Heidi H. Jeffery is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. Ms. Jeffery is a member and former vice chair of the firm’s Senior Living Industry Team. She is also a member of the firm’s Finance & Financial Institutions, Health Care Finance & Restructuring, and Public Finance Practices and the Health Care Industry Team. Ms. Jeffery has experience in general municipal, private activity bond, housing, student loan, health care and senior living finance. In such transactions, she has served as bond counsel and counsel to developers, underwriters, credit enhancers, issuers and borrowers.
Ms. Jeffery also frequently represents broker-dealers in connection with municipal securities compliance matters. In addition, Ms. Jeffery also has experience representing banks in general lending transactions, including both secured and unsecured commercial loans.
She was elected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 and 2013 in the field of public finance law.*
Ms. Jeffery received her law degree, with distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1996, where she was a managing editor of the Iowa Law Review. She received her bachelor's degree from Northwestern University in 1993.
Ms. Jeffery is active in civic and industry organizations. She is a former member of the board of directors of Girls in the Game, the President’s Council of Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry and the board of directors of Women in Public Finance. Ms. Jeffery also is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, the American Health Lawyers Association and the American Bar Association. Ms. Jeffery is admitted to practice in Illinois and Michigan.
* The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.