Rick Weber is a partner in the Houston office of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. and heads the firm's Public Finance and Administration Department. He practices in the area of public finance, acting as bond counsel, underwriter's counsel, disclosure counsel and borrower's or credit enhancer's counsel.  Mr. Weber has considerable experience with nonprofit health care, pollution control and pool financings; multi-modal bonds, interest rate derivatives and other advanced financial products; and  primary and continuing disclosure issues.

Among other transactions, he has represented clients in connection with:

• More than $1 billion of interest rate swaps for large municipalities and an urban county, including fixed to variable and basis swaps and tax- and revenue-supported swaps.
• Taxable and tax-exempt structured financings of natural gas reserves used to fuel municipal gas and electric utilities, including attendant gas exchange, balancing, transportation and commodity hedge contracts.
• Nearly $400 million tax-exempt synthetic lease financing of a synthetic gas plant and cogeneration station for a major refining company to convert waste coke into electric energy.
• Numerous tax-exempt financings of non-profit heath care facilities, including obligated group master indentures and auction rate and variable rate demand bonds.
• Creation of two local government investment pools for the joint investment of cash assets under professional management.

• American College of Bond Counsel, President
  • Former Vice President, Director and Past Treasurer
• National Association of Bond Lawyers, Past President, Treasurer and Director
• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas
• Houston Bar Association

• Who's Who
• The Best Lawyers in America
• "Super Lawyer" in cities & municipalities law, Texas Monthly magazine (2003 and 2004)

• "The Future of Public Finance," Municipal Finance Journal, Summer 2002
• Commercial Law Issues in Public Finance National Association of Bond Lawyers, 2000
• "Avoiding Securities Law Liability in Conduit Bond Offerings," Government Finance Review, Government Finance Officers Association, 1998
• Disclosure Roles of Counsel in State and Local Government Securities Offerings, 2d ed., 1994
• "Tax-Exempt Financing Under Tax Reform" U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Financing for the Next Generation, 1987
• "A Case for Public Finance Reform in Texas," 23 Houston Law Review 1113, 1986

• "Texas Municipal Pension Obligation Bonds: Legal Framework and Open Issues" presented at the National Society of Pension Professionals, in Austin, Texas, on May 26, 2004
• "Opinions and Related Ethics Issues," presented at the National Association of Bond Lawyers, Bond Attorneys Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, on December 3-5, 2001, September 18-20, 2002 and September 15-17, 2003
• "Tax and Securities Law Institute," National Association of Bond Lawyers, February 2003
• "UCC 9 Workshop," presented for the Bond Market Association, New York, New York, on November 11, 2001
• "The Future of Public Finance" presented at the National Association of Independent Public Finance Advisors 2001 Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 11, 2001
• "Disclosure Case Study," presented at the National Federation of Municipal Analysts 17th Annual Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, on May 16-19, 2000
• "Market Communications and Disclosure," presented at the National Association of Bond Lawyers, 2000 Washington Seminar, Washington, D.C., on May 11-12, 2000
• "Fiduciary and Other Duties," presented at the SEC 1st Annual Municipal Market Roundtable, Washington, D.C., on October 14, 1999
• "Current Issues Concerning Market Disclosure and Related SEC Enforcement Actions," presented at the National Federation of Municipal Analysts 16th Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, on May 5, 1999
• "SEC Enforcement and Regulations: An Overview," presented at the Municipal Advisory Council of Texas 1998 Annual Municipal Finance Conference, Dallas, Texas, on October 21-22, 1998
• "Commercial Law Issues in Public Finance," presented at the National Association of Bond Lawyers, Bond Attorneys Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, on December 3-5, 2001, September 22-24, 1999 and on September 24-26, 1998
• "SEC Enforcement Actions," presented at the National Association of Bond Lawyers, Bond Attorneys Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, on September 24-26, 1997
• "Conduit Financings: What Every Issuer Should Know to Avoid Problems Down the Road," presented at the Government Finance Officers Association 1997 Annual Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on June 3, 1997
• "Model Opinions," presented at the National Association of Bond Lawyers, 1997 Washington Seminar, Washington, D.C., on May 8-9, 1997
• "SEC Enforcement Powers," presented at the National Association of Bond Lawyers, Bond Attorneys Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, on September 18-20, 1996
• "What to Do When the SEC Comes Knocking" and "Rule 15c2-12 Undertakings and Continuing Disclosure Programs," presented at the National Association of Bond Lawyers, 1996 Washington Seminar, Washington, D.C., on May 9-10, 1996
• "Implementation of Rule 15c2-12," presented at the Municipal Advisory Council of Texas, Secondary Disclosure and Tax Reform Conference, San Antonio, Texas, on October 12, 1995
• "Rule 15c2-12 Issues" and "Ethical and Opinion Responsibilities of Counsel," presented at the National Association of Bond Lawyers, Bond Attorneys Workshop, Chicago, Illinois, on September 20-22, 1995
• "Seminar on New SEC Disclosure Requirements," presented to the National Association of Bond Lawyers, Chicago, Illinois, on January 12, 1995

1976 - J.D., Yale Law School
1970 - B.A., summa cum laude, Rice University

While attending law school, Mr. Weber was awarded the Benjamin Scharps and Ambrose Gherini Prizes.

He was licensed to practice law in Texas in 1976.

• Houston Symphony, Governing Director and Senior Vice President for Development
• Rice University Fund Council
• Moores Society, University of Houston