Matthew Lewin

Matthew (Matt) Lewin is Of Counsel at Burke Burns & Pinelli, Ltd., where he focuses on municipal finance.

Mr. Lewin has devoted his entire legal career to acting as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel and in other legal roles on a wide variety of public financings throughout Illinois and the United States. From 2007 through 2019, he headed the Chicago public finance group for a large national law firm, after having spent 26 years as a partner at another large Chicago-based national law firm focused on finance.

Over the course of his legal career, Mr. Lewin's practice has centered on tax-exempt financings for multi-family affordable housing, public housing, charter schools, elementary, secondary and higher education facilities, health care and miscellaneous 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization facilities, small issue (manufacturing) and solid waste financings for landfills and other facilities, utilities, port facilities, empowerment zone facilities, airports, stadiums and governmental facilities.

Practice Areas

• Public Finance

Education

• Indiana University Maurer School of Law
  J.D., magna cum laude; Order of the Coif, 1981
• Indiana University Kelley School of Business
  M.B.A., 1981
• State University of New York at Albany
  B.S., summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa, 1977

Awards & Honors

• Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Public Finance Law, 2012-2019
• Named, Lawyer of the Year, Public Finance Law, Chicago, 2017
• Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Illinois Super Lawyers, 2013-2019
• Listed, Leading Lawyers Network, 2008-2019
• Top 10 Public Finance Lawyers in Illinois, 2018-2019
• Listed, Chambers USA Guide, National-Banking & Finance Law, 2009-2018