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Chapter 1 — General Considerations

Chapter 2 — Cemetery Maintenance Districts

Chapter 3 — Drainage Districts

Chapter 4 — Fire Protection Districts

Chapter 5 — Forest Preserve Districts

Chapter 6 — Illinois Tax-Supported Public Libraries

Chapter 7 — Sanitary Districts

Chapter 8 — Park Districts

Chapter 9 — Public Water Districts

Chapter 10 — Hospital Districts

Authors

John L. Barger
John L. Barger
John L. Barger is a Member of Craig and Craig LLC, in Mattoon, where he practices in the areas of agricultural law, real estate, civil litigation, municipal law, drainage law, and estate planning and administration. Barger is a member of the American and Illinois State Bar Associations, the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, the Bar Association for the Federal District Court for the Central and Southern Districts of Illinois, and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. He received his J.D. from the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) School of Law and his B.A. from Eastern Illinois University.
Patrick K. Bond
Patrick K. Bond
Patrick K. Bond a Member of Bond, Dickson & Associates, P.C., in Wheaton. Bond is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. He received degrees from DePaul University College of Law and Marquette University.
Kathleen Elliott
Kathleen Elliott
Kathleen Elliott is Of Counsel with Robbins Schwartz, in Lisle, and focuses her practice on local government law. Elliott has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer by Law Bulletin Publishing Company and a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters. She is Past Chair of the Home Rule Attorneys Committee of the Illinois Municipal League and is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. She received her undergraduate degree from Drake University and her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Honorable John T. Elsner
Honorable John T. Elsner
Honorable John T. Elsner is General Counsel for the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, in Wheaton. Judge Elsner served as a judge in the 18th Judicial Court from 2000 until his retirement in 2014. He was unanimously elected by his fellow circuit judges as Chief Judge in 2011. Judge Elsner received his J.D. from Northern Illinois University School of Law.
Shawn P. Flaherty
Shawn P. Flaherty
Shawn P. Flaherty is a Senior Partner at Ottosen DiNolfo Hasenbalg & Castaldo, Ltd., in Lisle, and concentrates his practice in public safety, local government, and labor and employment. Flaherty was a recipient of the Illinois Association of Fire Protection Districts Appreciation Award in 2016. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the DuPage County Bar Association, and the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association. He received his B.S. from Illinois State University and his J.D. from the Northern Illinois University College of Law, where he was Editor in Chief of the NIU Law Review, Volume 16.
Marlene S. Fuentes
Marlene S. Fuentes
Marlene S. Fuentes is an associate in Tressler LLP’s Government Practice Group, in Chicago. Fuentes focuses on day-to-day operations and administrative proceedings for government clients, particularly educational institutions and municipalities. She previously was Senior Assistant General Counsel for the Board of Education of the City of Chicago and served as lead legal counsel for Chicago Public Schools and Chicago-area charter schools.
James J. Hess
James J. Hess
James J. Hess is a Partner at Tressler LLP, in Bolingbrook. As part of his firm’s Local Government Practice Group, he represents various local government entities, primarily focusing on day-to-day operations for counties, cities, villages, fire protection districts, park districts, and library districts. Among the legal matters Hess handles are personnel issues, ethics compliance, labor contract negotiations, intergovernmental agreements, and matters under the Open Meetings Act and Freedom of Information Act. He is a regular author and presenter on a variety of local government law topics. He received his J.D. from the Northern Illinois University College of Law and his B.A. from Butler University.
Brian F. Johnson
Brian F. Johnson
Brian F. Johnson is Executive Director of the Greater Peoria Sanitary District. Johnson is a member of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies, the Private Directors Association, the Illinois Association of Wastewater Agencies, and the Illinois State Bar Association. He received his B.S. from Bradley University and his J.D. cum laude from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
Phillip B. Lenzini
Phillip B. Lenzini
Phillip B. Lenzini is Of Counsel at Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., in Peoria, where he focuses his practice on local government and public libraries. Lenzini is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and has been the Illinois Library Association’s Library Luminary Honoree. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Southern Illinois University and his J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law. His law school later named Lenzini Alumnus of the Year and gave him its Alumni Achievement Award.
Deanna S. Mool
Deanna S. Mool
Deanna S. Mool is the Chief Legal Officer at Appalachian Regional Healthcare System, in Boone, N.C., where she concentrates her practice in healthcare law. Mool is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys, and is licensed to practice in Illinois, North Carolina, and Indiana. She received her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law and her B.S. from the University of Illinois.
John M. O’Driscoll
John M. O’Driscoll
John M. O’Driscoll is a Partner at Tressler LLP, in Bolingbrook, where he is co-chair of the firm’s Local Government Practice Group. O’Driscoll has been selected for inclusion in Illinois Super Lawyers or Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars every year since 2008. He received the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel’s President’s Award and has been recognized by the Leading Lawyer Network. He is a member of the Illinois Municipal League’s Home Rule Attorneys Committee and the Illinois State Bar Association’s Local Government Law Section. O’Driscoll received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
John M. O'Driscoll
John M. O'Driscoll
John M. O’Driscoll is a Partner based out of Tressler LLP’s Bolingbrook and Chicago offices. His practice includes representing companies and individuals in business disagreements and providing general counsel services to local governmental bodies such as municipalities, school districts, library districts, and park districts. He has been selected for inclusion in Illinois Super Lawyers for 2012 – 2014 and in Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars from 2008 – 2011. He has also been recognized as a Leading Lawyer by the Leading Lawyers Network. He has received the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel’s President’s Award and also the Meritorious Service Award for his outstanding service as co-chair of the IDC Commercial Litigation Committee. He is the Chair of the IDC’s Local Governmental Law Committee.
Ann R. Pieper
Ann R. Pieper
Ann R. Pieper is Litigation Counsel at the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, in Springfield, and focuses her practice on ethics. Pieper is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Peoria County Bar Association. She is a board member at the Illinois Bar Foundation, where she chairs the Lawyers Care Fund Committee. Pieper received her J.D. from Northern Illinois University, her M.A. from Loyola University, and her B.A. from Knox College.
James S. Sinclair
James S. Sinclair
James S. Sinclair is a Principal at Stobbs & Sinclair, Ltd., in Alton, and focuses his practice on local government law and general civil practice. Sinclair is legal counsel to the Illinois Association of Fire Protection Districts and is a member of the American Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. He received his J.D. from Washington University, his M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, and his B.A. from the University of Illinois.
M. Neal Smith
M. Neal Smith
M. Neal Smith is a Partner at Bond Conway Smith Law Firm, Ltd., in Wheaton, where he concentrates his practice in tort, zoning, and commercial litigation. He has extensive experience in negotiating, drafting, and reviewing a wide variety of legal documents and contracts, including ordinances, resolutions, real estate purchase and sale agreements, and promissory notes, among others. Smith has been named an Illinois Leading Lawyer in election, political and campaign law; governmental, municipal, lobbying, and administrative law; and land use, zoning, and condemnation law. He received his J.D. cum laude from the Northern Illinois University College of Law and his B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College.

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John L. Barger

Patrick K. Bond

Kathleen Elliott

Honorable John T. Elsner

Shawn P. Flaherty

Marlene S. Fuentes

James J. Hess

Brian F. Johnson

Phillip B. Lenzini

Deanna S. Mool

John M. O’Driscoll

John M. O'Driscoll

Ann R. Pieper

James S. Sinclair

M. Neal Smith

Special Districts (ARCHIVED 2023 EDITION)