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Chapter 1 — Taxable and Exempt Property

Chapter 2 — Assessment of Taxable Property

Chapter 3 — Appraisals

Chapter 4 — Taxpayers’ Remedies

Chapter 5 — Administrative Challenges to Assessments and Equalization

Chapter 6 — Practice and Procedure Before the Property Tax Appeal Board

Chapter 7 — Tax Objection Complaints

Chapter 8 — Levy, Extension, and Collection of Property Taxes

Chapter 9 — Tax Rate Objections

Chapter 10 — Tax Bills and Payments; Tax Sales and Redemptions; Miscellaneous Collection and Enforcement Matters

Chapter 11 — A Guide to Tax Deed and Indemnity Fund Proceedings

Authors

Jeffrey S. Blumenthal
Jeffrey S. Blumenthal
Jeffrey S. Blumenthalis a Partner at Slutzky & Blumenthal, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in tax sales and tax deed litigation. Blumenthal served as Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Real Estate Taxation Committee and the Chicago Bar Association Tax Sale/Tax Deed Subcommittee. He is also a member of the Illinois Bar Association and Decalogue Society of Lawyers. He earned his B.A.S. from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. with high honors from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
James W. Chipman
James W. Chipman
James W. Chipmanis an attorney at Golan Christie Taglia LLP in Springfield, where he focuses on real estate taxation. He served as the Executive Director & Legal Counsel of the State of Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board (1994 – 2006). He has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer (2022 – 2023). As a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, he has served as Chair of the State and Local Taxation Section Council (2002 – 2003), Chair of the Administrative Law Section Council (2006 – 2007), and Chair of the Standing Committee on Government Lawyers (2010 – 2011) and was an elected member of the Assembly (2004 – 2010). Mr. Chipman is the author of several articles that have appeared in the Journal of Property Tax Management, the Illinois State Bar Journal, Tax Facts (a publication of the Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois), and the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Mr. Chipman earned his B.A. magna cum laude from Illinois College and his J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law.
Nora A. Doherty
Nora A. Doherty
Nora A. Doherty is an associate at Steven B. Pearlman & Associates in Chicago, where she focuses on negotiating real estate tax assessments, representing clients before local township assessors and boards of review throughout the entire hearing process at all levels of appeal, and advising clients on structuring prospective purchases. Ms. Doherty is a frequent presenter on real estate tax topics, particularly omitted assessments (back taxes) and the unlicensed practice of law. Ms. Doherty is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, the International Association of Assessing Officials, and the Institute for Professionals in Taxation. She is Chair of the CBA Committee on Real Estate Tax Assessments and Young Lawyers’ Section Real Estate Committee. She is also appointed to the ISBA’s Section Council on State and Local Taxation, serves on the YLS Executive Council, and serves on the Board of Governors for the Catholic Lawyers Guild. Ms. Doherty received her B.A. cum laude and J.D. from Loyola University Chicago.
David R. Gray, Jr.
David R. Gray, Jr.
David R. Gray, Jr. is the Owner of Gray Law Offices, in Chicago, and concentrates on real estate and civil litigation. Gray is a member of the Appellate Lawyers Association, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Chicago (former Chair of the Real Estate Taxation Committee) and Illinois State Bar Associations. Gray earned his B.A. from the College of Charleston and his J.D. from Valparaiso University Law School.
Glenn S. Guttman
Glenn S. Guttman
Glenn S. Guttman is the Managing Member at Rieff Schramm Kanter & Guttman LLC in Chicago, where he focuses his law practice on the area of real estate property tax appeals. He is an active member of the Illinois State and American Bar Associations and the Illinois Property Tax Lawyers Association (former Treasurer), and the International Association of Assessing Officers. He is a former Chair of the main committee, Legislative Liaison, and former Chair of the Assessment and Appeals Subcommittee of the Chicago Bar Association’s Real Estate Taxation Committee. He earned his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Michael J. Kelly
Michael J. Kelly
Michael J. Kelly is President of Real Estate Analysis Corporation in Chicago, where he focuses on commercial and industrial appraisals. He holds the professional designations of Member Appraisal Institute (MAI), Senior Real Property Appraiser (SRPA), and Appraisal Institute – General Review Specialist (AI-GRS). Mr. Kelly earned his B.A. from Western Illinois University and his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
Dana Deen Kinion
Dana Deen Kinion
Dana Deen Kinion has served as Of Counsel to the law firm of Zack Stamp, Ltd., in Springfield, since June 2007, and focuses her practice on local, state, and federal tax issues. Ms. Kinion is a member of the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board, a board seat she has held since 2016. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois at Springfield, teaching federal income taxation. Ms. Kinion is a former associate counsel in both sales tax and income tax at the Illinois Department of Revenue. She is also a Former Chair of the Sangamon County Board of Review. Ms. Kinion is a graduate of Texas A&M University, obtained her law degree from the University of Tulsa, and received her LL.M. in Taxation from Southern Methodist University.
Brian P. Liston
Brian P. Liston
Brian P. Liston is a Partner at Liston & Tsantilis, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on eminent domain and tax litigation. He was a lecturer and author on “Highest and Best Use Analysis” for the Illinois State Bar Association Real Estate Section Committee Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Seminar in 2003 – 2008. He was a speaker on “Highest & Best use of Land in Eminent Domain” for the Illinois State Bar Association Real Estate Law Update in 2007. Mr. Liston received his B.S. and M.B.A. in Institutional Management from Purdue University, his M.B.A. in Finance from Saint Xavier University, and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. He received Academic All Big Ten honors in 1982 and 1983.
