Law Firm Overview

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Areas of Practice

• Condemnation/Eminent Domain
• Collections/Bad Checks/Money Judgment Execution
• Real Estate/Real Estate Closings, Transactions
• Small Business Matters
• Areas listed in "Practice Categories", below

Published Works

• Various articles on eminent domain, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
• When Government Wants Your Property, Chicago Sun-Times
• Home Rule Redevelopment/Tax Increment Financing, Illinois Municipal Review
• Wheeling Case Defines TIF Standards, Illinois Municipal Review
• Exclusion of Cleanup Costs From Fair Market Value Calculations In Condemnation, Environmental Compliance & Litigation Strategy
• This Property Is Condemned! Eminent Domain Pits Property Owners Against State Agencies, Chicago Industrial Properties

Classes and Seminars

• Seminars and speaking engagements on eminent domain before various bar associations and real estate groups, April 1, 1990 - Present

Representative Clients

• The Inland Group, Inc.
• Various private clients in real estate and collection matters
• Various private landowners in land acquisition and other matters
• Various municipalties/special condemnation counsel
• Mobil Oil Company
• Atlas Van Lines
• Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.
• Consolidated Freightways Corporation of Delaware
• Xtra Lease, LLC
• Alliant Foodservice, Inc.
• U.S. Home Corporation
• Darwin Realty Corporation
• Roselle Lumber Company
• Site Observation, Inc.
• Liberty Property Management, Inc.
• Receivable Recovery
• Soil and Material Consultants, Inc.
• PR Works, Incorporated
• Supreme Construction & Development, Inc.
• Stolar Mechanical & Plumbing, Inc.
• Geiser Berner Plumbing Service, Inc.
• Affordable Moving Co., Inc.
• Buckeridge Door Co., Inc.
• Sparkle Car Washes of America Limited
• Village of Mount Prospect
• T&T Builders, Inc.

Representative Cases

• Vector Pipeline L.P. v. 68.55 Acres of Land, 157 F.Supp.2d 949 (U.S. Dist. .Ct. N.D IL 2001)
• Schiessle v. Stephens, 717 F.2d 417 (U.S. Ct. App. 7th Circuit 1983)
• City of Chicago v. Chicago City Bank & Trust Company, 129 Ill.App.3d 410 (Illinois Appellate Court 1984)
• Oak Park Trust & Savings Bank v. Village of Mount Prospect, 181 Ill.App.3d 10 (Illinois Appellate Court 1989)
• Lyons Savings and Loan Association v. Gash Associates, 189 Ill.App.3d 684 (Illinois Appellate Court 1989)
• Gunderson v. Village of Hinsdale, 156 Ill.App.3d 92 (Illinois Appellate Court 1987)
• Kassnel v. Village of Rosemont, 135 Ill.App.3d 361 (Illinois Appellate Court 1985)
• City of Chicago v. Geinekakis, 86 Ill.App.3d 960 (Illinois Appellate Court 1980)
• Village of Rosemont v. Chicago Title & Trust Co., 111 Ill.App.3d 610 (Illinois Appellate Court 1982)

West Practice Categories

Collections, Commercial Leasing, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Commercial Real Estate, Condemnation, Eminent Domain, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Residential Real Estate