Ms. Hedtke is an attorney in Dorsey's public finance group. Her practice is focused on traditional municipal bond issues, tax increment financing, property tax abatement, business subsidies, and general municipal law. Before joining the firm in 2003, she spent over eight years lobbying on behalf of cities on a variety of issues with the League of Minnesota Cities. Accordingly, she brings a unique set of skills and experience including an appreciation for and intimate understanding of the perspective of public clients and a broad base of legislative history on wide range of laws impacting local units of government in Minnesota. She has experience advising municipalities and their authorities on a variety of economic development and redevelopment matters, including tax increment financing, property tax abatement, and business subsidies.