Karl R. Sturbaum

Profile

Karl Sturbaum is a partner in the Governmental Services and Public Finance Groups. He has more than twenty years of experience serving as bond counsel to Indiana school corporations.  He also has extensive experience in economic development and tax increment financings, tax abatement, and other financial incentives to business. In addition, he has directed financings for hospitals, fire stations, courthouses, jails, libraries, water and sewer districts and solid waste management districts, and has acted as underwriters' counsel in housing and higher education financings. Mr. Sturbaum’s background as a teacher provides him with a particular sensitivity to school issues, and he has written and spoken on the subject of public school finance. He is a member of the Indiana Association of School Business Officials, the Indiana School Boards Association, Indiana State Bar Association and the National Association of Bond Lawyers, and has served as a member of the Monroe County School Board. Mr. Sturbaum, a cum laude graduate of Indiana University School of Law, has been a practicing attorney and a member of the firm since 1986. He became a partner in 1993.

Appearances / Publications

Author: “Financing Devices for Smaller, Mutual Thrifts: Alternatives to Conversion and Mortgage Backed Bonds,” (The Ledger)

Speaker: “The Business of Governing, Issues for Public Entities in Indiana”; “Senate Enrolled Act 199 - Implementation and Implications”; “Financial Issues of Debt Management” (Indiana Association of School Business Officials); “Library Financing, A Primer” (Indiana Public Library Association); “Investment of Public Funds.”

Appointments / Memberships

Member: Indianapolis and Indiana State Bar Associations; Indiana School Boards Association; Indiana Association of School Business Officials; National School Boards Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers, Monroe County School Board (past member)