Forecast 2020: Real Estate Law
With past experience in the offices of the Illinois Attorney General and in Chicago's Corporation Counsel, Jack George has helped to mold Chicago. Now a…
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Crane & Norcross expands real estate tax team
Crane and Norcross, LLC, a Chicago-based real estate tax law firms, has appointed veteran attorney James P. Boyle to serve as the firm’s managing partner.…
Effectively using letters of intent in real estate negotiations
Before agreeing to a real estate sales contract or lease, the parties may prepare a letter of intent, term sheet or other form of preliminary…
Law firms chasing efficiency (along with Millennials)
Maintaining a recent trend, law firms continue to shed office space in favor of leaner, more efficient floorplans. Over the past year in Chicago, two-thirds…
Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame: Miller Canfield’s Hodess
Each week, REjournals.com highlights the career of one of its most recent inductees in the Midwest Real Estate News Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame.…
Columbus office of Ice Miller adds to real estate practice
Ashley Laughlin recently joined the Real Estate Practice in the Columbus, Ohio, office of law firm Ice Miller. She represents a variety of local, regional…
Bridge Development Partners hires first-ever general counsel
Bridge Development Partners has hired Daniel Hemmer as its first general counsel. Based in Bridge’s Chicago headquarters, Hemmer will oversee all of the firm’s legal…
Ice Miller welcomes LaTonya Ellis as real estate practice group director
Ice Miller has tapped LaTonya Ellis as practice group director for the firm’s real estate and municipal finance practice groups. Based in the Chicago office,…
Kansas City office of Husch Blackwell adds litigation senior counsel
Michael Kelly has joined the Kansas City, Missouri, office or law firm Husch Blackwell as a litigation senior counsel in its Real Estate, Development &…
Armstrong Teasdale earns top rankings for legal work in Kansas City, St. Louis
Armstrong Teasdale, a law firm with offices across the United States, has earned 34 first-tier rankings in the 2020 “Best Law Firms" issue of U.S.…