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Diana Z. Bowman
Diana Z. Bowman
Diana Z. Bowman is a Partner at Perkins Coie LLP in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on construction law. She has been recognized as a Recommended Construction Attorney by The Legal 500 United States, is a member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, and is a Chambers Ranked Construction Lawyer. Ms. Bowman received her BA with honors from DePaul University; her JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law, where she was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society; and her LLM in real estate from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Edward L. Filer
Edward L. Filer
Edward L. Filer is Of Counsel at Roetzel & Andress, LPA, in Chicago, where he focuses on construction, real estate, and banking law. He is consistently selected by his peers as a Super and Leading Lawyer in the area of Construction Law. He currently serves as the Partner in Charge of the Chicago office of Roetzel & Andress, LPA as well as the Cochair of its construction group. He is a member of the Illinois Society of Construction Lawyers, the Illinois Banking Association, and the Construction Financial Risk Managers Association. Filer received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his J.D., with honors, from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Scott R. Fradin
Scott R. Fradin
Scott R. Fradin is a Principal and Cochair of the firm’s Construction Group at Much Shelist, P.C., in Chicago. He is also a licensed architect. Fradlin is a member of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Construction Law, a member and Past President of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, and a Past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Construction Law and Mechanics Lien Subcommittee. He has been recognized by Chambers USA and the Leading Lawyers Network as a top Illinois lawyer in the area of construction law and has been named one of the top real estate attorneys in the Midwest by Midwest Real Estate News. Fradin received his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. Order of the Coif with high honors from Chicago-Kent Chicago of Law.
Samuel H. Levine
Samuel H. Levine
Samuel H. Levine is Of Counsel to Downey & Lenkov LLC in Chicago with a focus on construction, real estate litigation, and loan enforcement and defense. He is a member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, and the Illinois State Bar Association’s Commercial, Banking, Collections and Bankruptcy Section Council (Past Chair) and Construction Section Council (Past Chair and current Newsletter Editor). Mr. Levine received his BA from Washington University in St. Louis and his JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Kenneth M. Roberts
Kenneth M. Roberts
Kenneth M. Roberts is a Partner at Venable LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates in construction law. He is a member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America, and President of the Executive Board of Directors of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation. Mr. Roberts received his undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Iowa and his JD with distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law and has done postgraduate studies at the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Management Institute.
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.
Adam C. Toosley
Adam C. Toosley
Adam C. Toosley is a Partner at Thompson Coburn LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on business litigation. He has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer and a Super Lawyer in both Illinois and Michigan. Mr. Toosley received his BA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his JD from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Joseph B. VanFleet
Joseph B. VanFleet
Joseph B. VanFleet is a Managing Partner at Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC in Peoria, where he concentrates his practice in business litigation. He is a member of the American and Illinois State Bar Associations and the American Inns of Court. Mr. VanFleet received his B.S. with high honors from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.

Diana Z. Bowman

Edward L. Filer

Scott R. Fradin

Samuel H. Levine

Kenneth M. Roberts

Lorence H. Slutzky

Adam C. Toosley

Joseph B. VanFleet

Representing the Parties to a Construction Project (ARCHIVED 2020 EDITION)