Ross J. Altman
Ross J. Altman
Ross J. Altman is Senior Counsel at Laurie & Brennan, LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on construction law, with an emphasis on project delivery methodology, transaction structure, and project administration. He is a member of the American College of Construction Lawyers (Board of Governors 2014 – 2017 and Past Chair of the Documents Committee) and an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law. He has been recognized by Chambers USA as a Senior Statesperson for Construction. Mr. Altman received his BS from the University of Michigan College of Architecture and Urban Planning and his JD from The George Washington University Law School.
Jeremy S. Baker
Jeremy S. Baker
Jeremy S. Baker is the Founder ofBaker Law Group LLC in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on construction law. He is a member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys (SOICA) and Liaison to the AIA’s Contract Documents Committee, and he taught an elective construction law course as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. Mr. Baker received his BA with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his JD from the Tulane University Law School.
Tina M. Bird
Tina M. Bird
Tina M. Bird is a Partner at Freeborn & Peters LLP in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice on construction and real estate. She is a member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys and the Construction Lawyers Society of America and has been recognized by Illinois Leading Lawyers and Super Lawyers. Ms. Bird earned her B.S. with highest honors and her J.D. with honors from the University of Florida.
Samuel B. Cavnar
Samuel B. Cavnar
Samuel B. Cavnar is a Partner at Robbins Schwartz in Chicago. He is an experienced negotiator of commercial and construction-related contracts and regularly counsels clients in the areas of board governance, bidding, procurement, tort immunity and risk management. Mr. Cavnar has been appointed Special Assistant State’s Attorney in several matters involving construction-related transactions and litigation. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry, the Chicago Bar Associaton, and the Illinois Association of School Business Officials. Mr. Cavnar received his B.A. from Michigan State University and his J.D. from Wayne State University Law School, where he was the Managing Editor of The Wayne Law Review.
Jennifer B. Cromheecke
Jennifer B. Cromheecke
Jennifer B. Cromheecke is an associate at Bryce Downey & Lenkov LLC in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on general litigation. Ms. Cromheecke received her A.B. cum laude from Dartmouth College and her J.D. cum laude from Tulane University 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.
Matthew J. Gardner
Matthew J. Gardner
Matthew J. Gardner is a Partner at Robbins Schwartz in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in construction, real estate, and education law. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Illinois Council of School Attorneys, and the Illinois Association of School Business Officials. Mr. Gardner received his BS from the University of Utah and his JD from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Christopher R. Gorman
Christopher R. Gorman
Christopher R. Gorman is a Partner with Robbins Schwartz in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in labor and employment, commercial, real estate and construction law. Mr. Gorman received his BA from the University of Minnesota — Twin Cities, where he was a Presidential Scholar, and his JD from the University of Minnesota Law School.
Greg W. Hummel
Greg W. Hummel
Greg W. Hummel is the Owner of the Law Offices of Gregory Hummel LLC, doing business as ppp-law, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in public-private partnerships. He has been Chair of the Chicago Central Area Committee since 2012. He is Cofounder and sixth President of the American College of Construction Lawyers and head of its P3 Committee, a Trustee of the Urban Land Institute, and Governor of the Urban Land Institute Foundation since 2003. Mr. Hummel received his BA cum laude from MacMurray College and his JD from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
David M. Lewin
David M. Lewin
David M. Lewin is a Principal at Lewin Verveniotis Law Group in Chicago, focusing on construction litigation and insurance coverage. He received his BA with honors from Loyola University Chicago and his JD from the DePaul University College of Law.
John-Paul Lujan
John-Paul Lujan
John-Paul Lujan is a Partner at Harris Winick Harris LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on construction law/litigation. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the American Institute of Architects, and he is admitted to practice in Illinois, New York, and Texas. He has lectured and written on various design and construction law issues. Mr. Lujan received his BS and Master of Architecture degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his JD from the DePaul University College of Law.
Amanda Schermer MacVey
Amanda Schermer MacVey
Amanda Schermer MacVey is a Partner at Venable LLP in Chicago and Washington, DC, where she focuses her practice on construction. She is a LEED Green Associate and a member of Greenbuild’s 2025 Advisory Board and the Building Performance Improvement Board of Montgomery County, Maryland. She was recognized by The Legal 500 for Construction in 2016, 2019, and 2021 – 2024. Ms. MacVey received her BS from the University of Illinois, her JD cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law, and her Professional Certificate in Sustainability from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Margery Newman
Margery Newman
Margery Newman is Of Counsel to Downey & Lenkov LLC in Chicago, where she concentrates her practice in construction law and business law. She has served on the American Bar Association Forum Committee on the Construction Industry; the Chicago Bar Association Committees on Real Property, Construction Issues, Mechanics Liens, and Real Estate Litigation; and the Illinois State Bar Association Construction Law Committee and Real Estate Law Section Council. She is also a member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. She has authored numerous articles and lectured extensively on the construction industry and was an adjunct professor of construction law at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. Ms. Newman received her BA from Brooklyn College, her M.A. from Roosevelt University, and her JD with high distinction from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, where she was on the law review.
Joseph J. Perkoski
Joseph J. Perkoski
