Emilie R. Ninan

Emilie R. Ninan is the Managing Partner of the firm's Wilmington office, and is the partner responsible for the public finance practice in Delaware. Ms. Ninan represents governmental, quasi-governmental, and private entities, including 501(c)(3) institutions that are eligible for tax-exempt financing. She has served as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, borrower's counsel, issuer's counsel, or trustee's counsel on a variety of municipal bond financings, including general obligation, revenue, conduit, utility system, health care, industrial development, single-family and multifamily housing, and educational facility bond transactions.

In addition to her public finance practice, Ms. Ninan advises on uniform commercial code matters and delivers formal legal opinions in connection with financing transactions. She also represents corporate, banking, and nonprofit clients in connection with loan documentation, contract negotiation, project finance, and other commercial transactions.

Professional Activities

American Bar Association (ABA)
Member; Section of Business Law

Delaware State Bar Association (DSBA)
Executive Committe (2012-2013)
Commercial Law Section Chair (2008-2010)
Member, UCC Subcommittee and Multicultural Judges and Lawyers Section

North American South Asian Bar Association (NASABA), President-Elect

National Association of Bond Lawyers

South Asian Bar Association of Delaware, Founding President

DuPont Minority Counsel Network

Recognition & Accomplishments

Recipient, DSBA Multicultural Judges and Lawyers Section Leadership Award

Recipient, NASABA Cornerstone Award

ABA Section of Business Law Ambassador

Leadership Delaware

Influential Women in Business, Delaware Today

Speaking Engagements

Ms. Ninan is a frequent speaker and presenter on panels focused on the municipal bond market as well as diversity issues in the legal field. Recent speaking engagements include:

"Modern Day Slavery: Human Trafficking and Bonded Labor," Widener Law School, Wilmington, Del., October 3, 2011

"The New Glass Ceiling: Intersection of Gender and Race in Career Progression," NASABA Convention, Los Angeles, Calif., June 24, 2011

DuPont Minority Counsel Conference, Wilmington, Del., June 15, 2011

"Tapping into Lower-Cost Financing Options for Nonprofits: Using Tax-Exempt Bonds to Finance Capital Projects," DANA, Wilmington, Del., August 26, 2010

"Recovery Zone Bonds To Stimulate Economic Development," Wilmington, Del., June 24, 2009, and Dover, Del., September 14, 2010

"A Career By Design," NASABA Convention, Chicago, June 28, 2008

Alford Diversity Conference, Wilmington, Del., April 25, 2008

Trustees of Color Diversity Expo, Wilmington, Del., April 10, 2008

"Sustaining Women of Color in Law Firms," NALP Diversity Summit, Philadelphia, March 27, 2008

"Tax Issues In Tax Exempt Financing," Wilmington, Del., December 4, 2007

"Visible Invisibility," Minority Corporate Counsel Association Creating Pathways to Diversity Conference, New York, N.Y., November 9, 2007

"Women and the Law," NASABA Convention, San Francisco, Calif., June 29, 2007

DuPont Minority Counsel Conference, Miami, Fla., June 14, 2007

SABA-DE Inaugural Event, Wilmington, Del., June 7, 2007

"Derivatives," National Association of Bond Lawyers, San Antonio, Tex., April 19, 2007

ACI Law Firm Diversity Conference, New York, N.Y., March 22, 2007

"501(c)(3) Pooled Financings," The Delaware Economic Development Authority, Wilmington, Del., March 16, 2007, and Dover, Del., July 16, 2007

Board Memberships

CCDC Justice Team

Delaware Leadership Foundation

Ladies First – Mid-Atlantic Women's Public Finance Forum

Sunday Breakfast Mission Legal Aid Clinic

Georgetown University Law Center (J.D. 1995)
Member, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics

Georgetown University School of Business (M.B.A. 1995)

Temple University (B.B.A. 1991, summa cum laude)

Delaware

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware