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Karen Grande

Partner

Ms. Grande is a Partner in the law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP. Ms. Grande has served as bond counsel to cities and towns as well as to many state, regional and municipal agencies which finance public projects including school projects, student loans, health care facilities, public water supply and wastewater projects, recreational facilities and economic development projects. She has been listed in both The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Public Finance Law as well as a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters.Most recently, she has developed expertise relating to finances of distressed communities, focusing on powers of municipalities in proceedings under Chapter 9 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. She serves as municipal finance counsel to the State of Rhode Island and the Receiver of the City of Central Falls, Rhode Island in connection with the City’s groundbreaking Chapter 9 Bankruptcy case.