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David Brown helps family businesses and high-net worth individuals navigate legal issues connected to the preservation and transfer of their wealth to subsequent generations or other interested parties. He focuses in particular on estate planning, charitable planning, and trust and estate...

A legacy is built not only with a gift of property given by will or trust, but also with the client’s goals and values represented by the gift. Wealthy individuals and families need to carefully plan how they will use their assets to shape their legacy. The decisions involved, however, are not just...

Barry R. Katz represents entrepreneurs, individuals, limited liability companies and corporations with the sale, acquisition, leasing and financing of properties both in Chicago and across the country. With nearly 40 years of experience closing complex real estate deals, Barry is able to identify...

Roy Bernstein focuses his practice in commercial real estate, real estate finance, leasing and environmental compliance for institutional and private lenders, investors, developers and owners. He has also: Served as counsel on numerous Superfund cases. Represented clients in environmental compliance...

Comprehensive Guidance for Seizing and Optimizing Investments in Opportunity Zones In 2017, Congress created significant tax incentives for investment in Opportunity Zones. An investor who has recognized capital gains and makes a timely investment in a "Qualified Opportunity Fund" may (1) defer the...

Igor Pleskov advises clients on real estate transactions, including the acquisition, disposition, financing and leasing of property. He represents major institutions, owners of building portfolios, developers, REITs, lenders and end-users across the United States, including several clients in...

Saul Ewing’s Trusts & Estates group is a nationwide team featuring more than 40 attorneys across 10 offices. We work with individuals and families on succession planning and wealth transfer, counsel closely-held businesses on governance, growth and restructuring, and litigate and resolve disputes of...

Erik Williams assists clients with commercial real estate transactions, with an emphasis on site acquisition, disposition, finance, construction, and leasing matters. He has advised a broad range of public and private clients, from small entrepreneurs to large institutions. Erik also represents...

Jamie Stevens advises community associations on a range of issues related to their daily business operations, serving as their general legal advisor. In his work with the leaders of condominium and other common interest communities on governing documents, finances, litigation and transactional...

Joel M. Hurwitz counsels corporations, partnerships, financial institutions, families and individuals in finance, estate and real estate transactions. Prior to becoming a mostly transactional attorney, Joel was a commercial litigator winning cases in the Illinois Supreme Court and appellate courts...

Rick Carroll advises domestic companies and international clients with business interests in the United States on a variety of transactions and corporate governance matters, including mergers, and acquisitions, stock purchases, asset sales, conversions and domestications, and dissolutions. In...

Tara Phelan Carver practices in the area of commercial real estate and commercial loan transactions. She represents both private and institutional clients who rely on her for counsel in local and national transactions, including those involving secured and unsecured facilities, intercreditor...

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...

Krystal Bordoni-Cowley assists with legal issues connected with commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, purchase and sales agreements and development projects. She also reviews and drafts leases, mortgages and financing documents.

Bruce Smiley draws on more than 45 years of experience counseling international and national companies as well as local Southern California businesses and families regarding the legal aspects of transactional real estate matters. Bruce's practice encompasses both public and private sector...

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...

Sarah Ulibarri advises clients on advanced estate planning, probate and trust administration, conservatorships of the person (limited and general), and guardianships of the person. She works diligently to establish a trusted partnership with clients on both a personal and professional level. Some of...

Joi L. Morris handles trust and estate litigation, representing a wide range of clients, including trustees, estates, individuals, and businesses. Joi assists with claims against fiduciaries, estates, or trusts, including issues related to capacity and undue influence. She has extensive experience...

Danielle Guerrero provides guidance to clients on estate planning, trust administration, probate, special needs planning, succession planning, and litigation settlement planning. High-net-worth individuals requiring comprehensive tax planning to business owners seeking advice on business succession...

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...