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Nicholas P. Bartzen
Nicholas P. Bartzen
Nicholas P. Bartzen is a Partner with Bartzen Rosenlund Kasten LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on condominium and HOA law. He is former Cochair of the Chicago Bar Association Condominium Law Subcommittee, and he is also Cofounder of PineappleHOA, Inc. Bartzen is a member of both the Chicago Bar Association and Illinois State Bar Association. He earned his B.A. from Beloit College and his J.D. from IIT/Chicago Kent College of Law, where he was the winner of the Fay Clayton Award for Best Oral Advocate.
Adam T. Berkoff
Adam T. Berkoff
Adam T. Berkoff is a Partner at DLA Piper LLP (US), in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate, condominium, and mixed-use high-rise development as well as other real estate matters. Berkoff has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America and honored as an Illinois Super Lawyer. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the State Bar Association of Wisconsin. He earned his B.A. with honors and distinction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a member of the Iron Cross and Golden Key Societies, and his J.D. from Marquette University, where he served as the Executive Editor of the Marquette Law Review.
Karen Beverly
Karen Beverly
Karen Beverly is an attorney at Keough & Moody, P.C., in Chicago, where she concentrates in litigation and general representation of community associations. Ms. Beverly is a member of the Federal Trial Bar and the Illinois and Chicago Bar Associations, and serves on the CBA’s Real Property Law — Condominium Subcommittee. She earned her B.A. from Illinois Wesleyan University and her J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law.
Victoria C. Bresnahan
Victoria C. Bresnahan
Victoria C. Bresnahan is a Partner at Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC, in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in real estate. She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, serving on the Real Property Law Committee and the Condominium Subcommittee. She is also a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. Bresnahan has been recognized as a Leading Lawyer, Real Estate Law: Associations & Condominiums and Residential (2015 – 2016). She earned her B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was on the Dean’s List and an Illinois Congressional Scholarship recipient, and her J.D. from UIC John Marshall Law School, where she was on the Dean’s List.
Brian A. Cohen
Brian A. Cohen
Brian A. Cohen is a Partner with DLA Piper LLP (US), in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on real estate. Martindale-Hubbell ranks him AV Preeminent, he was named an Illinois Rising Star by Super Lawyers (2009, 2010), and he was named a Rising Star by Law360 (2017). Cohen earned his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law.
Thomas Goodwyn
Thomas Goodwyn
Thomas Goodwyn is an associate with Saul Ewing LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in condominium and community associations matters. Goodwyn is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Community Associations Institute. He earned his B.A. from the University of Alabama and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
R. Kymn Harp
R. Kymn Harp
R. Kymn Harp is a Shareholder and member of the Executive Committee at Robbins DiMonte Ltd., in Chicago, and has years of service as Chair of the firm’s Business and Real Estate Transactions Group. Harp has over 40 years of experience representing investors, developers, business owners, and other stakeholders in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions and development. He is a frequent presenter at IICLE^® programs and ISBA programs on topics related to commercial real estate, and he is the author and moderator for www.Harp-OnThis.com, a commercial real estate and business blog. Harp has received awards and recognitions including the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review (Rated AV – Preeminent, for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability), a multiyear selection as an Illinois Super Lawyer, and the Illinois Lincoln Award for Excellence in Legal Writing. He is a member of the Illinois, Indiana, and New Mexico State Bar Associations, and is an appointed member of the Illinois State Bar Association Real Estate Law Section Council. Harp earned his B.A. from Wabash College and his J.D. from University of Illinois – Chicago (John Marshall Law School).
Kristofer D. Kasten
Kristofer D. Kasten
Kristofer D. Kasten is Principal/Partner at Bartzen Rosenlund Kasten LLC, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in community association law. Kasten serves as Cochair of the Community Associations Institute’s Illinois Legislative Action Committee, is a former member of the Legislative Liaison of the Chicago Bar Association’s Real Property Law, Condominium Subcommittee, and received the Olympus Service Award (2022) from the Illinois Chapter of the Community Associations Institute. He earned his B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from UIC John Marshall Law School.
Charles M. Keough
Charles M. Keough
Charles M. Keough is the Managing Shareholder and Partner at Keough & Moody, P.C., in Naperville, where he focuses on representing condominium and common interest community associations throughout Chicago and Northern Illinois. Keough is a member of the Chicago, DuPage, Will County, and Illinois State Bar Associations. He earned his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, his J.D. from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, and his LL.M. from UIC John Marshall Law School.
Laura Lau Marinelli
Laura Lau Marinelli
Laura Lau Marinelli is a Partner in and leader of the Community Association Group of Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC, in Chicago, and she has extensive experience representing condominium associations and common interest community associations. Marinelli was named a Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (2019), and she was named as a Leading Lawyer for Real Estate Law: Associations and Condominiums (2018, 2019). She earned her B.S. from Winona State University and her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin School of Law.
Brian Meltzer
Brian Meltzer
Brian Meltzer is Of Counsel at Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC, in Schaumburg and Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in real estate. Meltzer is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the Chicago and American Bar Associations. He earned his B.A. from Cornell University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Robert J. Taylor
Robert J. Taylor
Robert J. Taylor is a Partner with Gould & Ratner LLP, in Chicago, where he has a diverse real estate, finance, and corporate practice, representing both institutional and entrepreneurial clients in a wide range of matters. Taylor is a member of the Chicago and American Bar Associations and has been recognized by Best Lawyers (2024 – 2025). He earned his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Elizabeth A. Thompson
Elizabeth A. Thompson
Elizabeth A. Thompson is Counsel with Saul Ewing LLP, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on condominium and community associations and serves on the firm’s Women’s Development Initiative and Hiring Committee. She is a member of the Community Associations Institute. Thompson earned her B.A. from DePauw University and her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, and member of the Executive Board of the Chicago-Kent Law Review.

Nicholas P. Bartzen

Adam T. Berkoff

Karen Beverly

Victoria C. Bresnahan

Brian A. Cohen

Thomas Goodwyn

R. Kymn Harp

Kristofer D. Kasten

Charles M. Keough

Laura Lau Marinelli

Brian Meltzer

Robert J. Taylor

Elizabeth A. Thompson

Condominium Law: Governance, Authority, and Controlling Documents (ARCHIVED 2021 EDITION)