Representing individuals in the following mattes…

• Employment disputes
  • Discrimination
  • Unpaid overtime
  • Unlawful discharge
• Landlord-tenant disputes (plaintiff and defendant)
• Social Security Disability appeals
• Unemployment benefits hearings and appeals

…as well as small businesses and non-profit organizations…

• Incorporation and merger of non-profits
• Municipal licensing (e.g public place of amusement)
• Employment matters
• Real estate transactions

Representing condominium associations…

• Amendments to by-laws
• Governance questions
• Dispute resolution

Admitted to the Bar in 1990.

Legal Experience Highlights:

• Vigorous defense of the rights of employees in state and Federal courts and administrative forums
• Successfully appealed over 75 Social Security Disability cases
• Extensive real estate transactional experience
• Ideally suited to represent condominium associations in governance and dispute resolution
• Well- versed in the legal needs of non-profit and small business clients
• Extensive experience with housing discrimination and landlord-tenant disputes

I emphasize prompt attentiveness to Client Needs

 

Further, as a resident and community activist of Edgewater and Rogers Park for twelve plus years, I am committed to this community !

Some of the community-based efforts I have been involved in are:

• Served as legislative aide to Alderman Mary Ann Smith (48th) in 1989
• As member of State Representative Carol Ronen's nuisance abatement committee, changed state law to permit speedy eviction of drug-dealing residential tenants
• As staff attorney for the Community Economic Development Law Project, worked with the City Corporation Counsel to transfer title of abandoned properties in Chicago to non-profit developers
• Drafted legislative proposals to improve the operation of bars and nightclubs
• Conducted field work and advised several aldermanic campaigns

President, Indian Boundary Park Advisory Council

 

Former Project Director at Edgewater Community Council Former Consultant to Bethel Housing, Inc.

 

Former Executive Director of Northtown Art Center