Ross J. Altman
Ross J. Altman
Ross J. Altman is Senior Counsel at Laurie & Brennan, LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on construction law, with an emphasis on project delivery methodology, transaction structure, and project administration. He is a member of the American College of Construction Lawyers (Board of Governors 2014 – 2017 and Past Chair of the Documents Committee) and an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law. He has been recognized by Chambers USA as a Senior Statesperson for Construction. Mr. Altman received his B.S. from the University of Michigan College of Architecture and Urban Planning and his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School.
Gregory R. Andre
Gregory R. Andre
Gregory R. Andre is a Partner in the Real Estate Group of K&L Gates, LLP, in Chicago, with more than 30 years of extensive experience in commercial real estate law, including design and construction contracts, land use and development, leasing and sale-leasebacks, acquisitions and sales, real estate and construction, dispute resolution, and other matters involving properties located throughout the United States. He earned his B.S. magna cum laude from Boston College and his J.D. with honors from George Washington University Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review.
Jeremy S. Baker
Jeremy S. Baker
Jeremy S. Baker is the Founding Attorney at Baker Law Group LLC in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on design and construction law. He has been an adjunct professor of construction law at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (2016 – 2018), is a member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, and is a liaison to the AIA Contract Documents Committee (2016 – present). Mr. Baker received his B.A. with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his J.D. cum laude from Tulane University Law School.
Tina M. Bird
Tina M. Bird
Tina M. Bird is a Partner at Freeborn & Peters LLP in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice on construction and real estate. She is a member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys and the Construction Lawyers Society of America and has been recognized by Illinois Leading Lawyers and Super Lawyers. Ms. Bird earned her B.S. with highest honors and her J.D. with honors from the University of Florida.
Thomas R. Carey
Thomas R. Carey
Thomas R. Carey is a solo practitioner in Evanston, where he focuses his practice on environmental and regulatory law, including federal and state enforcement action defense. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and an author of numerous articles and publications. Mr. Carey received his B.S. from Oakland University, his M.S. from the University of Michigan, and his J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was a member of the National Moot Court Team.
Jennifer B. Cromheecke
Jennifer B. Cromheecke
Jennifer B. Cromheecke is an associate at Bryce Downey & Lenkov LLC in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on general litigation. Ms. Cromheecke received her A.B. cum laude from Dartmouth College and her J.D. cum laude from Tulane University Law School.
Katelin J. Eastman
Katelin J. Eastman
Katelin J. Eastman is an associate at Robbins Schwartz in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on labor and employment law. She received the Daily Journal California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award in Appellate Practice in March 2016. Ms. Eastman received her B.A. summa cum laude from Gonzaga University, her M.D.R. from the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law, and her J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law, where she wrote for the law review.
Scott R. Fradin
Scott R. Fradin
Scott R. Fradin is a Principal at Much Shelist, P.C., in Chicago, where he is Cochair of the Construction Law Group. His practice focuses on construction contracts, disputes, licensing, industry mergers and acquisitions, and finance. He is a Past President of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, a member of the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law, and a member of the Chicago Bar Association, for which he previously served as Chair of the Construction Law and Mechanics Lien Subcommittee. He speaks frequently on emerging issues in construction law and is a regular contributor to legal and industry journals. He has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer and a Leading Lawyer in Construction Law. Mr. Fradin received his B.S. and M.S. in architecture from the University of Illinois and his J.D. with high honors from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
David M. Lewin
David M. Lewin
David M. Lewin is Of Counsel to Querrey & Harrow in Chicago, focusing on condominium and construction law and insurance coverage. He is a Past Chair of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel Insurance Coverage Committee, where he received the President’s Commendation from the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel in 2008. He also served his community as Vice President of the Streeterville Organization of Active Residents. Mr. Lewin received his B.A. with honors from Loyola University Chicago and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
John-Paul Lujan
John-Paul Lujan
