AREA OF LEGAL CONCENTRATION
Mike has prepared condominium documentation for developers, negotiated and documented condominium loans for both associations and lenders, prepared and negotiated contracts (involving construction, management, landscaping, snowplowing, laundry lease, bulk internet and cable TV service, alternative energy suppliers, developer transition, and antenna leases), reviewed rules and regulations, prepared declaration/bylaws amendments, assisted in election procedures and administration, conducted rules violation hearings, and counseled innumerable clients on condominium and/or corporate issues.
Mike has taught at John Marshall Law School’s Graduate Program in Real Estate Law on condominium, cooperative and common interest community law. He has also taught numerous times at CAI-National’s prestigious Community Association Law Seminar, has spoken at CAI National Conferences, has taught other attorneys at the Law Education Institute, National Business Institute and Lorman Education Services seminars, and has lectured for the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois CPA Society, and the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. He has been a regular presenter at the CAI-Illinois Legal Forum.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Illinois Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
Bar Admissions
- Illinois Bar
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- S. Supreme Court
Education
- J.D., Northwestern University of Law
- B.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa Campus, Honolulu
