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Matthew W. Beaudet
Matthew W. Beaudet
Matthew W. Beaudet is the Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Buildings. He is a Cofounder and Past President of the Illinois Native American Bar Association, received the Illinois State Bar Association’s Community Service Award (2002), and was recognized as a Notable Executive of Color in Construction & Real Estate by Crain’s Chicago Business (2022). Mr. Beaudet received his B.S. from Loyola University Chicago and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and has also studied law at Oxford University and Universität Salzburg.
Elizabeth F. Brogan
Elizabeth F. Brogan
Elizabeth F. Brogan is an associate at Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where she focuses on municipal law. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association. Ms. Brogan received her B.A. in Criminal Justice from Saint Louis University and her J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.
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 government bodies. Mr. Diamond is the originating General Editor of the IICLE^® handbooks MUNICIPAL LAW AND PRACTICE IN ILLINOIS and ILLINOIS SCHOOL LAW and has participated in numerous seminars on these subjects. He is one of the authors of the ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL HANDBOOK. He is also one of the authors of THE HANDBOOK ON ILLINOIS PARK DISTRICT LAW, published by the Illinois Association of Park Districts, and a handbook on township law. He has written many articles on local government law. 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. He has taught municipal law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and is a Past Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Local Government Law Section Council. He is the author of DIAMOND’S RULES OF ORDER,a set of parliamentary rules for government bodies and private organizations. In over 50 years of law practice, he has represented, as regular or special counsel, many government bodies in the Chicago metropolitan area and in other parts of the state. Mr. Diamond was educated at the University of Chicago, where he received both his AB and his JD, and University College, Oxford, England.
Carmen P. Forte, Jr.
Carmen P. Forte, Jr.
Carmen P. Forte, Jr., is a Partner at Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, Ltd., in Chicago, where he focuses on municipal law. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association, and the Justinian Society of Lawyers. He is also the President of the Columbian Club of Chicago. Mr. Forte received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Mark R. Heinle
Mark R. Heinle
Mark R. Heinle is an associate at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Naperville, where he concentrates his practice in municipal law. Heinle is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations and Former Chair of the CBA’s Local Government Committee. He received his B.A. cum laude from Marquette University and his J.D. from Boston 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.
Ronald J. Kramer
Ronald J. Kramer
Ronald J. Kramer is a Partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP in Chicago, where he practices in the areas of labor and employment law. He is a Past Chair of the American Bar Association Section of State and Local Government Law, a Super Lawyer in the area of employment and labor, and served as President of the Howard Area Community Center Board of Directors. Mr. Kramer received his BA from Michigan State University magna cum laude and his JD with high honors from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Adam W. Lasker
Adam W. Lasker
Adam W. Lasker is the Managing Member at Lasker Law LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses on election law and government administration. He is General Counsel to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners and the Association of Election Commission Officials of Illinois (AECOI) and Past Chair and current member of the Chicago Bar Association’s Election Law Committee. Lasker received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.
Bernard Z. Paul
Bernard Z. Paul
Bernard Z. Paul is in private practice in DeKalb, where he concentrates his practice in municipal law. He represents and has represented numerous home-rule and non-home-rule cities and villages and other units of local government. He is a two-time former Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Administrative Law Section Council and a former Chair of the Illinois Municipal League Committee of Home Rule Attorneys. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Erin M. Pell
Erin M. Pell
Erin M. Pell is Corporate Counsel at Enterprise Holdings in St. Louis, Missouri. Ms. Pell received her B.A. from DePaul University and her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Enza Petrarca
Enza Petrarca
Enza Petrarca is the Village Attorney for the Village of Downers Grove. Prior to being appointed Village Attorney, she served as the Assistant Village Attorney for Downers Grove and was an associate with Scariano, Himes and Petrarca. She is a Past President and Past Board Member of the Illinois Institute of Local Government and is a member of the Illinois Municipal League Home Rule Attorneys Committee. She currently serves on the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference’s Legislative and Regulatory Committees. Ms. Petrarca received both her B.A. and her J.D. from Loyola University.
James J. Powers
James J. Powers
James J. Powers is a Partner at Clark Baird Smith LLP in Rosemont, where he focuses on labor and employment law. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Editor of the monthly newsletter and frequent speaker for the Illinois Public Employer Labor Relations Association. Mr. Powers received his B.A. with distinction from Northwestern University and his J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was valedictorian, Order of the Coif, and wrote for the Law Review.
James D. Rock
James D. Rock
James D. Rock is Of Counsel at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on local government. Mr. Rock received his B.S. from Central Michigan University, his M.A. from Northern Illinois University, and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Michael F. Zimmermann
Michael F. Zimmermann
Michael F. Zimmermann is a Partner at Tressler LLP in Chicago, where he is Chair of the Local Government Law Group and concentrates his practice in government law, human resources, and commercial litigation. His practice also encompasses zoning and development, land use, and related litigation. He is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations, the Illinois Municipal League, and the International Municipal Lawyers Association. Mr. Zimmermann received his undergraduate degree from Marquette University and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.

Matthew W. Beaudet

Elizabeth F. Brogan

Stewart H. Diamond

Carmen P. Forte, Jr.

Mark R. Heinle

Margaret Kostopulos

Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer

Ronald J. Kramer

Adam W. Lasker

Bernard Z. Paul

Erin M. Pell

Enza Petrarca

James J. Powers

James D. Rock

Michael F. Zimmermann

Municipal Law: Organization, Operation, and Governance (ARCHIVED 2020 EDITION)