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The firms paid on local government bond issues in fiscal years 2015 to 2025, by role: bond counsel, financial advisors, underwriters and the rest, with the issues each worked on and the fees reported.

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796 firms in 1,235 firm and role rows, paid $4,139,524,647 where BRB's row names the firm. Select a firm to see its issues.

Fees with no firm named

Many of BRB's fee rows name no firm. Those fees count in each role's total but under no firm, so the firms below add up to less than the role. In these roles, $2,353,324,848 of $6,492,849,495 in fees name no firm.

  • $2.29 billion of $2.38 billion in underwriter fees name no firm.
  • $56.32 million of $170.33 million in engineers, accountants and other consultants fees name no firm.
Role?Firm named?No firm named?Fees paid, all rows?No firm named, share?
RoleUnderwriterFirm named$90,642,120No firm named$2,289,869,630Fees paid, all rows$2,380,511,749No firm named, share96.2%
RolePlacement agentFirm named$8,205,467No firm named$375,512Fees paid, all rows$8,580,979No firm named, share4.4%
RoleFinancial advisorFirm named$1,424,808,056No firm named$433,445Fees paid, all rows$1,425,241,501No firm named, shareUnder 0.1%
RoleBond counselFirm named$1,351,898,497No firm named$268,037Fees paid, all rows$1,352,166,533No firm named, shareUnder 0.1%
RoleDisclosure counselFirm named$78,118,937No firm named$107,444Fees paid, all rows$78,226,381No firm named, share0.1%
RoleUnderwriter's counselFirm named$179,345,929No firm named$1,712,993Fees paid, all rows$181,058,923No firm named, share0.9%
RoleOther counselFirm named$46,976,073No firm named$618,448Fees paid, all rows$47,594,521No firm named, share1.3%
RoleRating agencyFirm named$411,762,836No firm named$0Fees paid, all rows$411,762,836No firm named, share0.0%
RoleBond insurance and liquidityFirm named$358,595,953No firm named$684,577Fees paid, all rows$359,280,531No firm named, share0.2%
RolePaying agent, trustee and escrowFirm named$33,665,050No firm named$208,564Fees paid, all rows$33,873,614No firm named, share0.6%
RolePrinting, disclosure and data servicesFirm named$41,496,095No firm named$2,723,526Fees paid, all rows$44,219,621No firm named, share6.2%
RoleEngineers, accountants and other consultantsFirm named$114,009,633No firm named$56,322,673Fees paid, all rows$170,332,306No firm named, share33.1%
RoleAll these rolesFirm named$4,139,524,647No firm named$2,353,324,848Fees paid, all rows$6,492,849,495No firm named, share

