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Jon Grizel represents commercial real estate and financial services companies in securing and providing financing and asset-based loans, purchase and sale transactions, real estate joint ventures, and industrial and office leasing. Jon adds value to transactions he handles by drawing on his...

Jeryll Cohen is the co-chair of the firm's Trusts & Estates Group. She advises clients on complex trust and estate administration and estate and business succession planning as well as multi-faceted litigation and alternative dispute resolution with regard to trusts and estates, family business...

Valisa Carney handles estate planning for clients who wish to provide for a responsible, tax-efficient disposition of their hard-earned wealth. A compassionate and knowledgeable attorney, Valisa establishes a close personal relationship with clients to foster comfort and trust. When a client's loved...

Stanley Kull concentrates his practice in federal, state, and local tax planning for corporations, partnerships, and individuals. This includes partnership taxation, tax issues affecting real estate developers and investors, business and succession planning, corporate reorganizations, S corporations...

Anne Greene has broad experience in a variety of employee benefits matters, such as compliance for employee retirement plans, health and welfare plans, cafeteria plans, wrap plan documents, COBRA, the Affordable Care Act, plan claims and appeals processes and claim disputes, and prohibited...

Tom Laser is an experienced trial attorney with a focus on general litigation. Businesses, municipalities, colleges and universities, and individuals in Illinois and across the country look to him for representation in consumer financial services litigation (including class actions), appeals, tax...

Margaret Gienko focuses her legal practice on high-value commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, financing and leasing. Margaret represents buyers, sellers, lenders, borrowers, landlords and tenants, ensuring their transactions are structured to align with their...

Immigrating to the U.S.? Don’t Forget about Tax. Immigrating to the United States has many wonderful benefits, but it also includes some challenges. When a person comes to the U.S. as a resident, that person must comply with U.S. tax rules, including paying taxes on world-wide income. U.S. tax law...

Matthew McGinnis represents commercial clients in real estate transactions, including financings, acquisitions, dispositions, leases, and purchase and sales agreements. Matthew’s experience with real estate financings includes advising balance sheet and private equity lenders in permanent financings...

Don Lussier represents clients in complex matters involving a wide range of commercial assets across the United States, including real estate, corporate and commercial lending transactions. Clients appreciate his ability to efficiently identify the issues that really matter, and to find creative and...

Kate Winslow provides strategic legal advice on executive compensation, qualified retirement plans, and health and welfare benefits, taking into account tax compliance, corporate governance requirements, and employee morale. Senior executives and in-house legal teams for multinational corporations...

Michael McNally represents clients in real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions and refinancings. These transactions include work involving multi-family and commercial properties as well as vacant land planned for future residential, commercial or mixed-use development. His...

Kevin M. Levy focuses primarily on real estate matters, including property sales and acquisitions, leases, commercial real estate lending and borrowing, development projects and real estate tax appeals. Kevin also advised clients on COVID-19 regulatory compliance and has commented extensively on...

Jim Goodrich handles commercial real estate transactions and construction contracts across the United States for developers, owners, higher education institutions and major construction companies. Jim's approach to negotiations is to start with commercially reasonable documents and then to cut to...

Jamihlia Johnson helps multi-national companies and high-net worth clients navigate complex tax controversies with federal and state agencies and provides legal advice to guide their development of tax planning strategies and compliance. With experience representing clients in the United States...

A Strong Link in a Complex Chain For restaurants, bars, hotels and others in the hospitality industry, the complexities of serving the public and managing service employees, while striving for profitability and growth, can prove daunting. Acquisitions and investments, capital projects, regulatory...

Thomas McGuire's practice is concentrated in the areas of estate planning, probate and trust administration, and taxation. Thomas has substantial experience representing a broad range of individuals, financial institutions and tax-exempt organizations in connection with their estate planning and...

Jon Barooshian brings almost three decades of experience as a litigator to the table, in his work for business clients facing criminal and civil proceedings involving white collar claims and tax controversies, as well as in complex commercial disputes. A seasoned trial lawyer and former state...

David Shapiro advises clients on international and domestic business tax planning, including domestic and cross border expansion, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions. David's practice includes entity formation and structure planning, securities offerings and hybrid...

Mary Harmon focuses her practice on advising corporations and passthrough entities on tax and contractual issues. Clients look to her for counsel on U.S. federal, state, local, and foreign tax compliance and planning issues, including matters relating to subchapter C, subchapter K, subchapter S and...