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Kara Allen
Kara Allen
Kara Allen is a Partner at Gutnicki LLP in Skokie, where she focuses on real estate litigation. She is a volunteer at Misericordia. Ms. Allen received her B.A. and her J.D. from Marquette University.
William W. Austin
William W. Austin
William W. Austin is Of Counsel to McDevitt Osteen Chojnicki & Deters, LLC, in Effingham, where he concentrates his practice in real estate, business, and banking law and related litigation. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Senior Lawyer Section Council as well as a former member of its Real Estate Section Council. He is the former Director and Chair of the Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. Mr. Austin received his J.D. and his B.S. from the University of Illinois.
August R. Butera
August R. Butera
August R. Butera is Senior Vice President of and General Counsel to Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc., in Chicago, where he concentrates in real estate law and title insurance. He is a Board Member of the Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association and Past President of the Illinois Land Title Association. Mr. Butera received his B.S. from DePaul University and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
William J. Dorsey
William J. Dorsey
William J. Dorsey is a Partner at Blank Rome LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on high-stakes commercial finance, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, and executive compensation and non-compete disputes. He has been recognized by Super Lawyers (2012 – 2022) and as a Notable Gen X Leader in Accounting, Consulting, and Law by Crain’s Chicago Business (2022). Mr. Dorsey received his B.A. from Claremont McKenna College and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
Elizabeth L. Faber
Elizabeth L. Faber
Elizabeth L. Faber is National Claims and Litigation Counsel for Advocus National Title Insurance Company in Chicago, where she focuses on title insurance. She is a title counsel member of the American Title Land Association, the Illinois Land Title Association, and the Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association. Ms. Faber received her B.A. with honors from Dominican University and her J.D. from the UIC School of Law.
Amy Tolan Grace
Amy Tolan Grace
Amy Tolan Grace (2021) is at FNBC Bank & Trust in LaGrange. She received her B.A. from Regis University and her J.D. from The UIC School 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.
Solomon Maman
Solomon Maman
Solomon Maman is Member and Manager of MAMAN LLC in Chicago, where he focuses on financial services, corporate law, and commercial and real estate law. He is Director and Legal Issues/Legislative Committee Chair of the Illinois Mortgage Bankers Association and member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations. Mr. Maman received his LL.B. from the University of Sheffield School of Law and his LL.M. and J.D. and LL.M. from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
William J. McKenna
William J. McKenna
William J. McKenna is a Partner at Foley & Lardner LLP in Chicago and focuses his practice on real estate litigation. He is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America for Litigation — Real Estate (2011 – 2024). Mr. McKenna received his B.A. cum laude from Middlebury College and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
James V. Noonan
James V. Noonan
James V. Noonan is a Partner with Noonan & Lieberman, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in creditors’ rights, real estate, and commercial litigation. He was a board member of the American Legal and Financial Network (2009 – 2015), a panel member of the Law Ed series on federal court foreclosure practice, and a coauthor of Remote Hearings: Let’s Not Forget the Cost of What’s Lost, 54 Loy.U.Chi.L.J. No. 1 (2023). Mr. Noonan received his B.A. from Marquette University and his J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law.
Timothy J. Patenode
Timothy J. Patenode
Timothy J. Patenode is a Partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on real estate litigation. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Litigation Section and Construction Forum. Mr. Patenode received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. cum laude from Northwestern University Pritzker Law School.
Daniel I. Schlade
Daniel I. Schlade
Daniel I. Schlade is the Founder of the Law Office of Daniel I. Schlade, in Chicago, where he focuses on real estate and commercial litigation, which includes contested mortgage foreclosures, mortgage and loan workouts, mechanics liens foreclosures and construction disputes, title disputes, latent defect and warranty disputes, broker and appraiser liability, condominium disputes, and eviction actions. Mr. Schlade received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif.
Matthew J. Stockl
Matthew J. Stockl
Matthew J. Stockl is an associate at Foley & Lardner LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in bankruptcy and litigation. He has been recognized by Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars edition (2019 – 2021) and The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch 2021 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law. In 2017, he was selected to participate in the National Conference of Bankruptcy’ Judges’ Next Generation Program. Mr. Stockl received his B.A. from McGill University and his J.D. cum laude from Albany Law School.

Kara Allen

William W. Austin

August R. Butera

William J. Dorsey

Elizabeth L. Faber

Amy Tolan Grace

Samuel H. Levine

Solomon Maman

William J. McKenna

James V. Noonan

Timothy J. Patenode

Daniel I. Schlade

Matthew J. Stockl

Mortgage Foreclosure: Practice and Procedure (ARCHIVED 2021 EDITION)