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Mark D. Anderson is a Partner in Coman & Anderson, P.C., in Lisle, where he concentrates his practice in federal taxation, estate planning, and corporate law. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, having served as Chair of the Federal Taxation Committee in 1998 – 1999, and the American Bar Association, serving as a member of the Section of Taxation. Mr. Anderson received his B.A. from Illinois State University, his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and his LL.M. in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center
James W. Dodge is the Executive Director of the State of Illinois Legislative Reference Bureau in Springfield, where he drafts legislation for the Illinois General Assembly. Mr. Dodge is a professor of law for Concord Law School at Purdue University Global, where he teaches contracts, business organizations, and estates, wills, and trusts. He is also the Commissioner of the Uniform Law Commission and a member of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. Mr. Dodge received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law.
Timothy S. Farberis a Partner with Locke Lord LLP, in Chicago, and concentrates his practice on transactional and regulatory issues. Mr. Farber is a member of the Chicago, Illinois State, and American Bar Association. He received his B.S./B.A. summa cum laude from the University of Missouri and his J.D. from Washington University School of Law, where he was Editor of the Washington University Law Review, formerly Washington University Law Quarterly.
Philip N. Hablutzel is a Professor of Law at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, teaching courses in corporate law, securities regulation, banking law, international capital markets, and international commercial arbitration, and also serves as Director of the Institute of Illinois Business Law. He spent four years as a research attorney at the American Bar Foundation, where he authored several books, including the three-volume MODEL BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW ANNOTATED (West) and the MODEL RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT CODE. From 1985 – 2005, he served as a member of the Illinois Secretary of State’s Corporate Laws Advisory Committee, serving as reporter for the complete revision of the Illinois General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. He has been a Senior Fulbright Professor in Mainz, Germany; has taught courses in London and shorter courses in Buenos Aires, Augsburg, Bangkok, Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing; and has lectured in Kiev. He has served as Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association Section Council on Commercial, Banking, and Bankruptcy Law; Chair of the ISBA Section Council on Corporation, Securities, and Business Law; Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Corporation Law Committee; and Chair of the American Bar Association Committee on the Adoption of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Since 2004, he has been a public member of the Business Conduct Committee of the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Professor Hablutzel received his Master’s and law degrees from the University of Chicago.
Kirk A. Hoopingarner is a Partner at Quarles & Brady LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on trusts and estates and tax-exempt organizations. Mr. Hoopingarner is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and a member of the Chicago Estate Planning Council. Mr. Hoopingarner received his B.A. from Hope College and his J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School.
Marvin Kamensky is the Founder and Senior Partner in Kamensky Rubinstein Hochman & Delott, LLP, in Lincolnwood, where he concentrates his practice in federal taxation, healthcare law, and employee benefits. He has spoken on federal taxation and healthcare law for organizations including IICLE®, the Practising Law Institute, the American Bar Association, and the Southern Federal Tax Institute. He has written articles for PLI, the Journal of Taxation, the ABA, and the Bureau of National Affairs and has served as an editorial consultant to Medical Economics, Professional Corporation & Pension Update, and Pension Planning Review. He has been an innovator in numerous medical practice areas, including mergers, acquisitions, sales of businesses, development of high-tech medical ventures such as MRI facilities, surgery centers, specialty centers, lithotripsy ventures, and preparation of specialized agreements for medical providers such as in-hospital-based radiologists, anesthesiologists, pathologists, and emergency departments. Mr. Kamensky is also recognized as an innovator in structuring intricate legal transactions, including new forms of organizations to more easily allow for expansion of medical groups. He is a member of the ABA Advisory Panel, the Healthcare Fraud and Compliance Committee and the Transactional Business Healthcare Committee of the Health Law Section, and the Closely Held Businesses and Employee Benefits Committees of the Section of Taxation. He was Task Force Chair of the ABA Committee on Affiliated Service Groups and was also a former Subcommittee Chair of the ABA Committee on Professional Corporations. He has been named a Leading Lawyer and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Leading Lawyers Network. He has been selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer. He is listed in WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN LAW and WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA. Mr. Kamensky received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and in the same year became a Certified Public Accountant. He received his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Gregory A. Mescher is an attorney and sole Shareholder of Mescher Law Offices, P.C., in Washington, Illinois, where his practice is concentrated in the areas of business law, estate planning, taxation, and residential and commercial real estate. He was previously on the tax staff of a major public accounting firm and was an associate and then Partner with a Peoria law firm prior to relocating his practice to Washington. Mr. Mescher has been a speaker for IICLE®, the National Business Institute, and various other civic and professional organizations and has served as an instructor at Illinois Central College. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Georgia.
John B. Waters is Of Counsel to Roetzel & Andress, LPA, in Chicago, where he practices in the areas of corporate and tax law. He is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation and the Illinois State Bar Association Federal Taxation Section. He received his B.S. from Iowa State University, his M.N.E. from North Carolina State University, his J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law, where he was Symposium Editor of the Law Review, and his LL.M. in taxation from DePaul University.