous bond ordinances and the records of proceedings pertaining to their adoption, has prepared applications for and appeared regularly before the Local Finance Board, and has participated in bond anticipation note, special emergency note, tax anticipation note, tax appeal refunding note, emergency note, bond, refunding bond and fiscal year adjustment bond financings on behalf of municipalities located throughout the State.  Mr. Mayer has served as bond counsel for various borrowers through the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust financing program, and has served as bond counsel in connection with the dissolution of local authorities. He is a speaker on issues relating to municipal and public finance, addressing municipal clerks’ groups on the procedural requirements of bond ordinances and local improvement ordinances under the Local Bond Law.
       
Mr. Mayer also has extensive experience as a transactional lawyer, including involvement with franchises and franchise agreements, real estate acquisition, development and financing projects, conventional secured financings, asset sale transactions and contract preparation and review.

Mr. Mayer has been the responsible attorney for a majority of the firm’s municipal bond counsel transactions over the last several years.

Representative Transactions:

$12,455,000 City of Elizabeth General Improvement Bonds, Series 2008. This new money general obligation bond issue received Local Finance Board approval for a non-conforming maturity schedule and closed on August 18, 2008.

$21,000,000 Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills General Obligation Bonds, Series 2008, consisting of $17,000,000 General Improvement Bond, Series 2008,  $1,700,000 Water Utility Bonds, Series 2008, $800,000 Sewer Utility Bonds, Series 2008 and $1,500,000 Golf and Recreational Utility Bonds, Series 2008. This general obligation bond issue refunded bond anticipation notes and provided new money and closed on July 10, 2008.

$11,483,000 Town of West New York Qualified General Obligation Bonds consisting of $6,888,000 Qualified General Improvement Bonds, Series 2008 and $4,595,000 Qualified Refunding Bonds, Series 2008. This general obligation bond issue refunded bond anticipation notes and provided new money and received Local Finance Board approval for the issuance of qualified bonds and closed on June 26, 2008.

In addition to his legal career, Mr. Mayer also spent several years as a Social Security Administration Claims Representative, and as a Special Education teacher specializing in working with autistic children. He was also instrumental in the Point Pleasant Beach Public Education Foundation, as well as being politically active as a Republican municipal committeeman in Point Pleasant Beach, and past President of the Point Pleasant Beach Republican Club.

Mr. Mayer is a 1975 graduate of Monmouth University, where he received a B.A. in Psychology, was a member of Psi Chi, the National Honor Society for Psychology, and the recipient of the Randenberg Award for Academic Excellence. He received his J.D. magna cum laude from Florida State University College of Law. While a law student, he interned for Judge William Stafford of the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee, Florida.  He is a native and lifetime resident of New Jersey, and a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and the American College of Bond Counsel. He is also in the process of completing the course requirements for designation as a certified New Jersey municipal finance officer.

Bar Admissions:
Florida (1980)
New Jersey (1982)
Pennsylvania (1995)

Professional Memberships, Associations and Activities:
New Jersey State Bar Association
National Association of Bond Lawyers