Thomas J. McNulty
Thomas J. McNulty
Thomas J. McNulty is a Partner at Neal Gerber Eisenberg LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in real estate tax litigation. McNulty is a member of the International Association of Assessing Officers, the Institute for Professionals in Taxation, and the Civic Federation of Chicago Executive Committee (Past Chair). He was also the recipient of the Bernard L. Barnard Outstanding Technical Essay Award (2019), has been acknowledged as among The Best Lawyers in America (recommended in “Litigation — Real Estate/Real Estate Law, Special Focus: Tax” (2010 – current), and named an Illinois Super Lawyer (recommended in “Tax: Business,” 2005, 2006, 2013 – 2019). He received his B.S. cum laude from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. magna cum laude from Rutgers Law School.
Timothy E. Moran
Timothy E. Moran
Timothy E. Moran is a Partner at Schmidt Salzman & Moran, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates in real estate taxation and related issues and in contesting real property values before assessors and boards of review in Cook and outlying counties, the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board, and the circuit court, as well as litigating tax sale and tax deed-related matters in the circuit and appellate courts. Moran was formerly an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law; has participated in continuing legal education seminars on real estate taxation for the Chicago, Kane County, and Illinois State Bar Associations; and has authored articles for the ISBA and IICLE^®. Moran is a Certified Illinois Assessing Official (CIAO) and an Illinois Licensed Managing Real Estate Broker. He is currently a member of the Geneva, Illinois, Planning and Zoning Commission; former Chair of the Geneva Ethics Commission; former elected member and former President and Vice President of the Board of Education of Geneva Community Unit School District #304; former Treasurer of the City of Geneva; and former Trustee and Vice President of the Geneva Library Board. He received his B.S. and J.D. from DePaul University.
Donald T. Rubin
Donald T. Rubin
Donald T. Rubin is a Partner at Golan Christie Taglia LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in property tax law. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association (State and Local Tax Council). He was selected as a Leading Lawyer (2014 – 2023) and is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Rubin earned his B.A. from the University of Illinois Chicago and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Robert M. Sarnoff
Robert M. Sarnoff
Robert M. Sarnoff is Founding Principal of Sarnoff & Baccash in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on property tax law. He has been a chapter author for IICLE^®’s REAL ESTATE TAXATION since its inception in 1979. He has also authored the Illinois chapter of THE PROPERTY TAX DESKBOOK, published by the American Bar Association in each edition since its inception (currently in the 28th Edition, 2023). Mr. Sarnoff serves as an Illinois Representative and Charter Member of the National Association of Property Tax Attorneys (NAPTA); a member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation; and a member of the Chicago, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, has been awarded the Illinois Institute of Property Taxation Literary Award, and has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer by the Chicago Law Bulletin. He earned his B.S from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
William J. Seitz
William J. Seitz
William J. Seitz, of The Law Offices of William J. Seitz, L.L.C., in Northbrook, was previously a Special Assistant Attorney General in the Litigation Section of the Illinois Department of Revenue in Chicago. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association State and Local Taxation Section Council. Mr. Seitz earned his B.S. from the University of Illinois, his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and his LL.M. from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Peter Tsantilis
Peter Tsantilis
Peter Tsantilis is a Partner at Liston & Tsantilis, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in real estate tax appeals and incentives, land use/zoning, complex industrial and commercial real estate transactions/leasing, and eminent domain litigation. He is a member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation, the Illinois State Bar Association, and is the Legislative Chair of the NAIOP Chicago Legislative Committee. He was named one of the 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch (2013), an Emerging Leading Lawyer (2015 – 2017), and a Leading Lawyer (2018 – 2025). Mr. Tsantilis received his B.B.A. summa cum laude from the Loyola University Chicago School of Business Administration and his J.D. cum laude from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
John W. VanSanten
John W. VanSanten
John W. VanSanten is Managing Director for Stout Risius Ross, Inc., in Chicago, where he focuses on real estate appraisals. He holds the professional designations of Appraisal Institute – General Review Specialist (AI-GRS), Member Appraisal Institute (MAI), and Counselor of Real Estate (CRE). Mr. VanSanten is a member of the Chicago Real Estate Council (Past President), the Institute for Professionals in Taxation, and the American Health Lawyers Association. He earned his B.A. from Augustana College and his M.B.A. from DePaul University.
Barbara S. Winer
Barbara S. Winer
Barbara S. Winer is Of Counsel to Rubin & Associates, LLC, in Chicago, where she concentrated her practice in real property taxation. She represented developers, owners, and tenants of large residential, commercial, and industrial properties, providing clients with a complete property tax analysis for proposed projects. She received her undergraduate degree with honors, her Master’s degree from Northwestern University, and her J.D. from DePaul University Law School.

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Jeffrey S. Blumenthal

James W. Chipman

Nora A. Doherty

David R. Gray, Jr.

Glenn S. Guttman

Michael J. Kelly

Dana Deen Kinion

Brian P. Liston

Thomas J. McNulty

Timothy E. Moran

Donald T. Rubin

Robert M. Sarnoff

William J. Seitz

Peter Tsantilis

John W. VanSanten

Barbara S. Winer

Real Estate Taxation (ARCHIVED 2016 EDITION)