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Table of Contents

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

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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.
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.
Sarah E. Kallas
Sarah E. Kallas
Sarah E. Kallas is an attorney at Bond Conway Smith Law Firm, Ltd., in Wheaton, where she focuses her practice on municipal and local government law. Kallas is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the DuPage County Bar Association, and the Illinois Local Government Association. She was the recipient of a CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Trial Advocacy and Mediation. Kallas received her B.A. from Valparaiso University and her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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.
Katie E. Ngo
Katie E. Ngo
Katie E. Ngo is Senior Counsel at Tressler LLP, in Bolingbrook, where she concentrates her practice in local government, labor and employment, and school districts. She is a member of the Labor and Employment Relations Association, the Illinois Municipal League, and the Illinois Council of School Attorneys. She received her B.A. from Angelo State University and her J.D. from Chicago-Kent 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 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.
Megan M. Olson
Megan M. Olson
Megan M. Olson is a Partner at Tressler LLP, in Bolingbrook, where she focuses her practice on local government law and civil litigation. Olson is a member of The Legacy Project and the Illinois State Bar Association, where she is Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on Member Services. She received her J.D. from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School and her B.A. from Illinois State University.
Andrew S. Paine
Andrew S. Paine
Andrew S. Paine is a Partner at Tressler LLP, in Chicago, where he is co-chair of the firm’s local government law practice and represents Illinois park districts, municipalities, and other governmental entities in transactional and litigation-related matters. Paine has been selected as an Emerging Lawyer by Illinois Leading Lawyers. He earned his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School and his B.A. cum laude from Beloit College.
Erik R. Peck
Erik R. Peck
Erik R. Peck is a Partner at Tressler LLP, in Bolingbrook, where he concentrates his practice in the representation of municipalities, municipal boards and committees, townships, and other special districts. With a local government law practice extending over 30 years, Peck has had extensive experience in planning and zoning matters, fire and police commission matters, intergovernmental agreements, economic development, boundary disputes, and drafting and negotiating leases. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists. He received his J.D. from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School and his B.S. from Valparaiso University.
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.
Jessica A. Pullen
Jessica A. Pullen
Jessica A. Pullen is a Senior Associate at Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., in Peoria, where she concentrates her practice in government, business organizations and transactions, and employment and labor. Pullen is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Peoria County Bar Association, and the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys. She received her J.D. cum laude from University of Illinois College of Law and her B.S. from Bradley University.
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.
Sabrina Spano
Sabrina Spano
Sabrina Spano is Deputy City Attorney for the City of Naperville, where she focuses on local government law. Spano is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Illinois Municipal League, and the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association. She received her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law and her B.A. from Loyola University Chicago.

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Shawn P. Flaherty

James J. Hess

Brian F. Johnson

Sarah E. Kallas

Phillip B. Lenzini

Katie E. Ngo

John M. O’Driscoll

John M. O'Driscoll

Megan M. Olson

Andrew S. Paine

Erik R. Peck

Ann R. Pieper

Jessica A. Pullen

James S. Sinclair

M. Neal Smith

Sabrina Spano

Special Districts 2026 Edition