Over 20 Years of Experience
One of the most experienced bond lawyers in the Dallas/Ft. Worth market is Sara Tangen. Most would consider Sara as genuine, responsive and recognized by clients for “spot on” advice.
Areas of Practice
- Public Finance
Experience in all levels of public finance including bond elections, public funding for school districts, hospitals, river authorities, and State agencies in both Texas and Oklahoma. - Municipal Bonds
Sara's vast knowledge in municipal bonds, serving as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, and disclosure counsel for general municipal financings, water board bond financings, and private activity bonds helped to guide her clients to exemplary outcomes. - Governmental Agencies
Working with the Texas Bond Review Board, the Offices of the Attorneys General in both Texas and Oklahoma, and the Office of the Governor of Texas, Economic Development & Tourism gained Sara immeasurable experience. - Municipal Capital Projects
Sara was involved with many City and School District Bond Elections, Hospital District Bond Elections and Financings, as well as major water board bond financing and legislation drafting. - Law Firm Partnering
Not only has Sara handled complex bond and financing issues for municipalities, but as a research attorney and a litigation specialist, Sara's career has dealt in litigation for clients in the fields of banking, hotel franchises, general commercial litigation, motion picture anti-trust, and insurance defense.
Summary of Sara's Background
SARA TANGEN is a public and municipal finance attorney with extensive legal expertise and a genuine connection with clients spanning sophisticated organizations and small communities. She thrives on finding solutions to projects that have tangible outcomes – refinancing, creating a lower cost of borrowing for constructing a school, building a stadium, or improving a water system. Sara has a natural talent for handling the details while maintaining a broad perspective. Most would consider Sara as genuine, responsive and recognized by clients for “spot on” advice.
Sara holds a J.D. from the University of Detroit - Mercy School of Law and an A.B. with Distinction from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. She is a licensed attorney in Texas, Oklahoma, and Michigan and admitted to the U.S. Districts Courts of the Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas, and Eastern District of Michigan. Sara is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and the Dallas Bar Association.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Municipal Bankruptcy
- Underwriter's Counsel
- Disclosure Counsel
- Unique Financing Structures
- Complex Closings
- Attention to Detail
- Risk Management
- Relationship Building
- Motivation / Inspiration
- Team Leadership / Team Mentoring
- Creative Problem Solving
- General Obligation Bonds
- Private Activity Bonds
- Revenue Bonds
- Refinancings
Sara Speaks
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Sara speaks three languages, English being her native and main language.
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Conversational level French is Sara's second language as she studied and lived in Aix-en-Provence in southern France for a year.
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Italian is Sara's 3rd language, with elementary proficiency.
Sara's Skills
| Public Finance | Civil Litigation |
| Litigation | Municipal Law |
| Municipalities | Bond Financing |
| Motivation | Inspiration |
| Creative Problem Solving | General Obligation Bonds |
| Municipal Bonds | Risk Management |
| Unique Financing Structures | Municipal Bankruptcies |
| Client Relations | Disclosure Counsel Revenue Bonds |