Jeffrey M. Alperin
Jeffrey M. Alperin
Jeffrey M. Alperinis a Partner at Goldberg Segalla LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on litigation. Alperin received his B.A. in English from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
Kurt S. Asprooth
Kurt S. Asprooth
Kurt S. Asprooth is a Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on municipal law. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois Local Government Lawyer’s Association. Asprooth received his B.A. from George Washington University and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Gregory J. Barry
Gregory J. Barry
Gregory J. Barry practices at Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle in Crystal Lake, where he works with local governments on annexation and disconnection proceedings, eminent domain litigation, land use, and zoning issues. In addition to writing about telecommunications facilities and zoning matters, he has also written about personal injury law and construction law and has spoken on Medicaid planning issues. He is a member of the American, Illinois State, and McHenry County Bar Associations. Mr. Barry received his B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law.
Michael D. Bersani
Michael D. Bersani
Michael D. Bersani is a Partner at Hervas, Condon & Bersani, P.C., in Itasca, where he focuses on federal civil rights and state tort defense litigation. He is a member of the Illinois and Florida State Bar Associations, the Seventh Circuit Bar Association, and the U.S. Supreme Court Bar Association. Bersani received his B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from The UIC John Marshall Law School.
Timothy J. Clifton
Timothy J. Clifton
Timothy J. Clifton is a Partner at Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle in Crystal Lake, where he focuses on municipal and family law. He has a solid background in health law, having received a Health Law Certificate and served on the board of the Health Law Institute at DePaul University College of Law, and has been involved in court proceedings related to medical records, malpractice, and insurance. Mr. Clifton is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a graduate of DePaul University 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 governmental bodies. He represents municipalities in all aspects of growth from 4,000 to 100,000 and has advised numerous communities on their transition to home rule. Diamond also represents a number of water agencies during their multimillion-dollar construction phase and during mature operations. 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. Diamond is the originating General Editor of the IICLE^® municipal law and school law handbooks and has participated in numerous seminars on these subjects. He is the Editor of the ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL HANDBOOK, published by the Illinois Municipal League. He is also one of the authors of the ILLINOIS PARK DISTRICT LAW HANDBOOK, now in its 8th edition, published by the Illinois Association of Park Districts, and a handbook on township law. Diamond has written many articles on local government law. He has taught municipal law at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and The John Marshall Law School and is Past Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association Local Government Law Section Council. In over 40 years of law practice, he has represented as regular or special counsel many governmental bodies in the Chicago metropolitan area and in other parts of the state. He was educated at the University of Chicago, where he received both his A.B. and his J.D., and University College, Oxford, England.
Thomas G. DiCianni
Thomas G. DiCianni
Thomas G. DiCianni is a Partner in Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on municipal litigation. He is a member of the Defense Research Institute, American Board of Trial Advocates, and Chicago Bar Association. DiCianni received his B.A. from the University of Illinois-Chicago and his J.D. from DePaul University.
Kathleen Elliott
Kathleen Elliott
Kathleen Elliott is Of Counsel with Robbins Schwartz, in Lisle, and focuses her practice on local government law. Elliott has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer by Law Bulletin Publishing Company and a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters. She is Past Chair of the Home Rule Attorneys Committee of the Illinois Municipal League and is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. She received her undergraduate degree from Drake University and her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Richard G. Flood
Richard G. Flood
Richard G. Flood is a Partner at Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle in Crystal Lake, where he and the firm concentrate their practice in the representation of municipalities. He has acted or continues to act as corporate counsel for the City of Woodstock and the Villages of Lake in the Hills, Johnsburg, Lakewood, Bull Valley, and Hebron. He also has represented the Lake in the Hills Police Commission. He and the firm act as special counsel to units of local government regarding exaction fees, cable television, and environmental issues. He lectures frequently on municipal law topics and has authored articles for the ISBA, the Illinois Municipal League, IICLE^®, the National Business Institute, and the Illinois Municipal Review. For several years, he has been named by his Illinois peers as a Leading Lawyer and a Super Lawyer in the areas of land use and family law. He is a Past Chair of the ISBA Local Government Law Section Council, a Past President of the McHenry County Bar Association, and a member of the Legislative Committee of the Illinois Municipal League. Mr. Flood received his B.A. with honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. with honors from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Pedro Fregoso, Jr.
