Arnstein & Lehr LLP is pleased to announce that State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) has joined our Chicago office as a partner in the Governmental & Municipal Affairs practice group. Prior to joining Arnstein & Lehr, Mr. Durkin was senior counsel at Ice Miller LLP. Since 2006, Mr. Durkin has served the 82nd District [...]

Chicago Partners Samuel Levine and Justin Weisberg recently participated in the April 8 Mechanics Liens and Construction Claims seminar conducted by the ISBA’s Special Committee on Construction Law.  Samuel coordinated the CLE seminar and also served as a moderator on the topic “Bankruptcy, Mechanics Liens and Construction Issues.”  Justin spoke on the topic “Perfecting Mechanics Liens [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Robert E. McKenzie was interviewed by First Business News for its April 11 broadcast. During the interview Mr. McKenzie discussed the IRS tax probe of HSBC Bank off-shore accounts in India. According to Mr. McKenzie, the IRS is investigating some offshore account holders for tax evasion. First Business News airs [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago attorneys Robert A. McKenzie and Edward A. Snyder discuss the Illinois Use Taxes and the 2011 Use Tax Amnesty Program for individuals and retailers when making out-of-state purchases. To download this article please click here.

Chicago Partner  Robert E. McKenzie was interviewed for an April 8 MarketWatch.com article entitled “7 tips for how to talk so the IRS will listen.” The article outlines guidelines for taxpayers meeting one-on-one with an IRS agent as a result of an audit or a large tax bill. To read the complete article, click here.

Chicago Partner David Sugar will lead a discussion on how condominium and cooperative board members and residents can protect their community association. The seminar will be held on May 3 at First Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church in Chicago. Topics will include board and homeowner disputes, protecting the board and association from litigation, how to respond [...]

Chicago Partners John Ropiequet and Christopher Naveja have published an article entitled “Fair Lending Developments: Enforcement Comes to the Fore” in the February 2011 issue of The Business Lawyer, the ABA Business Law Section’s quarterly law review, which is the second-most cited law review in the country. The article is part of The Business Lawyer’s [...]

Chicago Partner Robert E. McKenzie provided his thoughts in an April 7 MarketWatch.com article entitled “IRS goes after HSBC customers with money offshore” following Thursday’s request by the U.S. Justice Department and IRS for authorization to force HSBC Bank USA to reveal the names of its U.S. customers with accounts in India.  Mr. McKenzie currently [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Thomas White‘s article “Annuities in 401(k) Plans: What a Plan Sponsor Should Keep in Mind” was published in the May issue of Benefits Magazine. Benefits Magazine is a monthly magazine of the International Foundation, a nonprofit, impartial educational association for those who work with employee benefit and compensation plans. The [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Thomas White provided his thoughts on the growing public pension crisis in an online article that appeared April 7 at Benefitspro.com. The article, “Pensions Under Fire,” examines the crisis public employees, government officials, and taxpayers are facing as a result of increasingly difficult municipal budget concerns at the local and [...]

Retired Partner Pat Tuite was the featured speaker at the recent meeting of the Corporate Counsel Committee of the West Palm Beach Bar Association.  Mr. Tuite was a member of the team defending Conrad Black and his associates during their trial in the United States District Court in Chicago. He spoke about the trial, the [...]

Chicago Partner Robert E. McKenzie recently authored an article that appeared in the April issue of Financier Worldwide. The article appears in the Spotlight on Tax column on page 45 of the issue and is entitled “IRS and Offshore Accounts.” It reviews the IRS’ new Voluntary Disclosure Initiative for taxpayers to disclose their unreported offshore accounts. To read [...]

Arnstein & Lehr was one of seven firms featured in “The Chicago Law Firm Blackbook” a special advertising supplement recently distributed with the Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel Magazine, and The National Law Journal. The supplement included an article discussing the possible changes facing Chicago business owners and corporations in the [...]

Chicago Partner William J. Anaya was interviewed for an article in the April 1 edition of Inside Counsel entitled “Deep Horizon: One Year Later.” The article reviews the January report from the president’s National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling which paints a troubling picture of the missteps, oversights and institutional flaws that [...]