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List of Forms by Chapter - Chapter 1 — Finance and Tax
- I. [1.1] Scope of Chapter
- II. [1.2] Power To Tax
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III. Property Tax - [1.3] Corporate Purpose
- [1.4] Appropriation Ordinance Generally
- [1.5] Appropriation Ordinance — Required Specificity
- [1.6] Requirement of a Prior Appropriation
- [1.7] Authorization for Expenditures
- [1.8] Sample Appropriation Ordinance
- [1.9] Budget Ordinance
- [1.10] Tax Levy Ordinance
- [1.11] Sample Tax Levy Ordinance
- [1.12] The Collection Process
- [1.13] Corporate Personal Property Tax Replacement Tax
- IV. [1.14] Property Tax Extension Limitation Law
- V. [1.20] Specific Property Tax Levies
- VI. [1.23] Non-Property Taxes
- [1.24] The Municipal “Sales” Tax
- [1.25] Motor Vehicle Tax/Motor Fuel Tax
- [1.26] Cigarette Tax
- [1.27] Utility Taxes
- [1.28] Hotel Room Tax
- [1.29] Foreign Fire Insurance Tax
- [1.30] Miscellaneous Business Taxes
- [1.31] Athletic Contests and Exhibitions
- [1.32] Coin-Operated Devices
- [1.33] Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax
- VII. [1.34] Licenses as a Source of Revenue
- VIII. [1.35] Other Sources of Municipal Revenues and Methods of Municipal Financing
- [1.36] Annexation Contributions and Fees
- [1.37] Development and Redevelopment
- [1.38] Building Permit and Inspection Fees
- [1.39] Capital Improvements
- [1.40] Fines
- [1.41] Fire Protection Fees
- [1.42] General Obligation Bonds
- [1.43] General Obligation Notes
- [1.44] Debt Certificates
- [1.45] Installment Contract Financing
- [1.46] Installment Purchase/Lease of Equipment, Machinery, and Other Personal Property
- [1.47] Sale of Surplus Real Estate
- [1.48] Sale of Personal Property
- [1.49] Motor Fuel Tax
- [1.50] Parking Meters and Parking Lots
- [1.51] Personal Property Tax Replacement Tax-Anticipation Notes
- [1.52] Revenue Bonds
- [1.53] State Revenue Sharing
- [1.54] Sewer and Water Connection Fees
- [1.55] Special Assessments, Special Service Areas, and Business Districts
- [1.56] Tax-Anticipation Warrants
- [1.57] Tax Increment Financing
- [1.58] Temporary Investments and Borrowing of Funds
- [1.59] Utility Bills and Garbage Franchises
- [1.60] Working Cash Fund
- IX. Deposits and Investments
- X. [1.63] Receipt, Accounting, Auditing, and Reporting of Public Funds
- [1.64] Duties of Municipal Clerk
- [1.65] Duties of Collector
- [1.66] Duties of Treasurer
- [1.67] Officers’ Report of Fees and Compensation
- [1.68] Special Reports
- [1.69] Accounting for Public Funds
- [1.70] Municipal Audit — Necessity and Frequency
- [1.71] Nature of Audit
- [1.72] Paying for Audit
- Reporting of Public Funds
- [1.73] What Is Reported?
- [1.74] To Whom Is Report Made?
