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Kara Allen
Kara Allen
Kara Allen is a Partner at Gutnicki LLP in Skokie, where she focuses on real estate litigation. She is a volunteer at Misericordia. Ms. Allen received her B.A. and her J.D. from Marquette University.
William W. Austin
William W. Austin
William W. Austin is Of Counsel to McDevitt Osteen Chojnicki & Deters, LLC, in Effingham, where he concentrates his practice in real estate, business, and banking law and related litigation. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Senior Lawyer Section Council as well as a former member of its Real Estate Section Council. He is the former Director and Chair of the Attorneys’ Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. Mr. Austin received his J.D. and his B.S. from the University of Illinois.
William J. Dorsey
William J. Dorsey
William J. Dorsey is a Partner at Blank Rome LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on high-stakes commercial finance, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, and executive compensation and non-compete disputes. He has been recognized by Super Lawyers (2012 – 2022) and as a Notable Gen X Leader in Accounting, Consulting, and Law by Crain’s Chicago Business (2022). Mr. Dorsey received his B.A. from Claremont McKenna College and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.
David A. Golin
David A. Golin
David A. Golin is a Parenter at Arnstein & Lehr LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice on commercial bankruptcy and insolvency matters, commercial real estate foreclosures and workouts, and real estate title disputes. Mr. Golin is a member of the American, the Illinois State, and the Chicago Bar Associations. He was chosen by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company as a Leading Lawyer in Illinois in the field of commercial bankruptcy and workout law. Mr. Golin received his B.A. with high honors and high distinction from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
Amy T. Grace
Amy T. Grace
Amy T. Grace is an associate at Chuhak & Tecson, P.C., in Chicago, where she concentrates in banking and creditors’ rights. She is Past Chair of the Real Estate Committee of the Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association, received the Rising Star Award for Exceptional Leadership from the Chicago Bar Association, and is a member of the Chicago and American Bar Associations. Ms. Grace received her B.A. from Regis University and her J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.
Samuel H. Levine
Samuel H. Levine
Samuel H. Levine is Of Counsel to Bryce Downey & Lenkov LLC in Chicago, where he concentrates in mortgage foreclosure, real estate litigation, construction, and mechanics lien. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and Past Chair of its Collections and Bankruptcy, Real Estate, and Construction Law Section Councils; a member and Past President of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys; and a Past Chair of the Bankruptcy and Real Estate Litigation Committee of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Mr. Levine received his B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and his J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Solomon Maman
Solomon Maman
Solomon Maman is Member and Manager of MAMAN LLC in Chicago, where he focuses on financial services, corporate law, and commercial and real estate law. He is Director and Legal Issues/Legislative Committee Chair of the Illinois Mortgage Bankers Association and member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations. Mr. Maman received his LL.B. from the University of Sheffield School of Law and his LL.M. and J.D. and LL.M. from the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
William J. McKenna
William J. McKenna
William J. McKenna is a Partner at Foley & Lardner LLP in Chicago and focuses his practice on real estate litigation. He is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America for Litigation — Real Estate (2011 – 2024). Mr. McKenna received his B.A. cum laude from Middlebury College and his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
James V. Noonan
James V. Noonan
James V. Noonan is a Partner with Noonan & Lieberman, Ltd., in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in creditors’ rights, real estate, and commercial litigation. He was a board member of the American Legal and Financial Network (2009 – 2015), a panel member of the Law Ed series on federal court foreclosure practice, and a coauthor of Remote Hearings: Let’s Not Forget the Cost of What’s Lost, 54 Loy.U.Chi.L.J. No. 1 (2023). Mr. Noonan received his B.A. from Marquette University and his J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law.
Timothy J. Patenode
Timothy J. Patenode
Timothy J. Patenode is a Partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on real estate litigation. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Litigation Section and Construction Forum. Mr. Patenode received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. cum laude from Northwestern University Pritzker Law School.
Daniel I. Schlade
Daniel I. Schlade
Daniel I. Schlade is the Founder of the Law Office of Daniel I. Schlade, in Chicago, where he focuses on real estate and commercial litigation, which includes contested mortgage foreclosures, mortgage and loan workouts, mechanics liens foreclosures and construction disputes, title disputes, latent defect and warranty disputes, broker and appraiser liability, condominium disputes, and eviction actions. Mr. Schlade received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif.
Matthew J. Stockl
Matthew J. Stockl
Matthew J. Stockl is an associate at Foley & Lardner LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in bankruptcy and litigation. He has been recognized by Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Stars edition (2019 – 2021) and The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch 2021 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law. In 2017, he was selected to participate in the National Conference of Bankruptcy’ Judges’ Next Generation Program. Mr. Stockl received his B.A. from McGill University and his J.D. cum laude from Albany Law School.
Kenneth S. Strauss
Kenneth S. Strauss
Kenneth S. Strauss is a Partner at Arnstein & Lehr LLP, in Chicago, where he is a member of the Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights Practice Group. He focuses on foreclosure law and loan workouts; evictions for real estate investors; real estate investor and developer general representation; commercial and residential real estate transactions for financial institutions and investors; and commercial loan documentation. Mr. Strauss is a member of the Illinois State Bar and admitted to the U.S. District Court, Northern, and Central Districts of Illinois. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and his J.D. from ITT Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Kara Allen

William W. Austin

William J. Dorsey

David A. Golin

Amy T. Grace

Samuel H. Levine

Solomon Maman

William J. McKenna

James V. Noonan

Timothy J. Patenode

Daniel I. Schlade

Matthew J. Stockl

Kenneth S. Strauss

Mortgage Foreclosure (Illinois): Practice and Procedure (ARCHIVED 2016 EDITION)