Profile

Don Ubell has practiced primarily in the areas of traditional general obligation, certificates of participation and revenue bonds for more than 25 years. He has principal responsibility for the Firm's work as bond counsel and special counsel on North Carolina governmental and nonprofit issues and for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and other constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina System.

Mr. Ubell pioneered the use of certificates of participation financing for cities and counties in North Carolina and completed the initial swap transactions for municipalities in the state. He serves as bond counsel for the cities of Charlotte, Durham, Wilmington, Winston-Salem and Asheville, and the counties of Buncombe, Brunswick, Dare, Davidson, Harnett, Haywood and Wayne. In addition, Mr. Ubell has served as bond counsel in 12 states and as underwriter's counsel for every major investment banking firm.

A frequent lecturer on public finance issues, Mr. Ubell is recognized for his work on taxable municipal issues, risk management funding and pension funding. He has been at the forefront in developing governmental responses to the SEC requirements for municipal securities.

Experience Highlights

Mr. Ubell served as bond counsel for the:

• First pool financing for the University of North Carolina System
• First publicly offered lease purchase financing in North Carolina
• First tax exempt variable rate general obligation bonds issued in North Carolina
• First variable rate municipal revenue bond
• First governmental commercial paper program in North Carolina
• First publicly offered lease purchase financing in North Carolina
• First municipal swaps in North Carolina
• Only pension funding transactions in North Carolina
• Only self-insurance funding transactions in North Carolina 

News

• Forty-Four Parker Poe Attorneys Named 2013 NC Super Lawyers
  January 18, 2013
• Four Parker Poe Attorneys Awarded Lawyer of the Year
  September 14, 2012
• 74 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2013
  August 23, 2012
• Chambers USA 2012 Ranks Parker Poe as Leading Law Firm
  June 7, 2012
• Forty-Two Parker Poe Attorneys Named as 2012 NC Super Lawyers
  January 20, 2012
• 69 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2012
  September 6, 2011
• Chambers USA 2011 Ranks Parker Poe as Leading Law Firm
  June 10, 2011
• Thirty-Seven Parker Poe Attorneys Named NC Super Lawyers for 2011
  January 25, 2011
• 61 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® for 2011
  August 18, 2010
• Chambers USA 2010 Ranks Parker Poe as Leading Law Firm
  June 11, 2010
• Law & Politics Names 36 Parker Poe Attorneys as Super Lawyers
  January 28, 2010
• Parker Poe Attorney Don Ubell Named Fellow
  October 7, 2009
• 55 Parker Poe Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers®
  July 30, 2009
• Chambers USA 2009 Recognizes Parker Poe As Leading Law Firm
  June 12, 2009
• Forty-Six Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
  January 26, 2009
• Parker Poe Increases Number of Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America
  October 1, 2008
• Chambers USA 2008 Recognizes Parker Poe Among America's Leading Lawyers
  June 16, 2008
• Twenty-One Parker Poe Attorneys Named Super Lawyers
  January 28, 2008
• 40 Parker Poe Attorneys Named Among 2008 Best Lawyers in America
  September 14, 2007
• Chambers USA 2007 Recognizes Parker Poe Among America's Leading Lawyers
  June 26, 2007
• Nineteen Parker Poe Attorneys Named North Carolina Super Lawyers 2007
  January 26, 2007
• Parker Poe Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America
  September 12, 2006
• Parker Poe Attorneys Among The Best Lawyers in America
  September 13, 2005
• House Bill 1117 Provides Certain Public Finance Reforms
  August 3, 2005
• Parker Poe Attorneys Honored as The Best Lawyers in America and the "Legal Elite" in North Carolina
  February 28, 2005
• Five Parker Poe Attorneys and Five Practice Areas have been Included in the Chambers USA: Guide to American's Leading Business Lawyers
  June 3, 2004

Memberships

• National Association of Bond Lawyers
  Member

Cases

• School Benefits from Tax-Exempt Financing