When faced with a real estate action, the guidance in this handbook provides both the experienced attorney and those new to this area with best-practice information and insight into issues that are commonly the subject of real property litigation. This includes how to handle a property tax appeal, responsibility and damages issues in construction litigation, detailed information on mortgage foreclosure defense, loan commitment litigation, actions by consumers against brokers, and allegations of predatory mortgage lending. It also includes commentary on Supreme Court Rules 99.1, 113, and 114; analyses of the Dodd-Frank Act; and a discussion of Regulations X and Z.
General Editor — LaVon M. Johns, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., Chicago
Chapter 1 — Reformation
Hal R. Morris, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP,Chicago
Chapter 2 — Breach of Real Estate Contract: Specific Performance
Mark C. Goldenberg and Kevin Green, Goldenberg Heller & Antognoli, P.C., Edwardsville
Chapter 3 — Suits To Quiet Title in Real Estate
Hal R. Morris, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP,Chicago
Chapter 4 — Suits To Partition Interests in Real Estate
Hal R. Morris, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP,Chicago
Chapter 5 — Affirmative Claims, Predatory Lending, and Potential Class Actions
Daniel A. Edelman, Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC, Chicago
Chapter 6 — Residential Real Estate Mortgage Foreclosure: Plaintiff-Lender’s Case
James V. Noonan, Mitchell A. Lieberman, and Jill Sidorowicz, Noonan & Lieberman, Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 7 — Loan Commitment Litigation and the Illinois Credit Agreements Act
LaVon Johns, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., Chicago
Chapter 8 — Condominium, Townhome, and Homeowners’ Association Litigation
Diane J. Silverberg and Nicholas R. Mitchell, Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit, Chicago
Chapter 9 — Real Estate Broker Litigation
LaVon Johns, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., Chicago
Chapter 10 — Property Tax Litigation
Ares G. Dalianis and Scott R. Metcalf, Franczek P.C., Chicago
Chapter 11 — Construction Litigation
Eric L. Singer, Ryanne Bush Dent, Michael D. Pisano, Ice Miller LLP, Chicago
Chapter 12 — Litigation Related to Real Estate Installment Contracts
David R. Gray, Jr., The Law Offices of David R. Gray, Jr., Ltd., Chicago
