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| | Address | | The Boyce Building, 500 North Dearborn Street, Second Floor | | Chicago, Illinois 60610 | | (Cook Co.) | | | |
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| Krasnow Saunders Cornblath, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Business Law, Real Estate Development, Leasing and Lending, Land Use, Corporate, Commercial and Municipal Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal Law, State and Federal Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Infringement and Trademark Litigation, Wills, Trusts and Estates, Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples, Disability Law. | Firm Profile:
Krasnow Saunders Cornblath, LLP, represents a broad range of clients in both the private and public sectors. The Firm specializes in business transactions of all types, real estate transactions, estate planning and in providing solutions to business problems of entrepreneurial and family businesses. It's litigation practice involves resolving complex business disputes for both plaintiffs and defendants. | | Firm Size: 13 | | Francis A. Beninati (Attorney) born London, England, November 23, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Illinois and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1969); University of Richmond; University of Virginia (J.D., 1972). Co-Author: Supplements to Chapters, "Claims Against the Estate and Marshalling Assets," Illinois Estate Administration, 1977 and 1979; "Creditors Rights Against Decedents Estates," Creditors Rights in Illinois, 1977: Chapters, "Creditors Rights Against Decedents Estates," Creditors Rights in Illinois, 1980; "Claims Against the Estate and Marshalling Assets," Illinois Estate Administration, 1981 and "Sample Estate Plans," Basic Estate Planning, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986 and 1990, all published by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Author, Chapter, "Probate Division," Court Handbook for Young Lawyers, published by Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1987 and 1989. Member: Chicago (Member, 1977— and Chairman, 1981-1982, Probate Practice Committee, Division IV), Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Chicago Estate Planning Council. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Wills; Probate; Taxation. Email: Francis A. Beninati | | Glen R. Cornblath (Attorney) born St. Louis, Missouri, April 18, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois. Education: Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; Northwestern University (B.A., with distinction, 1980); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors and Columnist, "Retail Law Strategist," 2001—. Adjunct Faculty, IIT Chicago Kent Law School, 1994-1999. Instructor, Legal Writing, University of Pennsylvania, 1982-1983. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Leases and Leasing. Email: Glen R. Cornblath | | Frederick M. Kaplan (Attorney) born Chicago, Illinois, December 6, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Universite de Montpellier, Montpellier, France (1972-1973); George Washington University (B.A., 1977); Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1980). Member, Lead Articles Editor, Chicago-Kent Law Review. Member, Editorial Board, Shopping Center Law Report. Lead Instructor, BOMI Commercial Real Estate Law Course. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Construction Law; Business Transactions; Disability law. Email: Frederick M. Kaplan | | Henry C. Krasnow (Attorney) born Chicago, Illinois, September 20, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1963); University of Chicago (J.D., 1966). Editorial Board, University of Chicago Law Review, 1964-1966. Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1966. Adjunct Professor: IIT Kent College of Law, Business Practice, 1981-1982; Real Estate Transactions, 1981; Corporations, 1981-1982; Adjunct Professor: IIT Stuart School of Business, Law, Business and Society, 1992-1994. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge James B. Parsons, 1966-1967. Member, Editorial Board, Chicago Lawyer, 1980-1982. Member, 1985-1990, First Vice President, 1985, Treasurer, 1986 and President, 1987, Playground and Recreation Board, City of Evanston, Illinois. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Chicago Council of Lawyers (Vice President, 1979-1980; Member, Board of Trustees, 1980-1983; 1985-1986). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Real Estate Development; Intellectual Property; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Law. Email: Henry C. Krasnow | | Lora K. Sanberg (Attorney) born New York, N.Y., November 16, 1943; admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois. Education: Barry College (B.A., 1977); Northwestern University (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 1978-1979. Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Law; Retail Leasing; Office Leasing. Email: Lora K. Sanberg | | David A. Saunders (Attorney) born Chicago, Illinois, June 3, 1939; admitted to bar, 1964, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Oberlin College (A.B., 1961); University of Chicago (J.D., 1964). Member, 1986-1992 and Chair, 1990-1992, Board of Ethics, City of Evanston, Illinois. Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations, Chicago Council of Lawyers. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Municipal Finance. Email: David A. Saunders | | Charles A. Valente (Attorney) born Brooklyn, New York, July 13, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1995, Florida, U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., 1984); Washington University (J.D., 1988). Washington University Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law, 1986-1988. Trial Advocacy Program, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, March 1994. Member: American Bar Association; National Association of Securities Dealers (Member, Board of Arbitrators, 1992—). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; ADA Litigation. Email: Charles A. Valente | | Robert M. Berger (Attorney) born Chicago, Illinois, January 29, 1942; admitted to bar, 1966, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1963) Phi Beta Kappa; University of Chicago (J.D., 1966). Order of the Coif. Comments Editor, University of Chicago Law Review, 1965-1966. Author: "Construction Financing, Banking and Loans," in 4-volume treatise Construction Law (Matthew Bender Co., 1991 and annual supps.). Adjunct Professor: Northwestern University Law School, 1997-; Graduate (LL.M.) Program in Real Estate Law, The John Marshall Law School, 1995-1997. Reporter, Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act. Member: Chicago (Board of Managers, 1970-1972; Real Property Committee Chair, 1984-1988) and American (Partnership Law Committee Chair, 1981-1988) Bar Associations; American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1995-1998); American Law Institute (Advisory Committee, Restatement of the Law, (Third) Property Mortgages); Chicago Council of Lawyers (Co-Founder and Board Member, 1969-1972). Languages: Hebrew. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance; Business Organizations; Business Transactions. Email: Robert M. Berger | | Richard Demarest Yant (Attorney) born East Chicago, Indiana, September 10, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Illinois. Education: Purdue University (B.S., 1977; M.S., 1979); University of Illinois College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Member: Illinois State, Chicago and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Finance; Corporate. Email: Richard Demarest Yant | | Dina A. Bradford (Attorney) born Chicago, Illinois, October 19, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1997); Loyola University Chicago School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Languages: Greek. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Dina A. Bradford | | Margaret A. Lavanish (Attorney) born Akron, Ohio, August 24, 1969; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Duke University (A.B., cum laude, 1991); University of Chicago (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Margaret A. Lavanish | | Emily V. Wolf (Attorney) born Chicago, Illinois, October 13, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1999); Harvard Law School (J.D., 2004). Phi Beta Kappa. Adjunct Professor, Loyola University Law School, Chicago, 2007. Formerly with Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. Member: Chicago, Illinois and American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Emily V. Wolf | | John L. Hayes (Attorney) born Peoria, Illinois, November 28, 1971; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1994); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 2001). Formerly with Sachnoff · Weaver LTD and Reed Smith LLP. Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Law. Email: John L. Hayes | | Todd M. Brandel (Attorney) born Park Ridge, Illinois, December 11, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: Miami University (B.S., Finance, 1999); Northwestern University (J.D., 2005). Formerly with Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, LLP and Corboy & Demetrio. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation(100%). Email: Todd M. Brandel |
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