• 2025
  • Representative Matter

TIF Revenue Bond Financing

Served as underwriter’s counsel on a multi-series TIF revenue bond financing supporting mixed-use redevelopment in a Chicago neighborhood tax-increment district.

  • 2023
  • Representative Matter

Transit Corridor Condemnation

Counseled a transit agency through condemnation and valuation proceedings for a corridor expansion, including inverse-condemnation claims and just-compensation negotiations.

  • 2024
  • Representative Matter

Section 1983 Procurement Defense

Defended a municipal body in multi-plaintiff Section 1983 litigation arising from a contested public-works procurement — secured summary judgment affirmed on appeal.

  • 08/07/2026
  • Representative Matter

Pro bono representation of a nonprofit community land trust in a First Amendment challenge to city zoning restrictions — obtained preliminary injunction upheld on appeal by the Seventh Circuit.

Pro bono representation of a nonprofit community land trust in a First Amendment challenge to city zoning restrictions — obtained preliminary injunction upheld on appeal by the Seventh Circuit.
  • 08/07/2026
  • Representative Matter

Structured and negotiated the legal framework for the redevelopment of a 42-acre former industrial site in Chicago’s South Side — coordinating TIF financing, environmental compliance, and affordable housing agreements across 7 separate closing transactions.

Structured and negotiated the legal framework for the redevelopment of a 42-acre former industrial site in Chicago’s South Side — coordinating TIF financing, environmental compliance, and affordable housing agreements across 7 separate closing transactions.
  • 08/07/2026
  • Representative Matter

Outside general counsel to the Chicago Transit Authority for bond counsel services across 14 separate revenue bond issuances totaling over $2.1 billion in transit infrastructure financing.

Outside general counsel to the Chicago Transit Authority for bond counsel services across 14 separate revenue bond issuances totaling over $2.1 billion in transit infrastructure financing.
  • 08/07/2026
  • Representative Matter

Represented a class of municipal employees in a civil rights action alleging discriminatory promotion practices — obtained a $3.8 million jury verdict following a 12-day trial in the Northern District of Illinois.

Represented a class of municipal employees in a civil rights action alleging discriminatory promotion practices — obtained a $3.8 million jury verdict following a 12-day trial in the Northern District of Illinois.
  • 08/07/2026
  • Representative Matter

Lead counsel for the City of Chicago in litigation arising from the financing and construction of Millennium Park — successfully defended $475 million in public-private partnership agreements.

Lead counsel for the City of Chicago in litigation arising from the financing and construction of Millennium Park — successfully defended $475 million in public-private partnership agreements.
  • 08/07/2026
  • Representative Matter

Served as bond counsel on $1.2 billion general obligation bond issuance for a major Illinois public body — one of the largest single GO transactions in state history at time of closing.

Served as bond counsel on $1.2 billion general obligation bond issuance for a major Illinois public body — one of the largest single GO transactions in state history at time of closing.