Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP
Sharon Bernard is an Associate at Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP since November 2021, specializing in bond counsel and underwriter's counsel for municipal financings with a focus on housing bonds. Prior experience includes a legal internship at Nouria Energy Corporation, where research on COVID-19 regulations and abstracting commercial leases were key responsibilities. As a Rule 3:03 Student Practitioner at Boston University School of Law, Sharon represented low-income clients in civil litigation, negotiating settlements and drafting legal documents. Earlier roles as a Law Clerk at Bay Area Legal Aid provided exposure to health care regulation advocacy, while positions at NBC News and Success Academy Charter Schools focused on media archiving and educational instruction, respectively. Sharon holds a Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law and a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Politics from New York University.
Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP
Hawkins is a nationally recognized leader in public finance. Founded in 1854, the firm now has 90 lawyers in ten offices across the country. Hawkins offers government agencies, non-profit organizations and financial institutions exceptional legal service and sophisticated counsel in finance and infrastructure transactions. State and local governments regularly turn to Hawkins on the strength of our specialty practice and record of innovation and accomplishment, to structure new financing programs, resolve complex tax and securities disclosure questions, and advise on infrastructure procurement, project finance and public private partnership matters. Hawkins is perennially rated among the very top bond counsel and underwriters’ counsel nationally and the firm has closed over $1 trillion in public finance transactions.