Pedro Fregoso, Jr.
Pedro Fregoso, Jr., is an associate at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on litigation/tort, local governmental law, and civil rights. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois and was named an Illinois Super Lawyer Rising Star (2013 – 2017). Mr. Fregoso received his B.A. from the University of Illinois-Chicago and his J.D. from DePaul College of Law.
Richard J. Hoskins
Richard J. Hoskins
Richard J. Hoskins is a Partner at Schiff Hardin LLP in Chicago, where he focuses on litigation and intellectual property. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Mr. Hoskins received his B.A. from the University of Kansas, his J.D. from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
Andrew J. Keyt
Andrew J. Keyt
Andrew J. Keytis a Partner at Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., in Peoria, where he focuses on governmental law and toxic torts. Throughout his career, he has represented corporate entities, small businesses, governmental entities, and private individuals. He is a member of the Peoria County and Illinois State Bar Associations and the Abraham Lincoln Court. Mr. Keyt received his B.S. from Illinois State University and his J.D. magna cum laude from Northern Illinois 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.
Steven D. Mahrt
Steven D. Mahrt
Steven D. Mahrt is a Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Bloomington, where he focuses on local government law. He is a member of the Illinois Municipal League Home Rule Committee and the Illinois Tax Increment Association. He also sits on the Board of Directors for the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association. Mr. Mahrt received his B.A. from William Jewell College and his J.D. from the University of Nebraska College 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.
Eric G. Patt
Eric G. Patt
Eric G. Patt is a Partner at Robbins, Salomon & Patt, Ltd., in Chicago and is the Chair of the firm’s Municipal Law Practice Group. He focuses on municipal law and has conducted numerous bench and jury trials in both state and federal court and has extensive appellate experience. Patt received his B.S. from Indiana University and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law with honors.
Derke J. Price
Derke J. Price
Derke J. Price is an Equity Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses on local government law. He is a member of the American (member of the Construction Law Forum) and Illinois State Bar Associations and the Construction Specifications Institute. Price received his B.A. from Wheaton College and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
John M. Redlingshafer
John M. Redlingshafer
John M. Redlingshafer is a Shareholder of Mescher, Rinehart & Redlingshafer, P.C., in Washington, where he focuses on local government law. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. He was named an Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2013 – 2014. He received the J. Bruce Scidmore Award from the Illinois Township Attorneys Association in 2011 and the Township Officials of Illinois President’s Award in 2014. Mr. Redlingshafer received his B.A. magna cum laude from Bradley University and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Anthony Sarna
Anthony Sarna
Anthony Sarna is an associate at Schiff Hardin LLP in Chicago, where he focuses on general litigation. He is a member of the American and Chicago Bar Associations and the Chicago Council of Lawyers. Mr. Sarna received his B.A. from Northern Illinois University and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Ruth A. Schlossberg
Ruth A. Schlossberg
Ruth A. Schlossberg is Of Counsel to Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle, in Crystal Lake, where she focuses on municipal law and land use. She is a member of Illinois State Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Legislation and a member of the Illinois Municipal League’s Governance and Policy Committee. She coauthored the Illinois Municipal League’s HANDBOOK FOR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (5th ed.). Schlossberg received her A.B. from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from Yale Law School.

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Jeffrey M. Alperin

Kurt S. Asprooth

Gregory J. Barry

Michael D. Bersani

Timothy J. Clifton

Stewart H. Diamond

Thomas G. DiCianni

Kathleen Elliott

Richard G. Flood

Pedro Fregoso, Jr.

Richard J. Hoskins

Andrew J. Keyt

Margaret Kostopulos

Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer

Steven D. Mahrt

John M. O'Driscoll

Eric G. Patt

Derke J. Price

John M. Redlingshafer

Anthony Sarna

Ruth A. Schlossberg

Municipal Law: Contracts, Litigation, and Home Rule (ARCHIVED 2020 EDITION)