Ross J. Altman
Ross J. Altman
Ross J. Altman is Senior Counsel at Laurie & Brennan, LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on construction law, with an emphasis on project delivery methodology, transaction structure, and project administration. He is a member of the American College of Construction Lawyers (Board of Governors 2014 – 2017 and Past Chair of the Documents Committee) and an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law. He has been recognized by Chambers USA as a Senior Statesperson for Construction. Mr. Altman received his B.S. from the University of Michigan College of Architecture and Urban Planning and his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School.
Jeremy S. Baker
Jeremy S. Baker
Jeremy S. Baker is the Founding Attorney at Baker Law Group LLC in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on design and construction law. He has been an adjunct professor of construction law at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (2016 – 2018), is a member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, and is a liaison to the AIA Contract Documents Committee (2016 – present). Mr. Baker received his B.A. with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his J.D. cum laude from Tulane University Law School.
Tina M. Bird
Tina M. Bird
Tina M. Bird is a Partner at Freeborn & Peters LLP in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice on construction and real estate. She is a member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys and the Construction Lawyers Society of America and has been recognized by Illinois Leading Lawyers and Super Lawyers. Ms. Bird earned her B.S. with highest honors and her J.D. with honors from the University of Florida.
Samuel B. Cavnar
Samuel B. Cavnar
Samuel B. Cavnar is a Partner at Robbins Schwartz in Chicago. He is an experienced negotiator of commercial and construction-related contracts and regularly counsels clients in the areas of board governance, bidding, procurement, tort immunity and risk management. Mr. Cavnar has been appointed Special Assistant State’s Attorney in several matters involving construction-related transactions and litigation. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry, the Chicago Bar Associaton, and the Illinois Association of School Business Officials. Mr. Cavnar received his B.A. from Michigan State University and his J.D. from Wayne State University Law School, where he was the Managing Editor of The Wayne Law Review.
Jennifer B. Cromheecke
Jennifer B. Cromheecke
Jennifer B. Cromheecke is an associate at Bryce Downey & Lenkov LLC in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on general litigation. Ms. Cromheecke received her A.B. cum laude from Dartmouth College and her J.D. cum laude from Tulane University Law School.
Scott R. Fradin
Scott R. Fradin
Scott R. Fradin is a Principal and Cochair of the firm’s Construction Group at Much Shelist, P.C., in Chicago. He is also a licensed architect. Fradlin is a member of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Construction Law, a member and Past President of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, and a Past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Construction Law and Mechanics Lien Subcommittee. He has been recognized by Chambers USA and the Leading Lawyers Network as a top Illinois lawyer in the area of construction law and has been named one of the top real estate attorneys in the Midwest by Midwest Real Estate News. Fradin received his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. Order of the Coif with high honors from Chicago-Kent Chicago of Law.
Matthew J. Gardner
Matthew J. Gardner
Matthew J. Gardner isa Partner at Robbins Schwartz, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on construction and education law. Mr. Gardner has been named as an Illinois Rising Star in construction litigation by Super Lawyers. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association’s Judicial Evaluation Committee and former Chair of the CBA’s Construction Law and Mechanics Lien Subcommittee. Mr. Gardner received his B.S. from the University of Utah and his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Christopher R. Gorman
Christopher R. Gorman
Christopher R. Gorman is a Partner at Robbins Schwartz, in Chicago, and practices in commercial, construction, and real estate law. Gorman is an editorial board member of the DuPage County Bar Association’s Brief and a member of the Illinois Association of School Business Officials. Gorman received both a B.A. and J.D. from the University of Minnesota.
Gregory W. Hummel
Gregory W. Hummel
Gregory W. Hummel is Senior Counsel at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates on a public-private partnership practice in which he represents states, territories, counties, and municipalities in complex redevelopment or infrastructure projects. He has been an Urban Land Institute trustee and foundation governor since 2001. In 1989, Mr. Hummel helped found the American College of Construction Lawyers and currently leads its P3 Task Force. He is the Chair and a member of the Board of Directors to the Chicago Central Area Committee. He has written and spoken on a range of timely legal and business topics, including the Biden administration’s infrastructure plan. Mr. Hummel received his B.A. with honors from MacMurray College and his J.D. from Northwestern University.
David M. Lewin
David M. Lewin
David M. Lewin is Of Counsel to Querrey & Harrow in Chicago, focusing on condominium and construction law and insurance coverage. He is a Past Chair of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel Insurance Coverage Committee, where he received the President’s Commendation from the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel in 2008. He also served his community as Vice President of the Streeterville Organization of Active Residents. Mr. Lewin received his B.A. with honors from Loyola University Chicago and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
John-Paul Lujan
John-Paul Lujan
John-Paul Lujan is a Partner at Harris Winick Harris LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on counseling businesses, organizations, and institutions in connection with their construction and building needs. He has been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America and is a member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. He has lectured and written on various design and construction law issues. Mr. Lujan received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Margery Newman
Margery Newman
Margery Newman is an Income Member at Bryce Downey & Lenkov LLC in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in construction law, including complex construction litigation in both the private and public sectors, and related business litigation. She has served on the American Bar Association Forum Committee on the Construction Industry; the Chicago Bar Association Committees on Real Property, Construction Issues, Mechanics Liens, and Real Estate Litigation; and the Illinois State Bar Association Construction Law Committee and Real Estate Law Section Council. She is also a member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. She has authored numerous articles and lectured extensively on the construction industry and was an adjunct professor of construction law at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. Ms. Newman received her B.A. from Brooklyn College, her M.A. from Roosevelt University, and her J.D. with high distinction from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, where she was on the law review.
Joseph J. Perkoski