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Role?Firm?Issues?Par of those issues?Fees paid?Median cost per $1,000?Paid by the underwriter?Negotiated?Competitive?Private placement?First FY?Last FY?
Underwriter's counselJ Cruz & Associates LLC58$1,032,813,303$634,986$0.63$614,986580020152022
Underwriter's counselMahomes Bolden & Warren PC37$5,345,475,000$585,883$0.50$500,481370020152019
Underwriter's counselHardwick Law Firm LLC31$2,830,865,000$575,854$0.35$393,165310020162025
Underwriter's counselLeon Alcala PLLC21$1,295,905,000$494,007$0.60$366,573210020232025
Underwriter's counselKline Alvarado & Veio PC3$183,355,000$483,293$4.47$12,00030020162019
Underwriter's counselBratton & Associates18$3,044,860,000$380,471$0.65$241,758180020162025
Underwriter's counselHunton Andrews Kurth LLP17$797,880,000$368,579$0.38$168,322161020182025
Underwriter's counselBaker Williams Matthiesen LLP8$806,045,000$332,556Not reported$332,55680020172023
Underwriter's counselSquire Patton Boggs LLP8$324,595,000$322,657$4.25$287,65780020152023
Underwriter's counselBickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP28$450,930,000$314,598Not reported$314,598280020152022
Underwriter's counselBates Law Firm PLLC15$2,934,900,000$281,042$0.46$206,143150020232025
Underwriter's counselAllen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP37$367,360,000$267,424$0.95$120,414352020152022
Underwriter's counselMcCarter & English LLP3$44,455,000$248,546$7.06$030020222025
Underwriter's counselNaman Howell Smith & Lee PLLC28$235,559,859$243,000$1.45$151,500280020172025
Underwriter's counselWhite & Wiggins LLP9$2,747,430,000$222,276Not reported$222,27690020152022
Underwriter's counselTroutman Pepper Locke LLP5$111,499,000$212,707$0.83$192,89050020252025
Underwriter's counselLaw Offices of Francisco G Medina3$1,212,845,000$208,945$0.10$200,00030020152020
Underwriter's counselHawkins Delafield & Wood LLP5$651,570,000$200,000Not reported$200,00050020152022
Underwriter's counselStradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth6$184,820,000$170,500Not reported$170,50060020152021
Underwriter's counselFoley & Lardner LLP3$929,635,000$162,529Not reported$162,52930020242025
Underwriter's counselLevi Benton & Associates PLLC15$2,770,030,000$150,220Not reported$150,220150020202025
Underwriter's counselCoats Rose Yale Ryman & Lee PC17$170,650,000$148,964$0.76$93,825161020152017
Underwriter's counselCreighton Fox Johnson & Mills PLLC15$456,415,000$139,722Not reported$139,722150020152025
Underwriter's counselBurney & Foreman1$1,005,145,000$138,500Not reported$138,50010020182018
Underwriter's counselFMSbonds Inc1$10,800,000$128,700Not reported$128,70010020252025
Underwriter's counselCoats Rose PC14$79,685,000$124,500$2.57$92,000140020182022
Underwriter's counselSara Leon & Associates PLLC21$560,449,625$122,547$2.39$114,047192020202022
Underwriter's counselLewis Rice LLC6$111,300,000$117,500$2.33$40,00060020152016
Underwriter's counselBlanco Ordonez Mata & Wallace PC5$300,860,000$116,689Not reported$116,68950020152016
Underwriter's counselRaymond James & Associates Inc5$313,565,000$110,620$1.39$88,62050020252025
Underwriter's counselSanford Kuhl Hagan Kugle Parker Kahn LLP13$54,280,154$96,542$1.84$8,000121020152023
Underwriter's counselJones Walker LLP4$273,125,000$89,774$0.50$51,12140020222023
Underwriter's counselWells Fargo Bank1$432,330,000$87,780Not reported$87,78010020202020
Underwriter's counselPetruska & Associates PLLC15$71,034,079$83,000$1.38$75,000150020152021
Underwriter's counselKintop Smith PLLC7$769,330,000$75,000Not reported$75,00070020202021
Underwriter's counselManuel G Escobar Jr Law Office14$807,625,000$73,903$0.12$70,377140020152018
Underwriter's counselMuller Law Group PLLC9$34,290,000$65,907$4.80$56,90790020192021
Underwriter's counselRBC Capital Markets LLC2$137,215,000$62,861$3.72$53,92611020172022
Underwriter's counselRobert W Baird & Co2$22,050,000$57,488Not reported$57,48802020152025
Underwriter's counselWendy Montoya Cloonan PLLC3$215,595,000$43,119Not reported$43,11930020212021
Underwriter's counselStifel Nicolaus & Company Inc3$87,980,000$30,793$0.35$030020252025
Underwriter's counselPowell & Leon LLP3$57,465,000$25,500$1.92$7,50030020172019
Underwriter's counselCabrera Capital Markets LLC1$15,085,000$25,000Not reported$25,00010020252025
Underwriter's counselKutak Rock LLP1$6,765,000$25,000$3.70$000120222022
Underwriter's counselMitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC1$2,250,000$25,000Not reported$25,00010020152015
Underwriter's counselWard Law Firm6$214,365,000$25,000Not reported$25,00060020182020
Underwriter's counselAnderson & Smith PC2$44,790,000$24,988$0.65$020020202020
Underwriter's counselSmith & Lee PLLC2$23,829,766$18,000Not reported$18,00011020212025
Underwriter's counselSAMCO Capital Markets Inc3$12,295,000$15,888$0.40$14,00021020182025
Underwriter's counselLM Tatum PLLC4$44,365,000$15,093Not reported$15,09340020152016
Total, all 1,235$4,139,524,647$433,539,941

Rows 451–500 of 1,235

Totals only

These costs are paid to state offices or are not one firm's work, so no firm list is shown for them.

