MEMBERS OF FIRM
Melvyn A. Rieff (Retired Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Illinois; 1977, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1965; J.D., 1968). Illinois State Scholar, 1961-1965. Adjunct Faculty, IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, Spring 1978. Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois, Environmental Control Division, 1971-1973. Assistant State's Attorney, Cook County, 1973-1981. Supervisor, Environmental Law Section, 1973-1976. General Law and Special Litigation Section, 1976-1980; Real Estate Tax Section, 1980-1981. Chairman, Bench & Bar Advisory Committee on Tax Objections, Circuit Court of Cook County, 1993-1994. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations (Retired). Practice Areas: Real Estate Tax Assessment.Email: Melvyn A. Rieff
Donald L. Schramm (Member) born Evanston, Illinois, 1949; admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1982, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1972); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1978). Phi Alpha Delta. General Counsel, Cook County Assessor's Office, 1978-1982. Author: "Assessment Incentive Classifications," Real Estate Journal, Vol. 1 No. 25 (December 7, 1998); "Taxation of Retirement Housing," Journal of Property Taxation, Vol. 1, No. 3, (1989). Instructor, Seminar, Real Estate Taxation, 1985-2004. (Managing Partner). Practice Areas: Eminent Domain Law; Real Estate Tax Assessment.Email: Donald L. Schramm
Herbert Kanter (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, 1939; admitted to bar, 1965, Illinois and U.S. District Court, District of Illinois; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1962); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1965). Assistant Supervisor, Capital Stock Tax Division, State of Illinois, Department of Revenue, 1962-1968. Author: "Pitfalls of Real Estate Taxation: Let the Buyer Beware," The REIT Report, 1997. Co-author: "Real Estate Taxes: Pitfalls for the Unwary Practitioner," Chicago Bar Record, June, 1991. Lectured: Chicago Bar Association Real Estate Taxation Programs, 2006. Moderator and Panelist: Real Estate Taxation Session, NARIET Law and Accounting Conference, 1997. Practice Areas: Real Estate Tax Assessment.Email: Herbert Kanter
Glenn S. Guttman (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1993, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1987); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1990). Co-Author: "Tax Objection Complaints," and "Real Estate Tax Considerations," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2008; "Five Things Every Attorney Should Know About Appealing Their Clients' Real Estate Taxes," CBA Record, January, 2004. Lecturer, Seminar, "Real Estate Taxation: An Overview for the Non-Specialist," 2005. Special Assistant State's Attorney, Cook County, Illinois, 2004-2006. Member: Chicago (Chairman, Real Estate Taxation Committee, 2006-2007; Assessment and Appeals Sub-Committee Chairman, 2004-2005; Legislative Liaison, 2003-2004), Illinois State and American Bar Associations; International Association of Assessing Officers; Illinois Property Tax Lawyers Association; Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Tax Assessments; Eminent Domain.Email: Glenn S. Guttman
OF COUNSEL
Michael T. Reynolds (Of Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Loyola University (B.A., 1976; J.D., 1981). Arbitrator, Cook County Mandatory Arbitration Program, 1994-2003. Lecturer: Real Estate Taxation Law, 1996, 1997, 1998. Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Tax Assessment.Email: Michael T. Reynolds