- [1.75] Financial Records Are Public Records
- XI. [1.76] Municipal Finance Calendar: Statutory Duties for Municipal Officials
- Chapter 2 — General Obligation and Revenue Bonds
- I. Introduction
- II. [2.3] Purposes and Procedures
- [2.4] The Great Divide: Home Rule and Non-Home Rule
- General Obligation (GO) Bonds
- [2.5] Purposes
- Limitations on Indebtedness
- [2.6] Home Rule
- [2.7] Non-Home Rule
- Voted and Non-Voted
- [2.8] Home Rule
- [2.9] Non-Home Rule
- Election Procedure
- [2.10] Election Ordinance
- [2.11] Voting Rights Act of 1965
- [2.12] Manner of Giving Notice
- [2.13] Time of Giving Notice
- [2.14] Contents of Notice
- [2.15] The Ballot
- [2.16] Certification of Voters and Returns
- [2.17] Canvass of Returns
- Revenue Bonds
- [2.18] Purposes
- [2.19] Limitations
- [2.20] Procedures
- [2.21] Covenants
- [2.22] Limited Bonds
- [2.23] Refunding Bonds
- [2.24] Alternate Bonds
- [2.25] Staleness
- [2.26] Debt Certificates
- [2.27] Derivative Financial Products and Credit Enhancement
- [2.28] Bank Notes
- III. [2.29] Sale and Delivery of the Bonds
- IV. [2.34] Tax Aspects
- V. [2.35] Securities Law Aspects
- VI. [2.36] Sample Form of Ordinance Calling for an Election on the Question of Whether GO Bonds Shall Issue (When County Clerk Is Election Authority)
- Chapter 3 — Sale of Municipal Obligations
- I. [3.1] Introduction and Scope of Chapter
- II. [3.2] Overview of Municipal Bonds
- III. [3.3] Members of the Financing Team
- IV. Time Frame and Scheduling
- V. Certain Marketing Considerations
- VI. Disclosure Requirements
- VII. [3.16] The Bond Transcript and Recordkeeping
- VIII. [3.17] Post-Issuance Compliance
- IX. [3.18] Recent Developments
- X. Useful Information and Resources
- Chapter 4 — Special Assessments, Special Service Areas, and Business Districts
- I. Applicability
- II. [4.6] Procedures Under the Illinois Constitution and Article 9 of the Illinois Municipal Code
- III. Public Hearing Procedures
- IV. Action by Corporate Authorities
- V. Assessment Roll
- VI. Court Procedures
- [4.24] Filing of Petition, Appointment and Oath of Commissioner, and Entry of Order Confirming Appointment of Commissioner
- [4.25] Filing of Assessment Roll and Entry of Order Setting Assessment Roll for Hearing
- [4.26] Notice of Hearing on Assessment Roll
- [4.27] Objections to Confirmation of Assessment Roll
- Legal Objections
- [4.28] What Constitutes a Legal Objection
- [4.29] Types of Legal Objections
- [4.30] Hearing on Legal Objections
- Benefit-Proportionate Share Objections
- [4.31] Jury Trial
- [4.32] Witnesses
- [4.33] Evidence
- [4.34] Judgment of Confirmation
- [4.35] Appeals Taken and Effect Thereof
- [4.36] Federal Problems
- VII. Steps Leading To Construction of Improvement
- VIII. Special Assessment Financing Procedures
- [4.41] Issuance of Vouchers
- [4.42] Special Problems Relating to First Installment
- [4.43] Issuance of Bonds in Exchange for Vouchers
- [4.44] Issuance of Pro Rata Type Bonds
- [4.45] Issuance of Judgment Funding Bonds
- Practical Procedures To Reduce Bond Discount
- [4.46] Contact Respective Bond Purchasers
- [4.47] Guaranty Reserve
- [4.48] Warrant To Collect
- [4.49] Collection of Assessments
- Certificate of Cost and Completion
- [4.50] Abatement
- [4.51] Supplemental Assessments
- Payment of Bonds
- [4.52] Accounting Problems
- [4.53] Rebates
- IX. Final Court Action
- X. [4.58] Special Assessment Proceeding Checklist
- XI. [4.59] Special Assessment Supplemental Bond and Procedures Act
- XII. [4.60] Special Problems — Condemnation in Connection with Special Assessment Procedures
- XIII. [4.61] Special Taxation
- XIV. [4.62] Use of Federal and State Funds in Connection with Special Assessment Financing
- XV. [4.63] Use of a Special Assessment To Pay for Ordinance Violation Correction/ Abatement Costs
- XVI. [4.64] Special Assessment of Property Outside Municipal Limits
- XVII. [4.65] Special Problems in Connection with Subdivision Procedures
- XVIII. [4.66] Use of Division 3 of Article 9 of the Illinois Municipal Code
- XIX. [4.67] County Special Assessment Powers
- XX. [4.68] Sanitary District Special Assessment Powers
- XXI. [4.69] Park District Special Assessment Powers
- XXII. [4.70] Tax Deductibility of Special Assessment
- XXIII. Special Service Area Financing
- [4.71] What Is Special Service Area Financing?
