Chauncey W. Lever

Partner/Retired

Chauncey W. Lever

Partner/Retired

Chauncey W. Lever, Jr. is a partner and finance lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. He practices in the areas of public finance and health care finance, serving as bond counsel, special tax counsel, disclosure counsel, and counsel to underwriters, banks, purchasers, borrowers, issuers, trustees, and other parties in connection with governmental purpose and private activity financings.

Chauncey has extensive experience with financings for governmental capital improvements and infrastructure, utilities, airports, seaports, private and public hospitals and other health care facilities, multi-state health systems, housing, senior living facilities, higher education, charter schools and other educational facilities, 501(c)(3) organizations, industrial development, and community development and redevelopment.

Chauncey also has extensive experience with various types of financing structures, including pooled loan programs, commercial paper programs, master lease-purchase arrangements, structured public finance, special district financings, tax increment, special assessment and ad valorem tax financings, and public private partnerships.

Chauncey’s practice in public finance and health care finance includes related derivative transactions and related tax and securities law matters. He is a member of the firm’s Finance, Financial Institutions, Public Finance, and Health Care Finance Practices, as well as the Airport Services, Health Care and Post-Acute Care & Senior Housing Industry Teams.

 

Awards and Recognition

  • Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© each year since 2003 in the field of Public Finance Law and each year since 2016 in the field of Municipal Law
  • Recognized in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the practice area of Banking & Finance: Public Finance (2013-2022)
  • Recognized as a fellow in the American College of Bond Counsel
  • Peer Review Rated as AV Preeminent®, the highest performance rating in the Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ system

Affiliations

Chauncey is a member of The Florida Bar. His professional affiliations include the National Association of Bond Lawyers, the American Bar Association Committee on Tax Exempt Financing, the Healthcare Financial Management Association and the Florida Government Finance Officers Association.

Community Involvement

Chauncey is actively involved in various civic and charitable organizations in the community. Past and present involvement includes Leadership Jacksonville Alumni Association, Trinity Rescue Mission, Rotary Club of Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Community Council.

18 August 2022 Press Releases

Foley Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Best Lawyers in America

Foley & Lardner LLP proudly announced that 250 of our attorneys across 20 offices have received recognition in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
01 June 2022 Press Releases

Foley Ranks Among Nation’s Top Law Firms in Chambers USA 2022

Foley has again been recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of the top law firms in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
20 December 2021 Newsletters

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: January 1, 2022, Brings Opportunities with Two Types of Tax Exempt Bonds and Program Expansion

Specific to tax-exempt bonds, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act modifies section 142(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) by adding two new categories of qualified private activity bonds. The Act applies to obligations issued after December 31, 2021.
19 August 2021 Press Releases

Foley Attorneys Recognized in 2022 Best Lawyers in America

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that 236 of the firm’s attorneys from 18 U.S. offices have been recognized in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, and 46 lawyers from 13 offices were included in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list. Additionally, 14 of the firm’s attorneys received the special designation of “Lawyer of the Year,” an honor earned by only one lawyer in each practice area and metropolitan region.
20 May 2021 Press Releases

Foley & Lardner Among Nation’s Leading Law Firms Recognized in 2021 Chambers USA

Foley & Lardner LLP is pleased to announce that it has again been recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of the top law firms in the 2021 edition of Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
20 August 2020 Press Releases

Foley Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America 2021 List

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that 20 of its attorneys earned Best Lawyers 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” recognition in their respective practice areas. In addition, 243 of the firm’s attorneys from 18 offices have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2021. Another 51 of the firm’s attorneys from 14 offices have been named to the new category of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, which recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice.