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David L. Bea
David L. Bea
David L. Bea is a Partner at Bea & VandenBerk Attorneys at Law in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on nonprofit organization and publishing law. He is an Advisory Board member of the Axelson Center for Nonprofit Management and former Chair of the Exempt Organizations Subcommittee of the Chicago Bar Association. He was Cabrini Green Legal Aid Board Member in 1997 – 2017 and a Glessner House Museum Board Member in 1999 – 2017. Mr. Bea received his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Avery S. Buffa
Avery S. Buffa
Avery S. Buffa is Vice President, Associate Director of Philanthropic Advisory Services, at Northern Trust Corporation in Chicago. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association. Mr. Buffa received his B.A. from DePaul University, his M.A. from The New School, and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Tempia A. Courts
Tempia A. Courts
Tempia A. Courts is a Partner at MacDonald, Lee & Senechalle, Ltd., in Hoffman Estates, where she focuses her practice on not-for-profit, church, business, and corporate law. She is a member of the American and Illinois State Bar Associations. She was the 2022 Volunteer of the Year for the Hoffman Estates Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Ms. Courts received both her B.A. and her J.D. from the University of Illinois, where she was honored by the President’s Award Program, received the Dean S. Dorman Award, and was recognized for Best Oral Argument, Civil Rights Moot Court.
Jonathan T. Howe
Jonathan T. Howe
Jonathan T. Howe is President and Founding Partner at Howe & Hutton, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in the representation of not-for-profit and related organizations, including those in the travel, tourism, hospitality, incentive, meetings, and tradeshow industries worldwide. He is a member of the American, Illinois State, and Chicago Bar Associations. Mr. Howe received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. with highest distinction from Duke University School of Law.
Sorin A. Leahu
Sorin A. Leahu
Sorin A. Leahu is an associate at Mauck & Baker, LLC, in Chicago, where he practices in the areas of civil rights litigation, nonprofit law, probate, estate planning, tax exemption, business formation, and religious land use. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, Christian Legal Society, and Federalist Society. He received his undergraduate degree from North Park University and his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School, graduating third in his class and receiving the Order of John Marshall.
Omar K. Malik
Omar K. Malik
Omar K. Malik is a Principal at Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on the representation of condominium, homeowners, and townhome community associations. He has been a member of the Chicago Bar Association’s Real Property Law — Condominium Law Subcommittee since 2016, and he served as Cochair in 2022. Mr. Malik received his B.A. from the George Washington University School of Business and his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law.
Daniel J. Mays
Daniel J. Mays
Daniel J. Mays is a Partner at Bea & VandenBerk Attorneys at Law in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on nonprofit organization, tax-exempt organization, intellectual property, and publishing law. Mr. Mays received his B.A. from Calvin College and his J.D. from Baylor Law School.
Elizabeth M. Mills
Elizabeth M. Mills
Elizabeth M. Mills is President of Elisabeth M. Mills P.C. in Woodstock, where she focuses her practice on health law and tax-exempt organizations. She is a Fellow of the American Health Law Association and a member of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association. Ms. Mills received her B.A. with highest distinction from the University of Kansas; her M.S. from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; and her J.D. cum laude, Order of the Coif, from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Michael P. Mosher
Michael P. Mosher
Michael P. Mosher established Mosher & Associates, LLC, in River Forest, serving the legal needs of charitable, religious, and educational organizations throughout the Chicago area and around the country. He is currently a member of the IRS TE/GE Advisory Council for the Great Lakes Region and of the Illinois Attorney General’s Charitable Advisory Council, and is Cofounder and a member of the Tax-Exempt Organization Committee of the Chicago Bar Association. He serves as a part-time faculty member for the DePaul University School of Public Service, Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies, and The John Marshall Law School. Mr. Mosher received his B.A. from Michigan State University and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
James H. Pluymert
James H. Pluymert
James H. Pluymertis Of Counsel to MacDonald, Lee & Senechalle, Ltd., in Hoffman Estates, where he focuses his practice on employment law, church and not-for-profit law, mediation, and arbitration. He is a member of the Kane County Bar Association and the Christian Legal Society. Mr. Pluymert received his undergraduate degree from Calvin College and his J.D. from DePaul University School of Law.
Patricia A. Tauchert
Patricia A. Tauchert
Patricia A. Tauchert is a Partner at Pluymert, MacDonald, Hargrove & Lee, Ltd., in Hoffman Estates, where she focuses her practice on not-for-profit and for-profit business organizations and transactions. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army Elgin Corps and the Board of Trustees of the Conservation Foundation and is an adjunct faculty member at Judson University. Ms. Tauchert received her B.A. from Southern Illinois University and her J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Joshua A. Weinstein
Joshua A. Weinstein
Joshua A. Weinstein is a Principal at Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit in Mundelein, where he focuses his practice on condominium homeowners’ association law. He is a member of the American, Illinois State, and Chicago Bar Associations. Mr. Weinstein received his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.

David L. Bea

Avery S. Buffa

Tempia A. Courts

Jonathan T. Howe

Sorin A. Leahu

Omar K. Malik

Daniel J. Mays

Elizabeth M. Mills

Michael P. Mosher

James H. Pluymert

Patricia A. Tauchert

Joshua A. Weinstein

Not-for-Profit Corporations (ARCHIVED 2017 EDITION)