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.
Brian W. Baugh
Brian W. Baugh
Brian W. Baugh is an associate at Storino, Ramello & Durkin in Rosemont, where he concentrates his practice in municipal law, having represented and advised municipal corporations and sanitary districts as to general procedural matters, contracts, leases, annexation and development agreements, land use and zoning matters, utilities, industrial revenue bond issues, general obligation bond issues, and tax increment financing matters. Baugh received baccalaureate degrees (with honors) in accounting and finance from Northern Illinois University and his J.D. cum laude from Northern Illinois University College of Law.
Daniel J. Bolin
Daniel J. Bolin
Daniel J. Bolin is a Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in in local government and land use. Bolin is recognized as a Top Local Government Influencer by Engaging Local Government Leaders. He hosts the Engaging Local Government Leaders’ GovLove podcast, and he also hosts Ancel Glink’s Quorum Forum podcast. Bolin also serves as Education Committee Chair of the American Planning Association’s Planning and Law Division. He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Kelly A. Cahill
Kelly A. Cahill
Kelly A. Cahill is a Partner at Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle in Crystal Lake, where she concentrates in municipal and employment law. She serves as municipal attorney for the Villages of Algonquin and Deer Park and as counsel for the planning and zoning boards of the Cities of Genoa and McHenry. She also works with private developers engaged in the municipal development process in cities and villages not represented by the firm. These developers often are interested in annexations, zoning, subdivisions of property, and cellular telephone tower placement. She has written and spoken numerous times on local government. She is a member of the Illinois State and McHenry County Bar Associations. Ms. Cahill received her B.S. with honors from Valparaiso University and her J.D. with honors (Order of the Coif) from DePaul University College of Law.
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.
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.
Kent M. Floros
Kent M. Floros
Kent M. Floros is a Partner at Chapman and Cutler LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on public finance. He is a member of the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association and the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association. Floros received his B.S. and his M.S. from Marquette University College of Business and his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School. He is also a registered Certified Public Accountant in the State of Illinois.
Gregory W. Jones
Gregory W. Jones
Gregory W. Jones is a Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on land use, zoning, and economic development. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and the American Planning Association. Jones received his B.A. from the University of Illinois, where he studied urban and regional planning, and received his J.D. magna cum laude (Order of the Coif) from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was Editor of the law review.
Kelly K. Kost
Kelly K. Kost
Kelly K. Kostis a Partner at Chapman and Cutler LLP in Chicago, where he serves as bond counsel and disclosure counsel to hundreds of government entities throughout Illinois and as underwriter’s counsel to major investment banking firms. He is a member of the Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Illinois Government Finance Officers Association. He has been a panelist and speaker on public finance topics at numerous seminars and conferences conducted by Illinois municipal corporations, associations, and bond market participants. He has spoken extensively about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, tax caps, limited tax bonds, the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act (which includes gift ban provisions), and municipal disclosure to various client and educational groups. Mr. Kost received his B.A. from Monmouth College and his J.D. from Vanderbilt Law School.
Christopher J. Murdoch
Christopher J. Murdoch
Christopher J. Murdoch is a Partner at Emry Murdoch LLC in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on commercial litigation, insurance coverage, and eminent domain. He is a member of the American Bar Association and is a Special Assistant Attorney General. Murdoch received his B.A. from Georgetown University and his J.D. from the University of Michigan 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.
David S. Silverman
David S. Silverman
David S. Silverman, FAICP, is a Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where he is chair of the Zoning and Land Use Group. He focuses his practice on local government, land use, and economic development. He taught the Land Use Control and Zoning course at The University of Illinois-Chicago Law School. He is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners, the Urban Land Institute, and the Ely Chapter of Lambda Alpha International. Silverman received his B.A. from Indiana University, his M.U.P. from Wayne State University, and his J.D. from The University of Illinois-Chicago Law School.
Adam B. Simon
Adam B. Simon
Adam B. Simon is a Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Vernon Hills, where he concentrates his practice in municipal law, public finance, zoning and economic development, telecommunications, and green energy. He actively participates in the Illinois City/County Management Association, where he is a Corporate Partner, and received its 2023 Service to the Association Award. Simon also is a member of the Northwest Municipal Conference’s Attorneys Committee. Simon received his B.S. from Washington University in St. Louis and his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Michael J. Smoron
Michael J. Smoron
Michael J. Smoron is a partner with Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle in Crystal Lake, where he concentrates his practice in municipal, real estate, and construction law. He also serves as Municipal Attorney for the Villages of Bull Valley, Hebron, Johnsburg, Pingree Grove, and is the attorney for the Fox Valley Regional Cable Commission. Smoron is a member of the Illinois State and McHenry County Bar Associations and the Illinois Institute for Local Government Law. He has spoken on various municipal law topics before the National Business Institute, IICLE^®, Lorman Education Services, and the Illinois Municipal League. He received the Litigation Award from the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association in recognition of litigation that promoted the efforts of local government throughout the state in 2023. He received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. with high honors (Order of the Coif) from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Paul L. Stephanides
Paul L. Stephanides
Paul L. Stephanides serves as village attorney for the Village of Oak Park. He is also President of the Illinois Local Government Lawyers Association (2020 – present), Regional Vice President of the International Municipal Lawyers Association (2016 – present), and a past Chair of the Illinois Municipal League Home Rule Attorneys Committee (2018). Mr. Stephanides received his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Julie A. Tappendorf
Julie A. Tappendorf
Julie A. Tappendorf is an Equity Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on local government law. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education. Tappendorf is a member of the Legacy Project, Advancing Women in Local Government, and she has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers (2022 – 2024). Prior to her law career, she served in the United States Army, Military Intelligence Branch, as a Korean cryptologic linguist. She received her B.A. from Illinois State University and her J.D. from the University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law.

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Municipal Law: Annexation, Zoning, and Regulatory Authority (ARCHIVED 2021 EDITION)

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Gregory J. Barry

Brian W. Baugh

Daniel J. Bolin

Kelly A. Cahill

Stewart H. Diamond

Richard G. Flood

Kent M. Floros

Gregory W. Jones

Kelly K. Kost

Christopher J. Murdoch

Bernard Z. Paul

David S. Silverman

Adam B. Simon

Michael J. Smoron

Paul L. Stephanides

Julie A. Tappendorf

Municipal Law: Annexation, Zoning, and Regulatory Authority (ARCHIVED 2021 EDITION)