This handbook provides direction, both for seasoned litigators and attorneys new to this area of practice, through the complex landscape of real estate litigation. From breaches of contract to potential class actions through mortgage foreclosures, this guide offers valuable insight, approaches, and best-practice guidance through all stages of litigation. Other topics covered are reformation, affirmative claims, predatory lending, and the Illinois Credit Agreements Act as well as litigation involving loan commitments, condominiums, townhomes, homeowners’ associations, real estate brokers, property taxes, construction, and installment contracts. Multiple sample complaints and notices are included along with a detailed checklist for drafting complaints.
General Editor — LaVon M. Johns, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP, Chicago
Chapter 1 — Reformation
Hal R. Morris, Megan Q. Warshawsky, and Jack J. Brinker, Saul Ewing 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, Megan Q. Warshawsky, and Jack J. Brinker, Saul Ewing LLP, Chicago
Chapter 4 — Suits To Partition Interests in Real Estate
Hal R. Morris, Megan Q. Warshawsky, and Jack J. Brinker, Saul Ewing LLP, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Affirmative Claims, Predatory Lending, and Potential Class Actions
Daniel A. Edelman and Tara L. Goodwin, 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 M. Johns, David Aguilar, and Peter McGrath Zagotta, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP, Chicago
Chapter 8 — Condominium, Townhome, and Homeowners’ Association Litigation
Nicholas R. Mitchell, Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit, Chicago
Chapter 9 — Real Estate Broker Litigation
LaVon M. Johns, Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP, 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, and Michael D. Pisano, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Chicago
Chapter 12 — Litigation Related to Real Estate Installment Contracts
David R. Gray, Jr., Gray Law Offices, Inc., Chicago
