Ms. Aerobel Banuelos is COO and Equity Partner in the San Diego office of Garcia Hernández Sawhney, LLP. Her practice covers most aspects of transactional work relating to public agency and special district representation, including water law issues, public works and purchasing issues, and real property issues. Aerobel frequently represents Oxnard School District and other firm clients in finance and transactional matters.
Aerobel began her legal career as an assistant city attorney, working in the legal department of the City of Chicago in the division of Finance and Economic Development. She dedicates a significant portion of her practice to municipal finance matters and has served as bond counsel, disclosure counsel or issuer’s counsel in connection with the issuance of general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, certificates of participation and tax allocation bonds.
- 2015 Top Rated Lawyer by Corporate Counsel Magazine, The American Lawyer, and The National Law Journal
- 2013 Top Rated Lawyer by Corporate Counsel Magazine, The American Lawyer, and The National Law Journal
- San Diego Daily Transcript’s Top Attorneys, Government
- Author of “The Uses of History in Law: Some Aspects of the Process,” 92/93 Law and Justice 127, Hilary/Easter.
- Served as adjunct professor of legal history at Loyola Marymount University and on the board of advisors of the Skirball Institute on American Values.
- Martindale-Hubbel AV-Rated Attorney
- Board of Directors, Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County Member of the San Diego County Bar Association
Ms. Aerobel Banuelos is COO and Equity Partner in the San Diego office of Garcia Hernández Sawhney, LLP. Her practice covers most aspects of transactional work relating to public agency and special district representation, including water law issues, public works and purchasing issues, and real property issues. Aerobel frequently represents Oxnard School District and other firm clients in finance and transactional matters.
Aerobel began her legal career as an assistant city attorney, working in the legal department of the City of Chicago in the division of Finance and Economic Development. She dedicates a significant portion of her practice to municipal finance matters and has served as bond counsel, disclosure counsel or issuer’s counsel in connection with the issuance of general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, certificates of participation and tax allocation bonds.
- 2015 Top Rated Lawyer by Corporate Counsel Magazine, The American Lawyer, and The National Law Journal
- 2013 Top Rated Lawyer by Corporate Counsel Magazine, The American Lawyer, and The National Law Journal
- San Diego Daily Transcript’s Top Attorneys, Government
- Author of “The Uses of History in Law: Some Aspects of the Process,” 92/93 Law and Justice 127, Hilary/Easter.
- Served as adjunct professor of legal history at Loyola Marymount University and on the board of advisors of the Skirball Institute on American Values.
- Martindale-Hubbel AV-Rated Attorney
- Board of Directors, Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County Member of the San Diego County Bar Association

COO | EQUITY PARTNER
Ms. Aerobel Banuelos is COO and Equity Partner in the San Diego office of Garcia Hernández Sawhney, LLP. Her practice covers most aspects of transactional work relating to public agency and special district representation, including water law issues, public works and purchasing issues, and real property issues. Aerobel frequently represents Oxnard School District and other firm clients in finance and transactional matters.
Aerobel began her legal career as an assistant city attorney, working in the legal department of the City of Chicago in the division of Finance and Economic Development. She dedicates a significant portion of her practice to municipal finance matters and has served as bond counsel, disclosure counsel or issuer’s counsel in connection with the issuance of general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, certificates of participation and tax allocation bonds.
EDUCATION
University of Chicago, The Law School
ADMISSIONS
State of California and State of Illinois.
- 2015 Top Rated Lawyer by Corporate Counsel Magazine, The American Lawyer, and The National Law Journal
- 2013 Top Rated Lawyer by Corporate Counsel Magazine, The American Lawyer, and The National Law Journal
- San Diego Daily Transcript’s Top Attorneys, Government
- Author of “The Uses of History in Law: Some Aspects of the Process,” 92/93 Law and Justice 127, Hilary/Easter.
- Served as adjunct professor of legal history at Loyola Marymount University and on the board of advisors of the Skirball Institute on American Values.
- Martindale-Hubbel AV-Rated Attorney
- Board of Directors, Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County Member of the San Diego County Bar Association


