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Chapter 1 — Organization, Governmental Forms, and Dissolution

Chapter 2 — Elections

Chapter 3 — Procedures and Practices

Chapter 4 — Officers and Employees

Chapter 5 — Municipal Personnel Practices

Chapter 6 — Police Departments and Fire Departments

Chapter 7 — Police Power

Chapter 8 — Ordinances

Chapter 9 — Adjudication of Ordinance Violations

Chapter 10 — The Prosecution of Traffic and DUI Cases by Local Governments

Authors

Matthew W. Beaudet
Matthew W. Beaudet
Matthew W. Beaudet is the Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Buildings. He is a Cofounder and Past President of the Illinois Native American Bar Association, received the Illinois State Bar Association’s Community Service Award (2002), and was recognized as a Notable Executive of Color in Construction & Real Estate by Crain’s Chicago Business (2022). Mr. Beaudet received his B.S. from Loyola University Chicago and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and has also studied law at Oxford University and Universität Salzburg.
Ernest R. Blomquist, III
Ernest R. Blomquist, III
Ernest R. Blomquist, III, is a Senior Partner at Blomquist & Anderson in Arlington Heights, where he concentrates his practice in criminal litigation and DUI matters. He has served Arlington Heights as its Prosecutor for 46 years. He is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys and a lecturer at the National Judicial College at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has been named Illinois Crime Commission Municipal Attorney Man of the Year, received the IICLE^® Addis Hull Award for Excellence in Continuing Legal Education, and received the Highest Rating in Legal Ability and Ethical Standards from the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review. Mr. Blomquist received his B.A. from Western Illinois University, did postgraduate studies at Northeastern Illinois University Daniel L. Goodwin College of Education, and received his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law. In 2018, he was honored by the Chicago-Kent’s Professional Achievement Award.
Daniel P. Blondin
Daniel P. Blondin
No bio available.
Beth Janicki Clark
Beth Janicki Clark
No bio available.
Justice (Ret.) Mathias W. Delort
Justice (Ret.) Mathias W. Delort
Justice (Ret.) Mathias W. Delort currently works as an arbitrator, mediator, and administrative law judge. He served as a Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court, First Judicial District for over ten years. During that time, he was Presiding Justice of several of the court’s divisions. Before being elected to the appellate court, he was an associate judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County for five years, serving almost exclusively assigned to the Chancery Division. He has also taught as an adjunct professor at University of Illinois Chicago Law School. Before becoming a judge, 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 was 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 University of Illinois Chicago Law School, where he received the Dean’s Academic Scholarship.
Stewart H. Diamond
Stewart H. Diamond
Stewart H. Diamond is a Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in representation of local governmental bodies. He represents municipalities in all aspects of growth from 4,000 to 100,000 and has advised numerous communities on their transition to home rule. Diamond also represents a number of water agencies during their multimillion-dollar construction phase and during mature operations. He drafted one of the first contract and bylaws agreements for a comprehensive intergovernmental self-insurance pool in the United States and currently represents a large number of intergovernmental self-insurance pools. Diamond is the originating General Editor of the IICLE^® municipal law and school law handbooks and has participated in numerous seminars on these subjects. He is the Editor of the ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL HANDBOOK, published by the Illinois Municipal League. He is also one of the authors of the ILLINOIS PARK DISTRICT LAW HANDBOOK, now in its 8th edition, published by the Illinois Association of Park Districts, and a handbook on township law. Diamond has written many articles on local government law. He has taught municipal law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and The John Marshall Law School and is Past Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association Local Government Law Section Council. In over 40 years of law practice, he has represented as regular or special counsel many governmental bodies in the Chicago metropolitan area and in other parts of the state. He was educated at the University of Chicago, where he received both his A.B. and his J.D., and University College, Oxford, England.
Mark R. Heinle
Mark R. Heinle
Mark R. Heinle is an associate at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Naperville, where he concentrates his practice in municipal law. Heinle is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations and Former Chair of the CBA’s Local Government Committee. He received his B.A. cum laude from Marquette University and his J.D. from Boston University School of Law.
Paul N. Keller
Paul N. Keller
No bio available.
