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James W. Chipman
James W. Chipman
James W. Chipman is an attorney at Golan Christie Taglia LLP, in Springfield, where he focuses on property tax assessment. He served as the Executive Director & Legal Counsel of the State of Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board (1994 – 2006). He presented at the International Association of Assessing Officers’ 40th Annual Legal Seminar (Interior Property Inspections and the Fourth Amendment: Does This Affect Your Jurisdiction? (2019). 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), 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. He earned his B.A. magna cum laude from Illinois College and his J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law.
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 areas of real estate property tax appeals. He is an active member of the Illinois State and American Bar Associations and the Illinois Property Tax Lawyer’s Association (Treasurer), and the International Association of Assessing Officers. He was the former Chair of the main committee, Legislative Liaison, and Chair of the Assessment and Appeals Sub-committee 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 UIC John Marshall Law School.
Steven Kandelman
Steven Kandelman
Steven Kandelman is a Partner at Rieff Schramm Kanter & Guttman LLC, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in real estate taxation. He is a member of the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations and has been AV Preeminent Peer Review rated by Martindale-Hubbell (2017, 2020). Mr. Kandelman earned his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent School of Law.
Brian P. Liston
Brian P. Liston
Brian P. Liston is a Partner at Liston & Tsantilis, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in land use. He has been named by Leading Lawyer magazine as the #1 Leading Lawyer in Land Use for 11 consecutive years, as well as being awarded the Top Attorney Award by Crain’s Chicago Business. He is the President of Liston Equities and a member of the John Purdue Club. Mr. Liston received his B.S. from Purdue University, his M.B.A. from Saint Xavier University, and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. He has tried numerous jury and bench trial and has secured over $1 billion dollars in refunds for his clients.
Timothy E. Moran
Timothy E. Moran
Timothy E. Moran is a Partner at Schmidt Salzman & Moran, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice 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. Mr. Moran is an adjunct professor at UIC John Marshall Law School; 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^®. Mr. Moran is a Certified Illinois Assessing Official (CIAO), and an Illinois Licensed Managing Real Estate Broker. He is the current Chair of the Geneva, Illinois, Ethics Commission; a former elected member and former President and Vice President of the Board of Education of Geneva Community Unit School District #304; previously served as Treasurer of the City of Geneva; and was Trustee and Vice President of the Geneva Library Board. He earned 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) and the Illinois Property Tax Lawyers Association (Founding Member, First President). He was selected as a Leading Lawyer (2014, 2015, 2020). Mr. Rubin earned his B.A. from the university of Illinois-Chicago and his J.D. from UIC John Marshal Law School.
Robert M. Sarnoff
Robert M. Sarnoff
Robert M. Sarnoff is President of Sarnoff & Baccash, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on property tax law. 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 25th Edition, 2020). 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, 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.
James B. Sarnoff
James B. Sarnoff
James B. Sarnoff is Managing Principal at Sarnoff & Baccash, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in property tax. He is the coauthor of the Illinois chapter of THE PROPERTY TAX DESKBOOK, published by the American Bar Association. He also serves as Secretary of the National Association of Property Tax Attorneys (NAPTA), is a member of the Institute for Professionals in Taxation, and is recognized as a Leading Lawyers by the Chicago Law Bulletin. Mr. Sarnoff earned his B.A. from Syracuse University 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 Chicago, 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 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 – 2021). 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.

James W. Chipman

Glenn S. Guttman

Steven Kandelman

Brian P. Liston

Timothy E. Moran

Donald T. Rubin

Robert M. Sarnoff

James B. Sarnoff

William J. Seitz

Peter Tsantilis

Real Estate Taxation: Exemptions, Assessments, and Challenges 2020 Edition