Crooks rejoined the team in 2008, and now supports public and private sector transportation, homeland security, energy, and health care clients.  He also serves as Research Assistant to the Aviation Safety and Security Digest.

Prior to rejoining Hall & Associates, Crooks worked for Lehman Brothers investment bank.  A member of the transportation group of the public finance division, he specialized in modeling existing and proposed debt issuances for airport clients to maximize leverage of single revenue streams.  He served as support in the financing and refunding of several U.S. airports, including a $720 million bond issue for San Jose International Airport’s capital campaign, the largest deal of its kind ever issued in California.

Crooks graduated cum laude from Harvard University, receiving a bachelor’s degree in economics with a focus in government.  While at Harvard, he was the senior editor of the Harvard College Economist, an economic journal focusing on current issues in finance, trade, development, and fiscal and monetary policy.