John-Paul Lujan is a Partner at Harris Winick Harris LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on counseling businesses, organizations, and institutions in connection with their construction and building needs. He has been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America and is a member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. He has lectured and written on various design and construction law issues. Mr. Lujan received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Lauren Lukoff
Lauren Lukoff
Lauren Lukoff is a Partner at Deutsch, Levy & Engel, Chartered, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in construction and banking law. She is a member of the Chicago and DuPage County Bar Associations. Ms. Lukoff received her B.A. from Claremont-McKenna College and her J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Paul M. Lurie
Paul M. Lurie
Paul M. Lurie is a Partner at Schiff Hardin LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on construction arbitration and mediation. He is a Master Mediator and member of the Large Complex Case Panel of the American Arbitration Association, a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, and a Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators. Mr. Lurie received his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
Margery Newman
Margery Newman
Margery Newman is an Income Member at Bryce Downey & Lenkov LLC in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in construction law, including complex construction litigation in both the private and public sectors, and related business litigation. She has served on the American Bar Association Forum Committee on the Construction Industry; the Chicago Bar Association Committees on Real Property, Construction Issues, Mechanics Liens, and Real Estate Litigation; and the Illinois State Bar Association Construction Law Committee and Real Estate Law Section Council. She is also a member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. She has authored numerous articles and lectured extensively on the construction industry and was an adjunct professor of construction law at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. Ms. Newman received her B.A. from Brooklyn College, her M.A. from Roosevelt University, and her J.D. with high distinction from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, where she was on the law review.
Richard W. Pearse
Richard W. Pearse
Richard W. Pearse is a Shareholder in Vedder Price’s Corporate Group in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in infrastructure construction and finance. He was recommended by Legal 500 United States Guide in Real Estate and Construction (including Construction Litigation (2012, 2015, 2016), was ranked in Chambers USA in the Illinois construction category (2009 – 2016), and is a member of the American Bar Association and of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. Mr. Pearse received his B.A. from Boston University, his M.A. from the University of Chicago, and his J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Paul Peterson
Paul Peterson
Paul Peterson was a Vice President and Senior Underwriter for Fidelity National Family of Title Insurance Companies, having joined Chicago Title Insurance Company in 1971. He specialized in mechanics’ lien underwriting, mechanics lien workouts and claims, and financial analysis. He chaired the group that revised the Illinois mechanics lien coverage for lenders in 2010. Mr. Peterson received the Illinois Land Title President’s Award for his work in the passage of the bonding statute that is now §38.1 of the Illinois Mechanics Lien Act. He currently is a sole practitioner doing some consulting. Mr. Peterson is a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, a former chair and the current co-coordinator of the CLE subcommittee of the ISBA Construction Law Section Council, a member of the ISBA Real Estate Law Section Council, a past president of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, and a former chairman of the CBA Mechanics’ Lien Subcommittee. Mr. Peterson received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Kenneth M. Roberts
Kenneth M. Roberts
Kenneth M. Roberts is a Partner at Venable LLP in Chicago, where he is Chair of the firm’s Construction Law Group. He is a member of the American Bar Association (Forum on the Construction Industry, Section of Dispute Resolution, CLE Committee), the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. He is a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America and an adjunct professor of construction law and risk management at Northwestern University. Mr. Roberts received his undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Iowa and his J.D. with distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law and has done postgraduate studies at Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Management Institute.
Werner Sabo
Werner Sabo
Werner A. Sabo is Of Counsel to Bryce Downey & Lenkov LLC in Chicago, where he concentrates in construction law, copyrights, arbitrations, and mediations. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and of the Association of Licensed Architects. He is also a Founding Member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. Mr. Sabo received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Amanda Schermer MacVey
Amanda Schermer MacVey
Amanda Schermer MacVey is a Partner at Venable LLP, where she focuses her practice on construction law. She is a member of the American Bar Association Forum on Construction and teaches construction law at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She was named an Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers (2015, 2016) and recognized by The Legal 500 (2016, 2019). Ms. MacVey received her B.S. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Kevin R. Sido
