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List of Forms by Chapter

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 President of Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on counseling local governmental entities in all areas of need including zoning, land-use, planned unit developments, litigation, workers’ compensation personnel matters, annexation, municipal finance and taxation, and tax increment financing districts. He serves as the principal village attorney for the Village of Wheeling, Village of Vernon Hills, and the Village of Beach Park. He is a member of the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations and Chair of the ISBA’s Local Government Law Section Council’s Litigation Committee. Mr. Ferolo received his B.A. from Northwestern University, where he was recognized for academic excellence in political science and earned membership into Pi Sigma Alpha, and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he was included on the Dean’s List.
Kent M. Floros
Kent M. Floros
Kent M. Floros is a Partner at Chapman and Cutler LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on public finance. He is a member of the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association and the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association. Floros received his B.S. and his M.S. from Marquette University College of Business and his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School. He is also a registered Certified Public Accountant in the State of Illinois.
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 President and Partner at Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., in Westmont, where he concentrates his practice in municipal law, zoning, and economic development. He has been an author and a speaker for various organizations, including IICLE^®,the Illinois Municipal League, and the Illinois State Bar Association. He is a member of the American and Illinois State Bar Association and is on the ISBA’s Local Government Section Council, for which he is also Past Chair. He has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer in Illinois in the area of Governmental, Municipal, Lobbying, and Administrative Law. Mr. Jurusik received his B.A. from Hamilton College and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
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 at Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on local government law. He has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer by Law Bulletin Media (2017 – present) and was featured in the Real Estate Edition of Leading Lawyers Magazine in 2019. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association (ILGL) and a former Chair of the ILGL Municipal Prosecutors Group. He received his B.S. from Indiana University and his J.D. from 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 his practice in municipal law, public finance, zoning and economic development, telecommunications, and green energy. He actively participates in the Illinois City/County Management Association, where he is a Corporate Partner, and received its 2023 Service to the Association Award. Simon also is a member of the Northwest Municipal Conference’s Attorneys Committee. 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 Elrod Friedman LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on local government, real estate, and economic development. Mr. Smith received his B.S. with honors from DePaul University and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
M. Neal Smith
M. Neal Smith
M. Neal Smith is a Partner at Robbins Schwartz in Lisle and Rockford, where he concentrates his practice on commercial law, construction law, litigation, municipal law, real estate development, zoning and planning, and land use. He is a member of the American, Chicago, and Illinois Bar Associations. Mr. 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 focuses her practice on public finance. She is a member of the Illinois Association of School Business Officials and the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association. Vij received her B.A. from Northwestern University and her J.D. cum laude from the University of 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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Municipal Law: Financing, Tax, and Municipal Property 2022 Edition

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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