Margaret Kostopulos
Margaret Kostopulos
Margaret Kostopulos is a Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where she focuses on labor and employment law and school law. She is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations and the Illinois Council of School Attorneys. Kostopulos is also a member of the Illinois Public Employer Labor Relations Association and has conducted training programs before IPELRA and other state associations on Illinois labor law issues. She has been named by Chicago Magazine and Illinois Super Lawyers as one of the top labor and employment lawyers in the state. Kostopulos received her B.A. from Loyola University and her J.D. from The UIC John Marshall Law School.
Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer
Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer
Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer is an Equity Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Naperville, where she focuses on local government law and election law. Illinois Super Lawyers named her one of the Top 50 Female Attorneys in the State of Illinois, and Leading Lawyers Magazine named her one of the top ten leading women lawyers in government, municipal, lobbying, and administrative law. Krafthefer has been named as a Super Lawyer representing cities and villages for every year that such distinction has been awarded. She received her B.A. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from The UIC John Marshall Law School.
Ronald J. Kramer
Ronald J. Kramer
Ronald J. Kramer is a Partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Chicago, representing management in labor and employment law matters. He is a member of the American and Chicago Bar Associations. He is a Past Chair of the ABA’s State and Local Government Law Section. He has spoken at numerous conferences regarding labor issues and has written for a variety of journals. Mr. Kramer received his B.A. magna cum laude from Michigan State University and his J.D. with high honors from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Bernard Z. Paul
Bernard Z. Paul
Bernard Z. Paul is in private practice in DeKalb, where he concentrates his practice in municipal law. He represents and has represented numerous home-rule and non-home-rule cities and villages and other units of local government. He is a two-time former Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Administrative Law Section Council and a former Chair of the Illinois Municipal League Committee of Home Rule Attorneys. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Enza Petrarca
Enza Petrarca
Enza Petrarca is the Village Attorney for the Village of Downers Grove. Prior to being appointed Village Attorney, she served as the Assistant Village Attorney for Downers Grove and was an associate with Scariano, Himes and Petrarca. She is a Past President and Past Board Member of the Illinois Institute of Local Government and is a member of the Illinois Municipal League Home Rule Attorneys Committee. She currently serves on the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference’s Legislative and Regulatory Committees. Ms. Petrarca received both her B.A. and her J.D. from Loyola University.
James J. Powers
James J. Powers
James J. Powers is a Partner at Clark Baird Smith LLP in Rosemont, where he focuses on labor and employment law. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Editor of the monthly newsletter and frequent speaker for the Illinois Public Employer Labor Relations Association. Mr. Powers received his B.A. with distinction from Northwestern University and his J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was valedictorian, Order of the Coif, and wrote for the Law Review.
James D. Rock
James D. Rock
James D. Rock is Of Counsel at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on local government. Mr. Rock received his B.S. from Central Michigan University, his M.A. from Northern Illinois University, and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
John J. Zimmermann
John J. Zimmermann
John J. Zimmermannis an affiliate of Tressler LLP in Chicago. He has represented municipalities throughout his professional career and has served as the attorney for several municipalities. He is a charter member and former Chair of the Illinois Municipal League and a Cofounder and Director of the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association. He is a member of the Local Government Law Section of the Illinois State Bar Association and a member of the Local Government Committee of the Chicago Bar Association. Mr. Zimmermann received his B.A. from DePaul University and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.

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Municipal Law (Illinois): Organization, Operation, and Governance (ARCHIVED 2012 EDITION)

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Matthew W. Beaudet

Ernest R. Blomquist, III

Daniel P. Blondin

Beth Janicki Clark

Justice (Ret.) Mathias W. Delort

Stewart H. Diamond

Mark R. Heinle

Paul N. Keller

Margaret Kostopulos

Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer

Ronald J. Kramer

Bernard Z. Paul

Enza Petrarca

James J. Powers

James D. Rock

John J. Zimmermann

Municipal Law (Illinois): Organization, Operation, and Governance (ARCHIVED 2012 EDITION)