- [4.72] Authority for Special Service Area Financing
- Comparison of Special Service Area Financing and Special Assessment Financing
- [4.73] Advantages of Special Service Area Financing
- [4.74] Advantages of Special Assessment Financing
- General Considerations in Connection with Special Service Areas
- [4.75] Constitutional and Statutory Provisions
- [4.76] Boundaries
- [4.77] Permissible Taxes, Rates, and Debt Limits
- Procedures for Special Service Area Financing
- [4.78] General Procedures and Ordinance Call Hearing on Proposed Special Service Area
- [4.79] Public Hearing/Objection Petitions
- [4.80] Ordinance Establishing District
- [4.81] Disconnecting Territory from a Special Service Area
- [4.82] Supplemental Ordinances
- [4.83] Income Tax Deductibility
- [4.84] Effect of Tax Increment Financing on Special Service Areas
- [4.85] Special Service Areas To Protect the Health and Safety of Workers, Tenants, and Visitors in Buildings
- XXIV. [4.86] Townships —Special Taxation
- XXV. Business Districts
- Chapter 5 — Tax Increment Allocation Financing
- I. [5.1] Introduction to Tax Increment Allocation Financing
- II. [5.2] TIF in Illinois
- III. When To Use TIF
- Public Policy Considerations in Choosing Whether and What To Develop
- [5.3] What Approach Should the Municipality Take?
- [5.4] What Are the Needs of the Proposed Site, and How Do They Affect the Cost of the Proposed Project?
- [5.5] How Can Those Needs Be Financed?
- [5.6] What Is the Potential for Alternative Financing Sources?
- [5.7] Special Service Areas, Special Assessments, and Alternate Bond Financing
- [5.8] Business District Development and Redevelopment
- [5.9] Abatement of Real Estate Taxes
- [5.10] Sales Tax Sharing Plan
- [5.11] Will the Proposed TIF Site Develop Without Public Intervention?
- [5.12] What Is the Potential Impact of TIF on Taxing Districts?
- [5.13] TIF Eligibility of the Proposed Site
- [5.14] Blighted Area
- [5.15] Conservation Area
- [5.16] Industrial Park Conservation Area
- [5.17] Intermodal Terminal Facility Area
- [5.18] Need for an Eligibility Study
- [5.19] Challenges to Eligibility Determination
- [5.20] Choosing the Financing Team
- [5.21] Who Needs To Participate?
- [5.22] How and When Should the Team Be Assembled?
- [5.23] Designation of a Commission
- [5.24] Municipal Officials and Consultants Prohibited from Owning Property in TIF District
- IV. Procedures To Use TIF
- [5.25] Determine Feasibility
- [5.26] Prepare Redevelopment Plan
- [5.27] Comply with Additional Requirements if Housing Involved
- [5.28] Create Interested Parties Registry
- [5.29] Make Redevelopment Plan Available
- [5.30] Fix Time and Place for Public Hearing
- [5.31] Give Notice of Hearing
- [5.32] Notice by Publication
- Mailing
- [5.33] Taxpayers and Residents
- [5.34] Taxing Districts and DCEO
- [5.35] Content of Mailed and Published Notices
- [5.36] Convene Joint Review Board
- [5.37] How the Board Is Convened
- [5.38] What the Board Does
- [5.39] Hold Public Hearing
- [5.40] Introduce TIF Ordinances
- [5.41] Certify Initial Equalized Assessed Valuation
- V. [5.42] TIF Powers Granted to a Municipality
- VI. The Redevelopment Agreement
- [5.43] The Importance of the Redevelopment Agreement
- [5.44] To the Municipality
- [5.45] To the Developer
- [5.46] To the Affected Taxing Districts
- [5.47] To the Public
- [5.48] Procedure for Adoption of the Redevelopment Agreement
- [5.49] Critical Elements in the Redevelopment Agreement
- [5.50] Preamble
- [5.51] Mutual Goals
- [5.52] Developer’s Obligations
- [5.53] Municipality’s Obligations
- [5.54] General Provisions
- VII. TIF Project Financing
- [5.55] Getting Started
- [5.56] Determining What Can Be Financed Under the TIF Act
- Determining What Obligations Can Be Issued Under the TIF Act
- [5.57] General Provisions
- [5.58] TIF Revenue Obligations
- [5.59] General Obligation TIF Obligations
- [5.60] TIF Alternate Bonds
- [5.61] Special Service Area Bonds and TIF
- [5.62] Exemption from Federal Income Taxation
- VIII. Amending a Redevelopment Project Area
- IX. [5.66] Reporting Requirements
- X. [5.67] Winding up a TIF Project
- Chapter 6 — Municipal Property
- I. [6.1] Introduction
- II. Acquisition of Property
- [6.2] Public Purposes
- [6.3] What Constitutes a Public Purpose?
