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Chapter 1 — The Power of Eminent Domain: Introduction and Overview

Chapter 2 — Initial Procedures and Pleadings of the State and Other Condemning Bodies

Chapter 3 — Pleadings and Procedures by the Condemnee

Chapter 4 — Quick-Take

Chapter 5 — Eminent Domain Proceedings by Government Authorities Other Than the State

Chapter 6 — Pretrial Procedure

Chapter 7 — Valuation of Property in Eminent Domain

Chapter 8 — Trial Procedure and Technique

Chapter 9 — Mandamus and Inverse Condemnation

Chapter 10 — Leasehold Damages and Awards in Eminent Domain

Chapter 11 — Federal Eminent Domain Practice

Chapter 12 — Environmental Law Issues in Eminent Domain Litigation

Chapter 13 — Appeals

Authors

Lindsay S.C. Brinton
Lindsay S.C. Brinton
Lindsay S.C. Brinton is a Partner at Lewis Rice LLC in St. Louis, where she focuses on litigation. She is a member of the Missouri Bar and the United States Court of Federal Claims, and she is admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Ms. Brinton received her bachelor’s degree magna cum laude and her J.D. from the University of Missouri — Columbia.
William L. Broom III
William L. Broom III
William L. Broom III is a Partner at Barrett, Twomey, Broom, Hughes & Hoke, LLP, in Carbondale, where he concentrates his practice in civil litigation, estate planning, and eminent domain. He has been a Special Assistant Attorney for the Illinois Department of Transportation for eminent domain and land acquisition since 1983. He is active in the Illinois State Bar Association and has served as Chair of its Committees on Professional Responsibility, Healthcare, and Continuing Legal Education. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Broom received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
John W. Damisch
John W. Damisch
John W. Damisch is a Partner at Damisch & Damisch Ltd. in Chicago, where he focuses on civil trial litigation. He is a former Illinois State Bar Association Assembly member, chairs the ISBA Agricultural Law Section Council, and is a Diamond Fellow. He is also a past Board Member of the Illinois Bar Foundation, where he helped secure unused state farm legal assistance funds for productive use by the Foundation. He has held leadership positions in the United Way, school parent organizations, state and local government boards, scouting initiatives, churches, 4-H and farming activities, and several banks. Mr. Damisch received his J.D. from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
B. Jay Dowling
B. Jay Dowling
B. Jay Dowling is a Partner with Clayborne and Wagner LLP, in Belleville, where he focuses his practice on eminent domain, real estate, and workers’ compensation. He is a member of the Illinois State and Missouri State Bar Associations. He earned both of his B.S. degrees (business and economic, administration) from Culver-Stockton College, his Police Officer Certification from the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Board, and his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law.
Richard F. Friedman
Richard F. Friedman
Richard F. Friedman is a Partner atNeal & Leroy, LLC, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in eminent domain, municipal law, and historic preservation. Friedman also teaches historic preservation law at the University of Chicago Law School and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He earned his B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Michele S. Gonzales
Michele S. Gonzales
Michele S. Gonzalesis a Partner at Elle Law Group, LLC, in Oak Park, where she devotes her practice to eminent domain and complex commercial litigation. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. Ms. Gonzales received her B.A. from the University of Chicago and her J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Chase M. Hundman
Chase M. Hundman
Chase M. Hundman is an associate at Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC, in Chicago, and focuses his practice on business and employment law. Mr. Hundman received his B.A. cum laude from Illinois Wesleyan University and his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School.
Ariane M. Janz
Ariane M. Janz
Ariane M. Janz is an associate at Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC, in Chicago, and concentrates her practice in commercial and general litigation. Ms. Janz is a Member of the Chicago Bar Association and its Commercial Litigation Committee. She received her B.A. summa cum laude from Syracuse University and her J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law. Ms. Janz was a federal clerk for Judge C.J. Williams at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
