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Chapter 1 — Finance and Tax

Chapter 2 — General Obligation and Revenue Bonds

Chapter 3 — Sale of Municipal Obligations

Chapter 4 — Special Assessments, Special Service Areas, and Business Districts

Chapter 5 — Tax Increment Allocation Financing

Chapter 6 — Municipal Property

Chapter 7 — Police Officers’ and Firefighters’ Pension Boards

Authors

Thomas P. Bayer
Thomas P. Bayer
Thomas P. Bayer is a Partner at Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where he practices in the areas of general municipal, economic development, and zoning and land use law. He has been named a Leading Lawyer in the government category from 2008 – 2021, and he was awarded the Marvin J. Glink Private Practice Local Government Award by the International Municipal Lawyers Association in 2017. He is the coauthor of several Illinois Municipal League publications. Mr. Bayer received his B.A. with highest honors from DePaul University and his J.D. with honors from DePaul University College of Law, where he graduated number one in his class.
Mark E. Burkland
Mark E. Burkland
Mark E. Burkland is an attorney at Elrod Friedman LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in state and local government law and land use and development law. He is Village Attorney for the Villages of La Grange and Arlington Heights, General Counsel to the Park District of Oak Park, and special counsel to several municipalities and other local governments. He also counsels private-sector clients in all aspects of entitlement and development work. Mr. Burkland received both his B.S. and his J.D. from the University of Illinois and was Articles Editor of the University of Illinois Law Review. He clerked for the Honorable William J. Bauer, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, before entering private practice.
James V. Ferolo
James V. Ferolo
James V. Ferolo is a Partner at Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on the representation of local governmental entities in all areas of need, including municipal redevelopment, real estate issues, governmental litigation, and general corporate matters. He has spoken and written frequently for the Illinois Municipal League, IICLE, the Lake County Municipal League, and other governmental organizations. Mr. Ferolo received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. from Loyola University School of Law.
Kent M. Floros
Kent M. Floros
Kent M. Floros is a Partner at Chapman and Cutler LLP in Chicago, where he serves in the firm’s Illinois Public Finance Department. He also serves as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, and disclosure counsel in governmental purpose securities transactions. Mr. Floros routinely advises issuers, investment banks, commercial banks, and financial advisors on state law and federal tax law matters related to the structure and sale of governmental obligations. He is a member of the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association and the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association. He is also a frequent panelist and speaker on public finance and regulatory topics, including post-issuance compliance, state law matters relevant to local governments, disclosure matters, and pensions. Mr. Floros received his B.S. in business administration and his M.S. in accounting from Marquette University and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Notre Dame Law School, where he was a staff member of the Notre Dame Journal of Legislation.
Peter M. Friedman
Peter M. Friedman
Peter M. Friedman is a Partner and Cofounder at Elrod Friedman LLP in Chicago. He has an accomplished and broad real estate and local government practice and serves as his firm’s General Counsel. He also serves as the City Attorney for the City of Des Plaines, the Village Attorney for the Villages of Lake Bluff and Winnetka, and General Counsel to the Waukegan Port District. He previously served as Legislative Director for Representative John E. Porter (IL 10th Dist.) and as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Suzanne B. Conlon of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Friedman received his B.A. from Allegheny College and his J.D. from American University’s Washington College of Law.
Kyle W. Harding
Kyle W. Harding
Kyle W. Harding is a Partner at Chapman and Cutler LLP in Chicago, where he is the Co-Leader of the firm’s Illinois Public Finance Department Practice Group. He routinely advises issuers, investment banks, commercial banks, and financial advisors on state and federal tax law matters related to the structure and sale of governmental obligations and is a Service Associate of the Illinois Association of School Business Officials. Mr. Harding received his B.A. magna cum laude from Kalamazoo College and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was an Associate Editor of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform.
Michael T. Jurusik
Michael T. Jurusik
Michael T. Jurusik is a Partner at Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., in Westmont, where he focuses his practice on municipal and local government law. Jurusik is a former President and guest speaker of the Local Government Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association. He has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer by his peers consecutively since 2016. Jurusik is also an author and guest speaker on a variety of municipal law, land use, zoning law, and economic development topics at seminars and conferences conducted by the Illinois Municipal League, the Illinois State Bar Association, the International Municipal Lawyer’s Association, the West Central Municipal Conference, and IICLE^®. He received his J.D. from Loyola University, where he was awarded the American Jurisprudence Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement.
Andrew Kim
Andrew Kim