- [6.4] Determination of Public Purpose by Municipality, Then Court
- [6.5] Five Principal Criteria
- [6.6] Examples of Public Purposes
- [6.7] Illinois TIF Act
- [6.8] Condemnation
- [6.9] Acquisitions by Condemnation Outside Corporate Limits
- [6.10] Procedural Matters Affecting Condemnation
- [6.11] Specific Statutory Purposes
- [6.12] Special Procedures May Apply
- [6.13] Home Rule
- Manner of Acquisition
- [6.14] In General
- [6.15] Adverse Possession
- [6.16] Fee Simple Title
- [6.17] Charitable Trust
- [6.18] Acting Beyond Authority
- [6.19] Acquisition by Dedication
- [6.20] Statutory Dedication
- [6.21] Common-Law Dedication
- [6.22] Acceptance of Dedication
- [6.23] Statutory Dedication
- [6.24] Common-Law Dedication
- [6.25] Factual Determination
- [6.26] Within Reasonable Time
- [6.27] Revocation
- [6.28] Particular Use of Dedicated Property
- [6.29] Extraterritorial Property
- Financing the Acquisition of Property
- [6.30] Bonds
- [6.31] Mortgages
- [6.32] Installment Purchase and Lease Agreements
- [6.33] Authority To Purchase with Tax Levy
- [6.34] Authority To Purchase with No Tax Levy
- [6.35] Application to Home-Rule Municipalities
- [6.36] Competitive Bidding
- III. Control and Use of Property
- [6.37] Broad Discretion To Decide Appropriate Public Use
- [6.38] Purely Private Use Prohibited
- [6.39] Authority To Lease
- [6.40] Land Held on Express Trust, Cy Pres
- [6.41] Property Tax Exemption
- [6.42] Property Owned by Municipality
- [6.43] Property Subject to Contract To Purchase
- [6.44] Leased Property
- [6.45] Procedure for Tax Exemption
- IV. Sale and Disposition of Municipal Property
- [6.46] Authority To Sell or Dispose of Property
- [6.47] Sale of Municipal Real Estate
- [6.48] Lease in Excess of 20 Years but Less than 99 Years
- [6.49] Lease in Excess of 2 Years but Less than 20 Years
- [6.50] Lease Not Exceeding 2 Years
- [6.51] Personal Property
- [6.52] Administrative Discretion
- [6.53] Special Matters
- [6.54] Land Impressed with Express Trust
- Procedures for Sale of Municipal Property
- [6.55] In General
- [6.56] Surplus Real Estate
- [6.57] Easements
- [6.58] Personal Property
- [6.59] Corporate Authorities
- [6.60] Intergovernmental Transfers of Real Property
- Involuntary Dispositions
- [6.61] Adverse Possession and Prescriptive Rights
- Execution, Mechanics Liens, and Security
- [6.62] Execution
- [6.63] Mechanics Liens
- [6.64] Security
- [6.65] Real Estate Exchanges
- V. [6.66] The Public Trust Doctrine
- VI. State Jurisdiction over All Property
- VII. Environmental Liability
- [6.70] Generally
- [6.71] CERCLA Liability Framework
- [6.72] Liability for Municipal Ownership of Property
- [6.73] Involuntary Owner Defense
- [6.74] Innocent Landowner Defense
- [6.75] Pre-Acquisition Environmental Assessments
- Municipal Solid Waste
- [6.76] Local Governments and CERCLA
- [6.77] Basis of Liability
- [6.78] Allocation of Cleanup Costs
- [6.79] EPA Municipal Settlement Policy
- [6.80] Additional Environmental Issues
- VIII. Appendix
- A. [6.81] Ordinance Authorizing Installment Purchase of Property Under Tax-Levy Statute
- B. [6.82] Ordinance Authorizing Installment Purchase of Property Under No-Tax-Levy Statute
- C. [6.83] Notice Regarding Sale of Municipally Owned Real Estate
- D. [6.84] Ordinance Authorizing Sale of Municipally Owned Real Estate
- E. [6.85] Ordinance Authorizing Sale of Municipally Owned Personal Property
- F. [6.86] Ordinance Requesting Intergovernmental Transfer of Real Property
- G. [6.87] Resolution Approving Intergovernmental Transfer of Real Property
- H. [6.88] Transfer Agreement
- I. [6.89] Illinois Statutes Granting the Power of Eminent Domain
- J. [6.90] Provisions of the Illinois Eminent Domain Act Granting the Power of Eminent Domain Through Quick-Take Proceedings
- Chapter 7 — Police Officers’ and Firefighters’ Pension Boards
- I. Introduction
- II. Creation of Pension Boards
- III. Board Membership and Meetings
- IV. Eligible Employees
- V. [7.17] Rules and Regulations
- VI. Disability Benefits
- VII. [7.24] Felony Disqualification
- VIII. Conduct of Hearings
- IX. [7.30] Interaction of Municipal Pensions with Workers’ Compensation and Other Statutory Benefits
- X. Financial Sources of Pension Funding
- XI. [7.35] Investment Restrictions
- XII. Interaction Between the Municipality and Its Pension Boards
- XIII. [7.39] Flowchart for Processing Police Disability Application
- Thomas P. Bayer
Thomas P. Bayer
