On January 8, Chicago Partner Jerold Siegan represented One Bio, Corp. (ONBI) in connection with the sale to several institutional and professional investors of $3,000,000 of its 8% convertible promissory notes due on October 11 of this year and warrants.  Pursuant to registration rights granted to such investors, Mr. Siegan represented ONBI in connection with [...]

Chicago Partner Samuel Levine has been  appointed a member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Commercial Banking and Bankruptcy Law Section Council for the 2010-2011 Calendar year.

Fort Lauderdale Partner Richard Rosenbaum was quoted in an article that appeared on the front page of the April 22 issue of the Sun Sentinel.  Mr. Rosenbaum discussed the resignation of Broward County Judge Ana Gardiner amid allegations she had an inappropriate relationship with a prosecutor during a 2007 murder case against Omar Loureiro.  Louriero [...]

Chicago Partner William Anaya was a speaker at “Residential Real Estate Transactions: A Systematic Approach,” a program presented by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) on April 21 in Chicago.  Mr. Anaya spoke on a panel that discussed the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESA), the closing process, and issues to be aware [...]

Chicago Partner Robert E. McKenzie will be speaking at a meeting of The Florida Bar’s Tax Section this Friday April 30. He will discuss IRS collection procedures. Mr. McKenzie will also be speaking at the American Society of Tax Problem Solvers in Baltimore on May 6 and in San Diego on May 22.  For theses [...]

Chicago Partner Samuel Levine was quoted in a February 26 article in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin titled “Lawyers should be prepared, revisit receiverships.” Mr. Levine’s  article “Tis-Better to Receive-The Use of Receivers in Managing Distressed Real Estate” was also referenced in the story. Click here to read the article.

Chicago Partners Justin Weisberg and Samuel Levine will be presenters at the Illinois State Bar Association Lawyer Ed CLE Program titled “Construction Law-What’s New in 2010.” Mr. weisberg will  speak on The New Consensus and American Institute of Architects (AIA) Documents.  Mr. Levine  will speak on Construction Damages.  The program is April 21 in Bloomington, [...]

Fort Lauderdale Partner Dale Bergman was interviewed by the South Florida Business Journal regarding accounting fraud, and what companies should be on the lookout for. Dale discussed issues with staff and company accounting firms, and noted that companies need to do their due diligence. Click here for the full article.

Chicago Partner Robert  E. McKenzie was interviewed for an article in the Money section of USA Today regarding tax payment options. The article, “If you owe taxes, you have payment options,” appeared in the April 9 edition of the paper. The article was also picked up by The AARP Bulletin, ABCNews.com, The Daily Record (New [...]

Chicago Partner James Chatz has achieved status as a Certified Mediator in Cook County after completing Northwestern University’s Mediation Training Professional Development Program. Northwestern University’s training program has been approved by the presiding judge of the Law Division of Cook County as satisfying one of the requirements to become a Certified Mediator in Cook County. [...]

The April 5 issue of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin interviewed Chicago Partner Konstantinos Armiros regarding the sale of Edward Hines Lumber.   Mr. Armiros opposed an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding, and the company was successfully sold to an affiliate of BlackEagle Partners, a New York and Bloomfield Hills, Mich., private equity firm. Lawyers work together to [...]

Chicago Partner Mary Cannon Veed will moderate a panel on Health Reform at the 2010 International Association of Insurance Receivers (IAIR) Insolvency Workshop to be held April 21-23 at the Eden ROC Renaissance in Miami.  The Panel will address the actuarial, regulatory and legislative challenges presented by the rapidly changing relationship between state and federal [...]

Chicago Partner Bob E. McKenzie discussed the future of tax income policy, and what rates may look like in the future. The article was released by Reuters on March 30, and was picked up by CNNMoney.com, TechWeb (publisher of InformationWeek) Insurance & Technology and FinanceTech. Click here to read the full article.

Chicago Partner Samuel Levine will be speaking to the Cook County mortgage foreclosure and mechanics lien judges on Friday April 9 on the topic of receiverships.  Samuel was asked to speak on the topic at the judge’s “Lunch and Learn Series” by Judge Lewis Nixon, the presiding judge of the Cook County Mechanics Lien and [...]

Chicago Partners Hal Morris and Jenifer Caracciolo and Chicago Associate Christina Lutz recently won a significant victory for one of the firm’s municipal clients. In that case, they convinced the Illinois Appellate Court to affirm a ruling by the Illinois trial court that a large group of petitioning homeowners did not meet the statutory requirements [...]

Stephen C. Hunt – in Memoriam Stephen C. Hunt, our friend and highly respected Fort Lauderdale partner,  died unexpectedly on Thursday, April 1, 2010 at the age of 47.  He is survived by his wife, Alexandra, and daughter Abigail. Steve was a graduate of Georgetown University and Seton Hall University School of Law. He focused his practice [...]