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In July 2022, Jamie Stevens, Counsel in Saul Ewing's Chicago Office and a member of the firm's Condominiums and Community Associations practice, spoke on “The Aftermath of New Fannie Mae Guidelines – Industry Updates, Deferred Maintenance, and Current Trends” for CAI with Anthony Dister of Wintrust...
A new City of Chicago Ordinance requires that condominium associations and other highrise residential buildings provide relief for residents during extreme heat events. On June 22, 2022, in response to the heat-related deaths of residents of a senior living facility, the Chicago City Council...
Saul Ewing’s Condominium and Community Associations Practice is pleased to once again offer its annual summary of the Illinois Condominium Property Act ("ICPA"). 2020 and 2021 were years that no one will soon forget, with condominium associations scrambling to ensure resident safety in the midst of...
![Don Lussier](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2024-04/Lussier_Don_LinkedIn.jpg?h=4e0e1cc0&itok=8TJQeWqj)
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...
![Adrienne Falde](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2024-06/Falde_Adrienne_LinkedIn.jpg?h=753774cc&itok=MxDo5QVI)
Adrienne Falde is a member of the Transactional Department in the firm’s Chicago office. She focuses her work on assisting condominium and community associations on issues ranging from compliance with state laws to enforcement of covenants. She also advises associations on how to interpret their...
![Caroline Patterson](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2024-02/Patterson_Caroline_LinkedIn.jpg?h=753774cc&itok=uBXv3MWN)
Caroline Patterson brings more than 25 years of legal experience to her work representing practices and professionals in the health care industry in a variety of transactional, corporate, and regulatory matters. Her experience ranges from providing counsel in mergers, acquisitions, sales and private...
![William S. Gee](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2023-09/Gee_Bill_LinnkedIN.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=SO9Weykq)
As a partner in Saul Ewing's Real Estate Practice, William Gee has worked on a wide variety of commercial real estate development and finance matters, representing national and local developers and lenders. He has extensive experience as lead counsel on multi-state acquisitions, sales, and financing...
![Eric G. Orlinsky Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Orlinsky_Eric_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=dje76Rlz)
Eric Orlinsky co-chairs the firm's Corporate Practice and its Private Equity/Venture Capital subgroup and concentrates his practice in general business and securities law and counsels clients in private equity and venture capital investments, public and private offerings of debt and equity...
![Joseph F. O'Dea, Jr.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/O-Dea_Joseph_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=1fxiNQPI)
Joe O'Dea handles complex, high-exposure litigation for organizations in a variety of industries. Joe's representation of The Pennsylvania State University best reflects his ability to act as lead counsel to an organization when confronted with the daunting legal challenges that arise in a high...
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Andrew Bockis helps clients obtain and defend environmental permits for their projects. Industrial projects are subject to ever-changing rules and increased agency review time. Whether related to industrial warehouses or oil and gas facilities or renewable energy projects, many business leaders are...
![Justin Danilewitz Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Danilewitz_Justin_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=oGQ8kge9)
Justin C. Danilewitz draws upon his trial and investigative experience as a former federal prosecutor to zealously defend entities and individuals facing criminal and civil enforcement actions, conduct internal investigations, and respond to whistleblower complaints and false claims (qui tam) suits...
![Sally E. Michael](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Michael_Sally_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=pwqal7uD)
Sally Michael has extensive experience representing owners and developers on acquisitions, dispositions, financings, development, and leasing of all classes of commercial property. Sally also represents borrowers and lenders on restructurings and workouts of distressed debt. She is lead counsel on...
![David J. Martin Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Martin_David_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=YkGgaOSA)
Dave Martin assists real estate companies, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other businesses in complex acquisitions and dispositions of office, retail, industrial and multi-family properties, including multi-million dollar portfolios and joint venture arrangements, across the United States...
![Matthew McGinnis](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2024-06/McGinnis_Matthew_LinkedIn.jpg?h=740146fe&itok=aoFlSDpp)
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...
![James E. Goodrich](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Goodrich_James_LinkedIn.jpg?h=40c24adf&itok=1OzefUdW)
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...
![Kevin M. Levy](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Levy_Kevin_LinkedIn.jpg?h=a7b36234&itok=0oqxPXPg)
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...
![Elizabeth Thompson](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Thompson_Elizabeth_LinkedIn.jpg?h=753774cc&itok=CslHGXeM)
Elizabeth focuses her practice on counseling community associations both in litigation and on day-to-day operational issues. Elizabeth's litigation experience includes litigating constitutional claims, administrative review actions, government investigations, and business litigation, such as...
![Daniel Altchek Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/card_410x307_/public/images/2022-08/Altchek_Daniel_LinkedIn.jpg?h=16f15343&itok=eYDs8pm8)
Dan Altchek has a national practice representing unionized employers, and employers who wish to remain union-free, in their labor relations and human resources issues. Whether Dan is serving clients as their lead negotiator at the bargaining table, their litigator, or their trusted counselor – and...
Counsel on Commercial Arrangements, Business Operations and Regulatory Matters Regardless of size or structure, health care providers, payors, entrepreneurs and businesses must navigate a complex maze of federal and state laws and regulations to remain economically competitive. Health care...