Thomas P. Bayer is a Partner at Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where he practices in the areas of general municipal, economic development, and zoning and land use law. He has been named a Leading Lawyer in the government category from 2008 – 2017, and he was awarded the Marvin J. Glink Private Practice Local Government Award by the International Municipal Lawyers Association in 2017. He is the coauthor of several Illinois Municipal League publications. Mr. Bayer received his B.A. with highest honors from DePaul University and his J.D. with honors from DePaul University College of Law, where he graduated number one in his class.
- Mark E. Burkland
Mark E. Burkland
Mark E. Burkland is Senior Counsel at Holland & Knight LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in state and local government law and land-use and development law. He is Village Attorney for the Villages of La Grange and Arlington Heights, General Counsel to the Park District of Oak Park, and special counsel to several municipalities and other local governments. He also counsels private-sector clients in all aspects of entitlement and development work. Mr. Burkland received both his B.S. and his J.D. from the University of Illinois and was Articles Editor of the University of Illinois Law Review. He clerked for the Hon. William J. Bauer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, before entering private practice.
- Camille Cribaro-Mello
Camille Cribaro-Mello
No bio available.
- Hon. Mathias W. Delort
Hon. Mathias W. Delort
Hon. Mathias W. Delort is Presiding Justice of the Fifth Division of the Illinois Appellate Court, First Judicial District, and began service on that court following his election in 2012. He was an associate judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County from 2007 to 2012, serving almost exclusively assigned to the Chancery Division. He has also served as an adjunct professor at The UIC John Marshall Law School. He was a Partner and head of the Local Government Practice Group at Robbins Schwartz, focusing on local government and election law. In that role, he represented numerous Illinois municipalities and other governmental bodies for over 20 years. He is the primary author of the Mortgage Foreclosure Bench Book published by the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts. As a practicing attorney, he earned the distinction of being named a “Super Lawyer” and a “Leading Lawyer” in the field of cities and municipalities law and as a Local Government Fellow by the International Municipal Lawyers Association. He is the Past Chair of the Constitutional, Election, and Local Government Law Committees of the Chicago Bar Association and is a former member of its Board of Managers. Before being admitted to the bar, he worked on the professional staffs of both the Illinois House of Representatives and the Cook County Board of Commissioners. He has received the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services “Court of Honor” award in recognition of his work as a trial court judge, the Judge Howard Markey award for outstanding judicial service from The UIC John Marshall Law School, and the Robert J. Mangler Distinguished Service Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association. He earned his B.S. cum laude from DePaul University, his M.P.A. (Pi Alpha Alpha honor society) from the University of Illinois, and his J.D. from The UIC John Marshall Law School, where he received the Dean’s Academic Scholarship.
- James V. Ferolo
James V. Ferolo
James V. Ferolo is a Partner at Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where his practice is concentrated in the area of municipal and local government law. He is the Litigation Committee Chair of the Local Government Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association and an Illinois Leading Lawyer. He has been a guest speaker for IICLE® and the Illinois Municipal League. Mr. Ferolo received his undergraduate degree in economics and political science from Northwestern University and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he was on the Dean’s List.
- Peter M. Friedman
Peter M. Friedman
Peter M. Friedman is a Partner at Holland & Knight LLP in Chicago. He has an accomplished and broad real estate and local government practice and is the head of Holland & Knight’s Chicago Real Estate and Local Government Group. He is the Village Attorney for the Villages of Lake Bluff and Winnetka. He previously served as Legislative Director for Rep. John E. Porter (IL 10th Dist.) and as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Suzanne B. Conlon of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Friedman received his B.A. from Allegheny College and his J.D. from American University’s Washington College of Law.