Andrew Kim is the Director of Public Finance at PMA Securities, LLC, in Naperville, where he is responsible for expanding PMA’s Public Finance financial advisory footprint among units of government in the northern region of the State of Illinois. He has been in the public finance industry since 2009 as both an investment banker and a financial advisor and has extensive experience structuring numerous bond issues throughout the course of his career. Mr. Kim received his B.A. in Economics from Northwestern University and his master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago.
Kelly K. Kost
Kelly K. Kost
Kelly K. Kostis a Partner at Chapman and Cutler LLP in Chicago, where he serves as bond counsel and disclosure counsel to hundreds of government entities throughout Illinois and as underwriter’s counsel to major investment banking firms. He is a member of the Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association. He has been a panelist and speaker on public finance topics at numerous seminars and conferences conducted by Illinois municipal corporations, associations, and bond market participants. He has spoken extensively about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax caps, limited tax bonds, the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act (which includes gift ban provisions), and municipal disclosure to various client and educational groups. Mr. Kost received his B.A. from Monmouth College and his J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School.
Michael A. Marrs
Michael A. Marrs
Michael A. Marrs is a Partner with the law firm of Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd. in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in the general counseling of local governmental entities, including acting as village attorney and as counsel for plan commissions and zoning boards of appeal for various municipalities in Cook and the surrounding counties. Mr. Marrs advises clients on, among other things, land use and zoning matters, acquisition and sale of property, redevelopment projects, code enforcement and dealing with problem properties, contractual issues, and the preparation of ordinances and resolutions involving all municipal matters and provides general counseling on day-to-day operational and municipal matters. He is a former Board Member and a former Chair of the Prosecutor’s Group of the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association. Mr. Marrs has been named a Leading Lawyer by Law Bulletin Media, a peer-recommended distinction awarded to fewer than five percent of attorneys in Illinois, from 2017 to present. Mr. Marrs received his B.S. from Indiana University and his J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law.
Lucy A. Prather
Lucy A. Prather
Lucy A. Prather is an associate at Elrod Friedman LLP in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on local government and land use law. She is the recipient of a Certificate of Distinction in Teaching from the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University (2019). Ms. Prather received her B.S. cum laude from Smith College and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Adam B. Simon
Adam B. Simon
Adam B. Simon is a Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Vernon Hills, where he concentrates on municipal law, public finance, zoning and economic development, real estate law, and telecommunications. He is a member of the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association, a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, and a Corporate Partner of the Illinois City/County Management Association. Mr. Simon received his B.S. from Washington University in St. Louis and his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Gregory T. Smith
Gregory T. Smith
Gregory T. Smith is a Partner at Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in municipal and local government law. He was named an Emerging Lawyer in 2015 – 2018. Mr. Smith received his B.S. from DePaul University and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was on the Dean’s List and an Associate Editor of the Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property.
M. Neal Smith
M. Neal Smith
M. Neal Smith is a Partner at Robbins Schwartz, in Lisle, and represents municipalities, school districts, community colleges, and other local governmental entities as well as companies and individuals in a wide range of complex legal matters. Smith has been chosen as an Illinois Leading Lawyer in Election, Political & Campaign Law; Governmental, Municipal, Lobbying & Administrative Law; Land Use, Zoning & Condemnation Law; and School Law. Smith’s articles have been published in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Township Perspectives magazine, and DCBA Brief. Smith received his B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College and his J.D. cum laude from Northern Illinois University College of Law.
Anjali Vij
Anjali Vij
Anjali Vij is a Partner at Chapman and Cutler LLP in Chicago, where she concentrates on public finance, serving as bond counsel to schools, parks, community colleges, cities, and villages in government purpose debt financings throughout Illinois. She is a member of Illinois Association of School Business Officials (Service Associate), the Illinois Association of Park Districts, and the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association. She is a frequent speaker and writer on public finance topics, such as borrowing alternatives and post-issuance bond compliance. Ms. Vij received her B.A. from Northwestern University and her J.D. cum laude from Notre Dame Law School.
Lawrence E. White
Lawrence E. White
Lawrence E. White is a Partner at Chapman and Cutler LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates on public finance. He is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association. Mr. White received his B.B.A. with high honors from the University of Texas and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

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Thomas P. Bayer

Mark E. Burkland

James V. Ferolo

Kent M. Floros

Peter M. Friedman

Kyle W. Harding

Michael T. Jurusik

Andrew Kim

Kelly K. Kost

Michael A. Marrs

Lucy A. Prather

Adam B. Simon

Gregory T. Smith

M. Neal Smith

Anjali Vij

Lawrence E. White

Municipal Law: Financing, Tax, and Municipal Property 2022 Edition