Gilmore Bell Announces New Director and Shareholders in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gilmore & Bell, P.C., a leading public finance law firm, is pleased to announce that Shelby Exposito has been named director in the Kansas City office.

Ms. Exposito serves as bond counsel to state and local government agencies, cities, counties and school districts. In addition, she specializes in the area of single family housing, including single family mortgage revenue bonds, single family TBA programs and mortgage credit certificates. Ms. Exposito is licensed to practice in Kansas and Missouri. Prior to joining the firm, she worked as an attorney focusing on public finance and education law and clerked for the Honorable Frederick J. Martone at the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Ms. Exposito received her B.S. degree (summa cum laude) in Economics from Bradley University in 2008 and her J.D. (magna cum laude) from Notre Dame Law School in 2011. During law school, she was a Senior Editor of the Notre Dame Law Review.

Gilmore & Bell, P.C. is also pleased to announce that David Bushek and Sarah Granath have been named shareholders in the Kansas City office.

Mr. Bushek specializes in economic development, planning and zoning, land-use and municipal law. He has been in practice since 1994 and is a member of the Missouri and Kansas Bar Associations. Mr. Bushek received his B.A. degree from the University of Iowa in 1991 and his J.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1994. He received his Master of Urban Planning from the University of Kansas in 1996. Prior to rejoining the firm in 2026, he was the Chief Counsel of Economic Development & Planning for the City of Lee’s Summit, Missouri. While in law school he was the Editor in Chief of The Urban Lawyer and was a member of the National Moot Court Team.

Ms. Granath serves as bond counsel to cities, counties, school districts and other municipal borrowers. Additionally, she advises various local governments on incentivized economic development projects. Ms. Granath was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 2019 and the Kansas Bar in 2020. She received her B.A. degree (summa cum laude) from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2016 and her J.D. (magna cum laude) from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2019, where she served as a Comment Editor for the UMKC Law Review.

About Gilmore Bell

Gilmore Bell is one of the leading public finance law firms in the United States. The firm primarily represents governmental entities and 501c3 organizations to negotiate financing alternatives including bond and lease transactions, economic development incentives and public-private partnerships. For more than 30 years, Gilmore Bell has ranked in the top 10 nationally in the number of bond counsel opinions rendered on municipal bond issues. Gilmore Bell has offices in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Utah and Illinois. For more information, visit us at www.gilmorebell.com.