Role?BRB fee names?Issues?Fees paid?
RoleState review and filing feesBRB fee namesAttorney General review, TCEQ, TCEQ bond application fee, TWDB, IRS Form 8038 filing feeIssues16,916Fees paid$226,322,592
RoleOther costsBRB fee namesMiscellaneous, Contingency, Travel, Issuer fee, Other general COI, Additional COI, Rounding, Private activityIssues12,092Fees paid$245,035,129
How this table is made: roles, firm names and the counting rules

BRB's tables name 71 kinds of fee. We group them into 14 roles so you can find a firm's work; the grouping is ours, and the table below lists the BRB fee names each role includes (role map 0.4).

Role map
Role?BRB fee names?Firm list?Fee rows?Issues?Fees paid?Paid by the underwriter?
RoleUnderwriterBRB fee namesUnderwriter's spread: takedown, Underwriter's spread: management fee, Underwriter's spread: expenses, Underwriting risk, Net underwriters spread, Remarketing agent, RemarketingFirm listYesFee rows38,812Issues13,884Fees paid$2,380,511,749Paid by the underwriter$63,980,471
RolePlacement agentBRB fee namesPrivate placementFirm listYesFee rows626Issues618Fees paid$8,580,979Paid by the underwriter$0
RoleFinancial advisorBRB fee namesFinancial advisor, Co-financial advisorFirm listYesFee rows19,830Issues16,795Fees paid$1,425,241,501Paid by the underwriter$0
RoleBond counselBRB fee namesBond counsel, Co-bond counsel, Bond counsel expense, Special tax counsel, Bond preparation feeFirm listYesFee rows21,448Issues17,061Fees paid$1,352,166,533Paid by the underwriter$0
RoleDisclosure counselBRB fee namesDisclosure counsel, Co-disclosure counselFirm listYesFee rows5,061Issues4,880Fees paid$78,226,381Paid by the underwriter$20,000
RoleUnderwriter's counselBRB fee namesUnderwriter's counsel, Co-underwriter's counselFirm listYesFee rows7,484Issues7,067Fees paid$181,058,923Paid by the underwriter$149,801,234
RoleOther counselBRB fee namesIssuer counsel, City attorney, Bank counsel, Trustee counsel, Borrower counsel, Private placement counselFirm listYesFee rows2,084Issues1,790Fees paid$47,594,521Paid by the underwriter$57,000
RoleRating agencyBRB fee namesRating agencyFirm listYesFee rows16,443Issues12,131Fees paid$411,762,836Paid by the underwriter$9,028,320
RoleBond insurance and liquidityBRB fee namesBond insurance, Liquidity, Liquidity providerFirm listYesFee rows8,735Issues8,697Fees paid$359,280,531Paid by the underwriter$243,597,030
RolePaying agent, trustee and escrowBRB fee namesPaying agent and registrar, Prior paying agent, Trustee, Escrow agent, Escrow verification, Redemption feeFirm listYesFee rows29,738Issues16,615Fees paid$33,873,614Paid by the underwriter$600
RoleState review and filing feesBRB fee namesAttorney General review, TCEQ, TCEQ bond application fee, TWDB, IRS Form 8038 filing feeFirm listTotals onlyFee rows20,699Issues16,916Fees paid$226,322,592Paid by the underwriter$59,817
RolePrinting, disclosure and data servicesBRB fee namesPrinting, POS/OS posting, OS preparation, Disclosure, CUSIP, MAC, Advertising notice of sale, Newspaper publication, Electronic biddingFirm listYesFee rows22,179Issues14,987Fees paid$44,219,621Paid by the underwriter$218,207
RoleEngineers, accountants and other consultantsBRB fee namesBond application report, Engineering report, Accountant CPA, Auditor, Bookkeeper, Tax assessor collector, PID administrator, ATR form prep, House photography, Aerial photographerFirm listYesFee rows7,934Issues5,513Fees paid$170,332,306Paid by the underwriter$50,000
RoleOther costsBRB fee namesMiscellaneous, Contingency, Travel, Issuer fee, Other general COI, Additional COI, Rounding, Private activityFirm listTotals onlyFee rows20,140Issues12,092Fees paid$245,035,129Paid by the underwriter$188,902
  • Structuring counts under Underwriter when BRB marks the row as paid by the underwriter, and under Financial advisor otherwise.
  • Computer structuring fee counts under Underwriter when BRB marks the row as paid by the underwriter, and under Financial advisor otherwise.
  • Net spread counted once. Takedown, management fee, spread expenses and underwriting risk make up the underwriter's spread. Where an issue reports an amount for any of them, its row for the underwriter's net spread (the same spread as one figure) is shown as a cross-check and not added.
  • Paid by the underwriter: shown, not added to the issuer's costs. Rows BRB's table marks as paid by the underwriter (whether the underwriter paid the fee) are shown and count in the fees paid to that firm and role, but not in the issuer's one-time costs, per-$1,000 figures or medians.
  • The issuer's one-time costs add every other one-time row: not annual fees, not rows paid by the underwriter, not the cross-check. Per $1,000 of par divides them by the issue's par and multiplies by 1,000 (computed here).
  • Missing, zero and negative amounts. A row with no amount shows "Not reported" and is added to nothing. A reported $0 counts as $0, in sums and medians. A negative amount is added as reported; where a role's or firm's one-time costs on an issue come to less than $0, that issue is left out of the medians.
  • Fees paid adds every amount the firm's or role's rows report, one-time and annual, including rows paid by the underwriter (shown again in their own column), and not the cross-check. Median cost per $1,000 takes the firm's part of the issuer's one-time costs on each issue, divides by the issue's par and multiplies by 1,000, then takes the middle value across the firm's issues (computed here); a firm paid only by the underwriter or only annual fees has none. Par of those issues adds each issue's par once per firm and role.
  • Rows with no firm named count in the role totals above but not under any firm.