Meghan S. Largent
Meghan S. Largent
Meghan S. Largent is a Member of Lewis Rice LLC in St. Louis, where she focuses on federal takings, eminent domain, and land valuation. She was listed on Missouri Lawyers Media “The POWER List: Commercial & Consumer Litigation 2022, 2023,” was a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2014 – 2016, and was a Presenter on “Issues in Eminent Domain that Invite Ethical Mistakes: Staying on the Straight and Narrow” at the ALI-CLE 2019 Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Conference. Ms. Largent received her Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia and her J.D. from the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.
Noah A. Menold
Noah A. Menold
Noah A. Menold is an associate at Howard & Howard Attorneys, PLLC, in Peoria, where he focuses his practice in commercial litigation. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Civil Practice & Procedure Section Council and Construction Law Section Council. He has been recognized as an Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers in the areas of commercial litigation, closely and privately held business law, and medical malpractice defense law. He has also been recognized as “One To Watch” by Best Lawyers in the area of commercial litigation. Mr. Menold received his B.S. summa cum laude from Bradley University, where he was recognized as the Kalman Goldberg Outstanding Senior Business Student (2010 – 2011) and awarded the rank of Top Collegiate Scholar: Management (2011). He received his J.D. magna cum laude from Northern Illinois University College of Law, where he was the Brian E. and Tamra A. McGough Prize Recipient (2014) and the Northern Illinois University Law Review: Notes & Comments Editor (2013 – 2014).
Valerie M. Moehle
Valerie M. Moehle
Valerie M. Moehle is a Partner at Moehle, Swearingen & Lobacz, Ltd., in Pekin, where she focuses on real estate, estates and probate, small businesses, and local government. Ms. Moehle is a member of the Peoria County Bar Association Real Estate Committee and served on the Member Services Committee of the Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. She received her B.S. with high honors from the University of Illinois and her J.D. summa cum laude from Northern Illinois University, where she was class valedictorian and a member of the NIU College Law Law Review. She was also a law clerk for Justice Ben Miller of the Illinois Supreme Court.
Christopher J. Murdoch
Christopher J. Murdoch
Christopher J. Murdoch is a Partner at Emry Murdoch LLC in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on commercial litigation, insurance coverage, and eminent domain. He is a member of the American Bar Association and is a Special Assistant Attorney General. Murdoch received his B.A. from Georgetown University and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
Patricia A. Small
Patricia A. Small
Patricia A. Small is an associate with the firm Barrett, Twomey, Broom, Hughes & Hoke, LLP, in Carbondale, where she concentrates her practice in civil and appellate litigation and eminent domain matters. She has served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for land acquisition and real estate matters since 1996. She is a former law clerk for Chief Justice William C. Hastings of the Nebraska Supreme Court and is a member of the American Bar Association and Illinois State Bar Association. She is a contributing author to EMINENT DOMAIN PRACTICE (IICLE^®, 2020). She received her B.S. from the University of Nebraska — Omaha and her J.D. from the University of Nebraska College of Law.
Mark J. Steger
Mark J. Steger
Mark J. Steger is Senior Counsel at Clark Hill PLC in Chicago, where he focuses on environmental law. He was named a Leading Lawyer in 2023. Mr. Steger received his B.S. and his M.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the Seattle University School of Law.
Joseph B. VanFleet
Joseph B. VanFleet
Joseph B. VanFleet is a Managing Partner at Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC in Peoria, where he concentrates his practice in business litigation. He is a member of the American and Illinois State Bar Associations and the American Inns of Court. Mr. VanFleet received his B.S. with high honors from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.

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Lindsay S.C. Brinton

William L. Broom III

John W. Damisch

B. Jay Dowling

Richard F. Friedman

Michele S. Gonzales

Chase M. Hundman

Ariane M. Janz

Meghan S. Largent

Noah A. Menold

Valerie M. Moehle

Christopher J. Murdoch

Patricia A. Small

Mark J. Steger

Joseph B. VanFleet

Eminent Domain Practice (ARCHIVED 2020 EDITION)