Kevin R. Sido
Kevin R. Sido is Of Counsel at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on civil litigation with an emphasis in construction law and alternative dispute resolution. He is a mediator and arbitrator with ADR Systems Chicago and the American Arbitration Association and a member of both the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys and the Illinois State Bar Association. Sido earned his B.A. from the University of Illinois, where he received the Bronze Tablet Award and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Eric L. Singer
Eric L. Singer
Eric L. Singer is a Partner at Ice Miller LLP in the DuPage County office in Lisle, where he concentrates his practice in construction law and litigation. He is a member of the American, Illinois State, and DuPage County Bar Associations; the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry; and the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. He is also a Professional Affiliate Member of the American Institute of Architects Chicago and AIA Northeast Illinois. Mr. Singer received his B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois, Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Stanley P. Sklar
Stanley P. Sklar
Stanley P. Sklar is a Principal at Dispute Resolution Services in Northbrook. In 2009, he was named Director of Arbitration Studies at the Center for Dispute Resolution, DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, and is an adjunct professor of commercial arbitration at DePaul University College of Law. Mr. Sklar writes extensively and presents seminars on construction-related topics. He is a Past President of the American College of Construction Attorneys, Past President of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, and Past President of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. He is a recipient of the ABA Forum on Construction Industry Cornerstone Award for Lifetime Achievement in the field of construction law. He was former Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Real Estate Committee, Construction Mechanics Lien Committee, and Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee. He is a member of the American Arbitration Association Panel for Large Complex Commercial and Construction Disputes and of its National Construction Dispute Rules Committee and is an International Mediation Institute Certified Mediator. He is a former member of the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry and is a Certified Arbitrator and Certified Mediator for the American Arbitration Association and a member of its National Training Faculty for Commercial Arbitrators. Mr. Sklar received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Lorence H. Slutzky
Lorence H. Slutzky
Lorence H. Slutzky is the Principal at the Law Office of Lorence H. Slutzky, Ltd., in Glenview, where he concentrates in the law of architecture, engineering, procurement, and construction of the built environment. Mr. Slutzky is a fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers and a founder, officer, and former president of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. He has acted in the capacity of an advisor, negotiator, litigator, mediator, and arbitrator and was for many years an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois Chicago’s School of Law’s postgraduate Center for Real Estate Law teaching construction law. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and recently retired from the Florida Bar, where he was certified as a Construction Specialist. Mr. Slutzky received his B.S. from Southern Illinois University, attended the University of Exeter, England, through William & Mary, and received his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Vickie Verveniotis
Vickie Verveniotis
Vickie Verveniotis is Of Counsel to Querrey & Harrow in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on commercial litigation, insurance coverage, and condominium law. Ms. Verveniotis received her B.A. with honors from Loyola University Chicago and her J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Justin L. Weisberg
Justin L. Weisberg
Justin L. Weisberg is a Shareholder at Robbins Salomon & Patt, Ltd., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on construction law. He serves as President of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys (2021 – 2022) and has served as Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Construction Section (2020 – 2021) and Chair of the ASCE Illinois Section Construction Institute (2020 – 2021). Mr. Weisberg received his B.S.E. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.

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Construction Law: Transactional Considerations (ARCHIVED 2017 EDITION)

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Ross J. Altman

Gregory R. Andre

Jeremy S. Baker

Tina M. Bird

Thomas R. Carey

Jennifer B. Cromheecke

Katelin J. Eastman

Scott R. Fradin

David M. Lewin

John-Paul Lujan

Lauren Lukoff

Paul M. Lurie

Margery Newman

Richard W. Pearse

Paul Peterson

Kenneth M. Roberts

Werner Sabo

Amanda Schermer MacVey

Kevin R. Sido

Eric L. Singer

Stanley P. Sklar

Lorence H. Slutzky

Vickie Verveniotis

Justin L. Weisberg

Construction Law: Transactional Considerations (ARCHIVED 2017 EDITION)