Firm names merged

BRB's table spells some firms more than one way. We show spellings as one firm only when they differ in nothing but capital letters, periods, commas or spaces (so "L.L.P." is "LLP" and "Inc." is "Inc"); any other difference keeps them apart. The shown name is the spelling used on the most rows. 13 spellings were merged, leaving 796 firms; every merge is listed here.

Alias table: each spelling in BRB's table and the name shown
Spelling in BRB's table?Shown as?Fee rows?
Aerial ImagingAerial Imaging521
aerial ImagingAerial Imaging1
BLX Group LLCBLX Group LLC58
BLX GROUP LLCBLX Group LLC1
Bracewell LLPBracewell LLP2,359
bracewell LLPBracewell LLP1
DigiColor LLCDigiColor LLC906
digiColor LLCDigiColor LLC137
McCall Parkhurst & Horton LLPMcCall Parkhurst & Horton LLP12,594
MCcall parkhurst & Horton LLPMcCall Parkhurst & Horton LLP2
Mccall parkhurst & Horton LLPMcCall Parkhurst & Horton LLP2
MoodysMoodys6,498
moodysMoodys2
MuniHubMuniHub1,116
MuniHUBMuniHub2
MunihubMuniHub1
Northstar Bank of TexasNorthstar Bank of Texas2
NorthStar Bank of TexasNorthstar Bank of Texas1
SAMCO Capital Markets IncSAMCO Capital Markets Inc1,691
SAMCO Capital Markets INCSAMCO Capital Markets Inc6
Temple Daily TelegramTemple Daily Telegram6
temple Daily TelegramTemple Daily Telegram1
Utility Tax Service LLCUtility Tax Service LLC88
Utility tax service LLCUtility Tax Service LLC1

EMMA links are added as each issue is matched.

Source: Local Issuance Fee By Year (updated by the publisher 10/6/2026). Loaded here 10/9/2026.

Texas fiscal years run September 1 to August 31.

Issuer names are shown as published, without source footnote letters.

Figures are as reported to the agency and have not been independently verified.