- Rose E. Gallagher
Rose E. Gallagher
No bio available.
- Michael T. Jurusik
Michael T. Jurusik
Michael T. Jurusik is a Partner at Klein, Thorpe, and Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on municipal law, special district law, environmental law, library law, and real estate. Mr. Jurusik is a former Chair of the Local Government Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association and has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer in the area of governmental, municipal, lobbying, and administrative law. Mr. Jurusik is a member of the American, Chicago, and Illinois State Bar Associations, as well as the International Municipal Lawyers Association. He received his B.A. from Hamilton College and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago Law School, where he was awarded the American Jurisprudence Award for outstanding academic achievement in the area of pretrial litigation.
- Paul N. Keller
Paul N. Keller
No bio available.
- Julie K. Kelly
Julie K. Kelly
Julie K. Kelly is Senior Counsel at Chapman & Cutler LLP in Chicago, where she concentrates on public finance. She is a member of the Illinois Tax Increment Association, the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association, and Women in Public Finance. Ms. Kelly received her B.B.A. cum laude from the University of Notre Dame and her J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
- Kelly K. Kost
Kelly K. Kost
Kelly K. Kost is a Partner at Chapman and Cutler LLP in Chicago, where he serves as bond counsel and disclosure counsel to hundreds of government entities throughout Illinois and as underwriter’s counsel to major investment banking firms. He is a member of the Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association. He has been a panelist and speaker on public finance topics at numerous seminars and conferences conducted by Illinois municipal corporations, associations, and bond market participants. Mr. Kost received his B.A. from Monmouth College and his J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law.
- Robert E. Lewis III
Robert E. Lewis III
Robert E. Lewis III joined PMA Securities, Inc., in February 2006. He is responsible for managing PMA’s public finance department, including the supervision of PMA’s due diligence and documentation, and analysis and review for PMA’s transactions. He is a frequent speaker at conferences for the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association, the Illinois Association of School Business Officials, and the Illinois Community College Finance Officers Association, in addition to other conferences. He is registered as a Municipal Securities Representative with Series 52, 53, and 63 securities licenses. Mr. Lewis received his B.S. summa cum laude in Political Science and his M.A. in Economics from Northern Illinois University.
- Patrick A. Lucansky
Patrick A. Lucansky
Patrick A. Lucansky is a Partner at Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on municipal law. He is an Illinois State Bar Association Distinguished Counsellor, a Leading Lawyer in 2014 – 2016, and a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Illinois Institute for Local Government Law. Mr. Lucansky received his B.S.C. from DePaul University and his J.D. with high honors from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
- Michael A. Marrs
Michael A. Marrs
Michael A. Marrs is a Partner at Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice local government law. He is a former Board Member and a former Chair of the Prosecutor’s Group of the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association. He was a Leading Lawyer in 2017. Mr. Marrs received his B.S. from Indiana University and his J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law.
- Timothy V. McGree
Timothy V. McGree
No bio available.
- Joseph J. Perkoski
Joseph J. Perkoski
Joseph J. Perkoski is a Managing Partner with Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates in employment discrimination matters, collective-bargaining negotiations, employee discipline/dismissal matters, IELRB procedures, and labor arbitration. Mr. Perkoski has made several presentations on the labor issues in the transactional side of the project, adjusting school district priorities to meet current economic reality and revenue uncertainty, and other topics for the Illinois Association of School Business Officials, the Northwestern Personnel Administrators Group, the Illinois Association for Employment in Education’s Annual Conference, and more. He is an Illinois Super Lawyer and is a member of the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, and the Council of School Attorneys. Mr. Perkoski received his B.A. with honors, his M.A., and his J.D. from Ohio State University.
- Allen Wall
Allen Wall
Allen Wall is a Partner with Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of general litigation and municipal, library, and school law. Previously, Mr. Wall was a Senior Assistant General Counsel for the Chicago Board of Education. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Williams College, his Masters from Duke University, his Masters and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University, and his J.D. from the University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill School of Law.
- Lawrence E. White
Lawrence E. White
Lawrence E. White is a Partner at Chapman & Cutler LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates on public finance. He is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association, and the Illinois Tax Increment Association. Mr. White received his B.B.A. with high honors from the University of Texas and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Municipal Law (Illinois): Financing, Tax, and Municipal Property (ARCHIVED 2012 EDITION)
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