Grigsby & Associates a Letter of No Enforcement after advising Mr . Grigsby that all of our public finance transactions had been conducted in an exemplary manner .
Innovative Financing Ideas - Grigsby & Associates ability to develop and implement innovative financing strategies designed to address individual clients ' financing needs is one of the company ' s strongest competitive advantages . The firm developed and completed the first rated , public offered Certificate of Participation issue in public finance ( Univ . of Hawaii 1979 ), the first tax advantaged leveraged lease using private equity ( Dade County Seaport 1980 ), the first taxexempt pension obligation refinancing bonds ( City of Berkeley 1986 ), the first Leasehold Variable Rate Tax Increment Bonds San Jose Redevelopment Agency 1986 ), the first COP cross-over refunding ( Solano County 1985 ), the first pooled water revenue bond ( Michigan 1994 ) and the first transit agency issue backed by Federal Transportation grants ( BART 1980 ), among other innovations .
In 1997 , after been ranked by Securities Data as high as number 10 for senior managing long-term negotiated public finance transactions , the firm dropped to the lowest level in the rankings following national press coverage of federal charges against Mr . Grigsby-even though the Court dismissed all of the charges after hearing prosecution evidence against Mr . Grigsby in his first trial . Following Mr . Grigsby ' s acquittal of all charges in 1998 , and it is now known that the charges were founded on fabricated and manipulated evidence .
Following conclusion of the investigation , the SEC Regional General Counsel advised Mr . Grigsby that the SEC review showed that all his work , transactions and record keeping had been " exemplary " and that this was the first major SEC investigation of any firm that resulted in termination with no enforcement action .
With the receipt of this letter , Mr . Grigsby went back to public finance marketing against tough competition who did not hesitate to leave Googled articles of the Miami charges ( but not the acquittals ) on the chair of every governing body representative when Grigsby was being considered for a position in the sales syndicate . Even though Mr . Grigsby had two federal judge directed acquittals without putting on one shred of evidence because there were no valid charges to defend , not
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