Meghan counsels clients across the government and nonprofit sectors. She regularly serves as bond counsel and counsel to underwriters, borrowers, trustees, and purchasers in tax-exempt and taxable general obligation and revenue financings. Meghan has significant experience handling matters related to transportation, education, health care, economic development, project finance, sport franchises, water, and wastewater. She is a frequent speaker and panelist at industry workshops and conferences and previously served as Vice President of the national board of Women in Public Finance. She also chairs Mintz’s multi-practice education industry team.
Meghan has vast experience with interest rate swaps and other hedging transactions for governmental, 501(c)(3), and corporate clients.
Before entering law school, she worked as an investment banker in the Boston office of a major Wall Street firm.
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
GAME OVER FOR TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS STADIUMS?
June 20, 2017 | Blog | By Meghan Burke, Poonam Patidar
Will It Soon Be 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
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
Meghan counsels clients across the government and nonprofit sectors. She regularly serves as bond counsel and counsel to underwriters, borrowers, trustees, and purchasers in tax-exempt and taxable general obligation and revenue financings. Meghan has significant experience handling matters related to transportation, education, health care, economic development, project finance, sport franchises, water, and wastewater. She is a frequent speaker and panelist at industry workshops and conferences and previously served as Vice President of the national board of Women in Public Finance. She also chairs Mintz’s multi-practice education industry team.
Recognition & Awards
Featured in Best Lawyers in America, Public Finance Law (2009 – 2025)
Included on Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's Go To Higher Education Lawyers list (2024)
Chambers USA: Massachusetts (Band 1) – Banking & Finance: Public Finance (2020 – 2024)
Chambers USA: Massachusetts (Band 2) – Banking & Finance: Public Finance (2012 – 2019)
Included on the Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Government Finance list (2013 – 2024)
Meghan counsels clients across the government and nonprofit sectors. She regularly serves as bond counsel and counsel to underwriters, borrowers, trustees, and purchasers in tax-exempt and taxable general obligation and revenue financings. Meghan has significant experience handling matters related to transportation, education, health care, economic development, project finance, sport franchises, water, and wastewater. She is a frequent speaker and panelist at industry workshops and conferences and previously served as Vice President of the national board of Women in Public Finance. She also chairs Mintz’s multi-practice education industry team.
Involvement
- Member, Women in Public Finance, Inc.
- Director, FUEL Education
- Member, National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL)
- Faculty member, NABL Fundamentals of Municipal Law
- Member, Tower School Board of Trustees, Marblehead, MA
- Past board member, NABL
- Chair, Bond Attorneys' Workshop 2007
Recent Insights
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.