Joseph J. Perkoski
Joseph J. Perkoski is Managing Partner at Robbins Schwartz in Chicago, where he represents educational institutions and public sector employers with a focus on board and executive leadership. Mr. Perkoski also represents his clients on a broad range of labor and employment issues including collective bargaining, grievance arbitration, and contract interpretation. He has defended employers in unfair labor practice charges before the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board, the Illinois State and Local Labor Relations Boards, and the National Labor Relations Board. Mr. Perkoski has made several presentations on the labor issues in the transactional side of a project, adjusting school district priorities to meet current economic reality and revenue uncertainty, and other topics for the Illinois Association of School Business Officials, the Illinois Association for Employment in Education’s Annual Conference, and more. He is an Illinois Super Lawyer and a member of the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, and the Council of School Attorneys. Mr. Perkoski received his B.A. with honors, his M.A., and his J.D. from Ohio State University.
Paul Peterson
Paul Peterson
Paul Peterson is a sole practitioner in Mount Prospect, where he focuses on title insurance and construction law. He is the Secretary of the Construction Law Committee and member of the Title Insurance Committee of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers; the CLE Co-Coordinator of the Construction Law Section Council and Chair of the Legislation Subcommittee of the Real Estate Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association; and member of the Legislative Committee and the Title Counsel Committee of Illinois Land Title Association, which awarded him the 2015 President’s Award for legislative efforts. Mr. Peterson received his J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Kenneth M. Roberts
Kenneth M. Roberts
Kenneth M. Roberts is a Partner at Venable LLP, in Chicago, where he is Chair of the firm’s Construction Law Group. He is a member of the American Bar Association (Forum on the Construction Industry, Section of Dispute Resolution, CLE Committee), the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. He is a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America and an adjunct professor of construction law and risk management at Northwestern University. Roberts received his undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Iowa and his J.D. with distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law.
Werner Sabo
Werner Sabo
Werner A. Sabo is Of Counsel to Bryce Downey & Lenkov LLC in Chicago, where he concentrates in construction law, copyrights, arbitrations, and mediations. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and of the Association of Licensed Architects. He is also a Founding Member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. Mr. Sabo received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Amanda Schermer MacVey
Amanda Schermer MacVey
Amanda Schermer MacVey is a Partner at Venable LLP, where she focuses her practice on construction law. She is a member of the American Bar Association Forum on Construction and teaches construction law at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She was named an Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers (2015, 2016) and recognized by The Legal 500 (2016, 2019). Ms. MacVey received her B.S. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Kevin R. Sido
Kevin R. Sido
Kevin R. Sido is Of Counsel at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on civil litigation with an emphasis in construction law and alternative dispute resolution. He is a mediator and arbitrator with ADR Systems Chicago and the American Arbitration Association and a member of both the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys and the Illinois State Bar Association. Sido earned his B.A. from the University of Illinois, where he received the Bronze Tablet Award and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Eric L. Singer
Eric L. Singer
Eric L. Singer is a Partner with Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on construction law, litigation of construction and real estate disputes, negotiation of design, and construction agreements. He is a member of the DuPage County, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations; the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry; and the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. His is also an affiliate member of the American Institute of Architects, AIA Chicago, and AIA Northeast Illinois. Singer earned his B.A. magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Lorence H. Slutzky
Lorence H. Slutzky
Lorence H. Slutzky is the Principal at the Law Office of Lorence H. Slutzky, Ltd., in Glenview, where he concentrates in the law of architecture, engineering, procurement, and construction of the built environment. Mr. Slutzky is a fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers and a founder, officer, and former president of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. He has acted in the capacity of an advisor, negotiator, litigator, mediator, and arbitrator and was for many years an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois Chicago’s School of Law’s postgraduate Center for Real Estate Law teaching construction law. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and recently retired from the Florida Bar, where he was certified as a Construction Specialist. Mr. Slutzky received his B.S. from Southern Illinois University, attended the University of Exeter, England, through William & Mary, and received his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Vickie Verveniotis
Vickie Verveniotis
Vickie Verveniotis is Of Counsel to Querrey & Harrow in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on commercial litigation, insurance coverage, and condominium law. Ms. Verveniotis received her B.A. with honors from Loyola University Chicago and her J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Justin L. Weisberg
Justin L. Weisberg
Justin L. Weisberg is a Shareholder at Robbins Salomon & Patt, Ltd., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on construction law. He serves as President of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys (2021 – 2022) and has served as Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Construction Section (2020 – 2021) and Chair of the ASCE Illinois Section Construction Institute (2020 – 2021). Mr. Weisberg received his B.S.E. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Katie Zumalt-Rogers
Katie Zumalt-Rogers
Katie Zumalt-Rogers is an associate at Robbins Schwartz in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on public finance and taxation, commercial transactions, construction, and real estate law. She is a member of the Illinois State and Washington State Bar Associations. Ms. Zumalt-Rogers received her B.S. from the University of Kansas, her M.B.A. from Seattle University, and her J.D. cum laude from Seattle University School of Law.

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Ross J. Altman

Jeremy S. Baker

Tina M. Bird

Samuel B. Cavnar

Jennifer B. Cromheecke

Scott R. Fradin

Matthew J. Gardner

Christopher R. Gorman

Gregory W. Hummel

David M. Lewin

John-Paul Lujan

Margery Newman

Joseph J. Perkoski

Paul Peterson

Kenneth M. Roberts

Werner Sabo

Amanda Schermer MacVey

Kevin R. Sido

Eric L. Singer

Lorence H. Slutzky

Vickie Verveniotis

Justin L. Weisberg

Katie Zumalt-Rogers

Construction Law: Transactional Considerations 2021 Edition