Joseph J. Perkoski is Managing Partner at Robbins Schwartz in Chicago, where focuses his practice on board governance, education, employee benefits, labor and employment, litigation, municipal, and student rights. He has defended employers in unfair labor practice charges before the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board, the Illinois State and Local Labor Relations Boards, and the National Labor Relations Board. Mr. Perkoski has made several presentations on the labor issues in the transactional side of a project, adjusting school district priorities to meet current economic reality and revenue uncertainty, and other topics for the Illinois Association of School Business Officials, the Illinois Association for Employment in Education’s Annual Conference, and more. He is an Illinois Super Lawyer and a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Council of School Attorneys. Mr. Perkoski received his BA with honors, his MA, and his JD from Ohio State University.
Paul Peterson
Paul Peterson
Paul Peterson was a Vice President and Senior Underwriter for Fidelity National Family of Title Insurance Companies, having joined Chicago Title Insurance Company in 1971. He specialized in mechanics lien underwriting, mechanics lien workouts and claims, and financial analysis. He chaired the group that revised the Illinois mechanics lien coverage for lenders in 2010. Mr. Peterson received the Illinois Land Title President’s Award for his work in the passage of the bonding statute that is now §38.1 of the Illinois Mechanics Lien Act. He currently is a sole practitioner doing some consulting. Mr. Peterson is a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, a former chair of the CLE subcommittee of the Illinois State Bar Association Construction Law Section Council, a member of the ISBA Real Estate Law Section Council, a past president of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, and a former chairman of the Chicago Bar Association Mechanics’ Lien Subcommittee. Mr. Peterson received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and his JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Kenneth M. Roberts
Kenneth M. Roberts
Kenneth M. Roberts is a Partner and Chair of the Construction Law Group at Venable LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in construction and the energy industry. He received the James P. Groton Award for Outstanding Leadership in Dispute Resolution from the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution in 2024. He has been recognized by Chambers USA for construction in Illinois from 2006 to 2025 and by Best Lawyers in America for Construction Law (2008, 2009, 2012 – 2014, 2016 – 2024) and as Lawyer of the Year for Construction Law in their Real Estate & Infrastructure Issue (2023 – 2024). Mr. Roberts received his BGS with honors and his JD with distinction from the University of Iowa.
Werner A. Sabo
Werner A. Sabo
Werner A. Sabo is Of Counsel to Downey & Lenkov LLC in Chicago, where he concentrates in construction law, copyrights, arbitrations, and mediations. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and of the Association of Licensed Architects. He is also a Founding Member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. Mr. Sabo received his BA from Northwestern University and his JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Kevin R. Sido
Kevin R. Sido
Kevin R. Sido practicesconstruction law, mediation, and arbitration at the Law Offices of Kevin R. Sido in Chicago. He is a member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys and is a panelist for the American Arbitration Association Panel of Mediators and Arbitrators and the ADR Systems of America, LLC, Panel of Mediators and Arbitrators. He is a faculty member at the Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering graduate program. Mr. Sido earned his BA from the University of Illinois, where he received the Bronze Tablet Award and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, his JD from the University of Illinois College of Law, and a certificate from the Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University.
Eric L. Singer
Eric L. Singer
Eric L. Singer is a Partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in construction law and litigation. He is a member of the American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law and the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, and he currently serves as a Professional Affiliate Director of AIA Chicago. Mr. Singer received his BA magna cum laude from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his JD from the University of Chicago Law School.
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.
Vickie Verveniotis
Vickie Verveniotis
Vickie Verveniotis is a Principal at Lewin Verveniotis Law Group in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on commercial litigation, insurance coverage, and condominium law. She received her BA with honors from Loyola University Chicago and her JD from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Justin L. Weisberg
Justin L. Weisberg
Justin L. Weisberg is a Shareholder at Buchalter, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on construction law. He is the Chair of the American Bar Association’s Construction Forum Division 2 (2024 – 2026), a former Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Construction Section (2020 – 2021), and a former Chair of ISBA’s Engineers Contract Documents Committee (2012 – 2013). Mr. Weisberg received his BSE from the University of Illinois Chicago and his JD from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Katie Zumalt-Rogers
Katie Zumalt-Rogers
Katie Zumalt-Rogers is an associate at Robbins Schwartz in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on public finance and taxation, commercial transactions, construction, and real estate law. She is a member of the Illinois State and Washington State Bar Associations. Ms. Zumalt-Rogers received her B.S. from the University of Kansas, her M.B.A. from Seattle University, and her J.D. cum laude from Seattle University School of Law.

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Construction Law: Transactional Considerations (ARCHIVED 2021 EDITION)

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Ross J. Altman

Jeremy S. Baker

Tina M. Bird

Samuel B. Cavnar

Jennifer B. Cromheecke

Scott R. Fradin

Matthew J. Gardner

Christopher R. Gorman

Greg W. Hummel

David M. Lewin

John-Paul Lujan

Amanda Schermer MacVey

Margery Newman

Joseph J. Perkoski

Paul Peterson

Kenneth M. Roberts

Werner A. Sabo

Kevin R. Sido

Eric L. Singer

Lorence H. Slutzky

Vickie Verveniotis

Justin L. Weisberg

Katie Zumalt-Rogers

Construction Law: Transactional Considerations (ARCHIVED 2021 EDITION)