Real Estate

Sabrina Bier and Jayne Corcoran will take you through the overall branding process, how to establish your online presence, managing customer relations, exploring options for outreach and finding what works for you, strategic social media use, executing your marketing plan, and ethics considerations.

An attorney could walk down the street and see three identical buildings. Although these buildings might be identical on the outside, one could be a townhouse, one could be a condominium, and one could be a cooperative. What is the difference between these three types of multi-family living structures? Dick Bales will discuss all three, with plenty of practical information for the real estate practitioner.

Learn about the latest developments in Illinois foreclosure law. This program includes updates on recent cases and statutes, unique aspects of commercial foreclosures, loss mitigation and workout options, and a panel discussion on best practices in dealing with ethical issues in distressed real estate.

This handbook is an essential resource for attorneys defending homeowners against abusive lending practices.

Land Use attorneys – and the government officials with whom they interact – face a unique set of ethical issues and obligations. Enjoy an engaging review of the specific rules and challenges that attorneys in this practice area must confront and resolve, utilizing case studies.

The speakers will discuss and provide valuable insight with respect to land use and related legal issues raised when developing wind, solar, and other clean energy projects. We will discuss site control provisions used to assist with these issues and will review example provisions.

Learn more about how to litigate a land use case and understand the most recent decisions affecting the practice of land use law in Illinois.

In every deal, we need to create win-win outcomes. On this panel, you’ll hear a discussion about the challenges facing development and finding solutions that are mutually-agreeable to all parties.

Hear from our speakers about the latest topics in Land Use. Topics will include Retail Redevelopment, Financing Development and Municipal Assistance, Adaptive Reuse and Industrial Spaces.

Gain valuable insight into the fundamentals of land use law and zoning. Learn about zoning relief, strategies of community outreach and identifying relevant stakeholders and the importance of doing your due diligence in what can be a very unpredictable practice area.

This session will help you navigate ethical dilemmas by presenting case studies involving various types of title. Who is your client? Do you have duties to any third parties? What if a child brings a parent and a new stepparent to meet the lawyer and the child has expectations of inheriting the land?

Topics covered in this session will include successor trustees; use of tenancy by the entirety for assets in trust and when court orders are required for dispositions by personal representatives.