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Chapter 1 — Municipal Labor Law

Chapter 2 — Contracts

Chapter 3 — Construction Contracts

Chapter 4 — Municipal Litigation

Chapter 5 — Civil Rights Liability

Chapter 6 — Illinois Tort Immunity

Chapter 7 — Home Rule

Chapter 8 — Intergovernmental Cooperation

Chapter 9 — Representing a Home-Rule Municipality

Authors

Jeffrey M. Alperin
Jeffrey M. Alperin
Jeffrey M. Alperinis a Partner at Goldberg Segalla LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on litigation. Alperin received his B.A. in English from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
Kurt S. Asprooth
Kurt S. Asprooth
Kurt S. Asprooth is a Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on municipal law. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois Local Government Lawyer’s Association. Asprooth received his B.A. from George Washington University and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Michael D. Bersani
Michael D. Bersani
Michael D. Bersani is a Partner at Hervas, Condon & Bersani, P.C., in Itasca, where he focuses on federal civil rights and state tort defense litigation. He is a member of the Illinois and Florida State Bar Associations, the Seventh Circuit Bar Association, and the U.S. Supreme Court Bar Association. Bersani received his B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from The UIC John Marshall Law School.
Roy W. Carlson
Roy W. Carlson
Roy W. Carlson is an associate at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he has represented employers, unions, and employees in the full range of labor and employment matters over the course of his career. He represents public and private sector employers in employment matters, contract bargaining, arbitration, and various administrative proceedings. He has also trained clients’ employees on numerous labor and employment topics.
Stewart H. Diamond
Stewart H. Diamond
Stewart H. Diamond is a Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in representation of local governmental bodies. He represents municipalities in all aspects of growth from 4,000 to 100,000 and has advised numerous communities on their transition to home rule. Diamond also represents a number of water agencies during their multimillion-dollar construction phase and during mature operations. He drafted one of the first contract and bylaws agreements for a comprehensive intergovernmental self-insurance pool in the United States and currently represents a large number of intergovernmental self-insurance pools. Diamond is the originating General Editor of the IICLE^® municipal law and school law handbooks and has participated in numerous seminars on these subjects. He is the Editor of the ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL HANDBOOK, published by the Illinois Municipal League. He is also one of the authors of the ILLINOIS PARK DISTRICT LAW HANDBOOK, now in its 8th edition, published by the Illinois Association of Park Districts, and a handbook on township law. Diamond has written many articles on local government law. He has taught municipal law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and The John Marshall Law School and is Past Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association Local Government Law Section Council. In over 40 years of law practice, he has represented as regular or special counsel many governmental bodies in the Chicago metropolitan area and in other parts of the state. He was educated at the University of Chicago, where he received both his A.B. and his J.D., and University College, Oxford, England.
Thomas G. DiCianni
Thomas G. DiCianni
Thomas G. DiCianni is a Partner in Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on municipal litigation. He is a member of the Defense Research Institute, American Board of Trial Advocates, and Chicago Bar Association. DiCianni received his B.A. from the University of Illinois-Chicago and his J.D. from DePaul University.
Pedro Fregoso, Jr.
Pedro Fregoso, Jr.
Pedro Fregoso, Jr., is an associate at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on litigation/tort, local governmental law, and civil rights. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois and was named an Illinois Super Lawyer Rising Star (2013 – 2017). Mr. Fregoso received his B.A. from the University of Illinois-Chicago and his J.D. from DePaul College of Law.
Caitlin A. Frenzer
Caitlin A. Frenzer
Caitlin A. Frenzer is an associate at Tressler LLP in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on professional liability. She is a member of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois and has been recognized as a Rising Star (2025) by Illinois Super Lawyers. Ms. Frenzer received her B.A. from Auburn University and her J.D. cum laude from University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Andrew J. Keyt
Andrew J. Keyt
Andrew J. Keytis a Partner at Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., in Peoria, where he focuses on governmental law and toxic torts. Throughout his career, he has represented corporate entities, small businesses, governmental entities, and private individuals. He is a member of the Peoria County and Illinois State Bar Associations and the Abraham Lincoln Court. Mr. Keyt received his B.S. from Illinois State University and his J.D. magna cum laude from Northern Illinois University School of Law.
Margaret Kostopulos
Margaret Kostopulos
Margaret Kostopulos is a Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where she focuses on labor and employment law and school law. She is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations and the Illinois Council of School Attorneys. Kostopulos is also a member of the Illinois Public Employer Labor Relations Association and has conducted training programs before IPELRA and other state associations on Illinois labor law issues. She has been named by Chicago Magazine and Illinois Super Lawyers as one of the top labor and employment lawyers in the state. Kostopulos received her B.A. from Loyola University and her J.D. from The UIC John Marshall Law School.
Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer
Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer
Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer is an Equity Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Naperville, where she focuses on local government law and election law. Illinois Super Lawyers named her one of the Top 50 Female Attorneys in the State of Illinois, and Leading Lawyers Magazine named her one of the top ten leading women lawyers in government, municipal, lobbying, and administrative law. Krafthefer has been named as a Super Lawyer representing cities and villages for every year that such distinction has been awarded. She received her B.A. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from The UIC John Marshall Law School.
Steven D. Mahrt
Steven D. Mahrt
Steven D. Mahrt is a Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Bloomington, where he focuses on local government law. He is a member of the Illinois Municipal League Home Rule Committee and the Illinois Tax Increment Association. He also sits on the Board of Directors for the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association. Mr. Mahrt received his B.A. from William Jewell College and his J.D. from the University of Nebraska College of Law.
John M. O’Driscoll
John M. O’Driscoll
John M. O’Driscoll is a Partner at Tressler LLP in Bolingbrook, where he concentrates his practice on local government law. He has been selected for inclusion in Illinois Super Lawyers every year since 2012 and serves on the Illinois Municipal League’s Home Rule Committee. He has received the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel President’s Award and Meritorious Service Award. Mr. O’Driscoll received his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
Eric G. Patt
Eric G. Patt
Eric G. Patt is a Partner at Robbins, Salomon & Patt, Ltd., in Chicago and is the Chair of the firm’s Municipal Law Practice Group. He focuses on municipal law and has conducted numerous bench and jury trials in both state and federal court and has extensive appellate experience. Patt received his B.S. from Indiana University and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law with honors.
Derke J. Price
Derke J. Price
Derke J. Price is an Equity Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on local government law. He is a member of the American (member of the Construction Law Forum) and Illinois State Bar Associations and the Construction Specifications Institute. Price received his B.A. from Wheaton College and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Jessica A. Pullen
Jessica A. Pullen
Jessica A. Pullen is an associate at Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, in Peoria, where she focuses on general litigation and transactional matters. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, Peoria County Bar Association, and the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. Pullen received her B.S. from Bradley University and her J.D. cum laude from the University of Illinois.
Brandy S. Quance
Brandy S. Quance
Brandy S. Quance is an attorney at Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle, in Crystal Lake, where she focuses on commercial transactions, purchases and sales of businesses, and local government. She is a member of the McHenry County Bar Association. Quance received her B.S. from Washington University, her MBA from Illinois Institute of Technology-Stuart School of Business, and her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Ruth A. Schlossberg
Ruth A. Schlossberg
Ruth A. Schlossberg is Of Counsel to Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle, in Crystal Lake, where she focuses on municipal law and land use. She is a member of Illinois State Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Legislation and a member of the Illinois Municipal League’s Governance and Policy Committee. She coauthored the Illinois Municipal League’s HANDBOOK FOR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (5th ed.). Schlossberg received her A.B. from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from Yale Law School.
Michael J. Smoron
Michael J. Smoron
Michael J. Smoron is a partner with Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle in Crystal Lake, where he concentrates his practice in municipal, real estate, and construction law. He also serves as Municipal Attorney for the Villages of Bull Valley, Hebron, Johnsburg, Pingree Grove, and is the attorney for the Fox Valley Regional Cable Commission. Smoron is a member of the Illinois State and McHenry County Bar Associations and the Illinois Institute for Local Government Law. He has spoken on various municipal law topics before the National Business Institute, IICLE^®, Lorman Education Services, and the Illinois Municipal League. He received the Litigation Award from the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association in recognition of litigation that promoted the efforts of local government throughout the state in 2023. He received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. with high honors (Order of the Coif) from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law.

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Jeffrey M. Alperin

Kurt S. Asprooth

Michael D. Bersani

Roy W. Carlson

Stewart H. Diamond

Thomas G. DiCianni

Pedro Fregoso, Jr.

Caitlin A. Frenzer

Andrew J. Keyt

Margaret Kostopulos

Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer

Steven D. Mahrt

John M. O’Driscoll

Eric G. Patt

Derke J. Price

Jessica A. Pullen

Brandy S. Quance

Ruth A. Schlossberg

Michael J. Smoron

Municipal Law: Contracts, Litigation, and Home Rule 2024 Edition