Tampa Partner Vanessa Negron Cohn was recently elected president of the Georgetown University Alumni Club for the West Coast of Florida. The Georgetown University Alumni Club is comprised of alumni, new students, parents, family and friends of Georgetown University, and it engages in activities designed to recruit new students to the university and to allow [...]

Chicago Partner Robert E. McKenzie will present a seminar on ethics code reform on Wednesday, July 27, to CPA’s with Rothschild Investment Corporation and to the ACE Accounting Society tomorrow in New York City. The seminar is designed to help Rothschild CPA’s avoid violating their ethical duties.  Mr. McKenzie  will review the new Circular 230 [...]

              West Palm Beach Partner Steve Daniels recently closed two significant real estate transactions.  In the first transaction Steve represented the borrower in the $53.5 million refinancing of 17 separate properties in three different Florida counties that were secured by two mortgages and a mezzanine financing.   Assisting Steve in [...]

Chicago Partner Mark Spognardi is the planning chair for tomorrow’s ALI-ABA teleseminar Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes: Lessons and Insights for the Employment Lawyer. The one-hour seminar scheduled for 12 p.m. CST is geared to employment lawyers and will evaluate the sexual discrimination lawsuit, which was the largest civil rights class action suit in United States [...]

Chicago Partners Hal Morris and Jenifer Caracciolo, Chicago Associate Christina Lutz, and Hoffman Estates Partner Arthur Janura secured an important victory from the Illinois Appellate Court. In that case, the families of five minor girls, all of whom are special needs students, sued the school where they attended, several teachers and administrators and two municipalities [...]

Fort Lauderdale Partner Richard Rosenbaum was interviewed for a story on the recently concluded Casey Anthony murder trial in Orlando. Ms. Anthony was tried for murder in the death of her young daughter Caylee, but a jury found her not guilty. The July 5 article was picked up by the Associated Press and several media [...]

Chicago Partner Joe Ourth was profiled in the July 5 edition of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin by writer Bethany Krajelis.  Ms. Krajelis writes a weekly profile about lawyers who work in the legislature (including lawmakers, lobbyists, and staffers). The article provides an overview of Mr. Ourth’s  law and lobbying practices which are focused on [...]

Chicago Partner Mark Miller last week attended the 49th FITA Congress of World Archery,held July 1-2 in Turin, Italy.  He is currently the chair of its Constitution and Rules Committee and was reelected for another four year term as a member of its Council. The World Archery Federation, formerly FITA, is the international governing body [...]

Chicago Partner Robert E.  McKenzie was interviewed for the July 13 Dow Jones Adviser article, “IRS Gets Aggressive On Payroll Tax Cases.” In the article he comments about the Internal Revenue Service’s harsh tactics in the way it chooses who to penalize. To read the article in full, please click here.

Chicago Partner Thomas White was quoted in the July 6 Daily Finance article, “Are Annuities Right for Your Retirement?”. In the article he discussed 401(k) plan loans in correlation to annuities. To read the article in full, please click here.

Chicago Partner Robert E. McKenzie posted his most recent blog item July 15 on Forbes.com‘s “IRS Watch” Blog. In the post, entitled “100,000 Preparers Who Failed to Follow New Registration Rules Are a Danger to Public,” he discusses the Internal Revenue Service’s oversight program of the nation’s tax return preparation industry. Approximately 100,000 tax return [...]

Chicago Partner John Ropiequet and Chicago Associate Ray Krauze recently published a supplement to the chapter entitled “Environmental Litigation: From Pollution to Takings, the Endangered Species Act, and Environmental Justice” in the IICLE Practice Handbook on Environmental Law in Illinois Corporate and Real Estate Transactions.  Chicago Partner William J. Anaya is the general editor of [...]

Midwest Real Estate News recently published it’s Best of the Best List in Midwest Real Estate, ranking the best law firms, owners, financial intermediaries, brokers, construction companies and property management companies. In addition to Illinois, the list encompasses the Midwest states of North and South Dakota, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, [...]

The Intellectual Property Strategist published an article written by Chicago Partner Judith L. Grubner in its July 2011 issue.  Judy’s article is on the effect of the Cuban embargo on registration of the HAVANA CLUB trademark in the U.S. The Intellectual Property Strategist is a Law Journal Newsletter published by ALM Publications.  To view article, click [...]

The annual release of Illinois Super Lawyers included many Arnstein & Lehr attorneys. The list of attorneys honored for 2011 included 20 partners from Arnstein & Lehr’s Chicago office. They are: Bruce Balonick, Roy Bernstein, Barry Chatz, Thomas Conley, Mark Enright, Allan Goldberg, Joel Hurwitz, Norman Jeddeloh, Barry Katz, Arthur Klein, Samuel Levine, Robert E. [...]

Congratulations to those individuals named by Florida Super Lawyers from Arnstein & Lehr’s Florida offices who made their list for 2011. They include Robin Trupp from our Tampa office, Doug Kniskern and Franklin Zemel from our Fort Lauderdale office, and Marty Kalish and Jeff Shapiro from our Miami office. Florida Super Lawyers is a listing [...]

A meeting of the Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee (EJCDC) construction subcommittee was held in our Chicago office on June 25 and hosted by Chicago Partner Justin Weisberg.  The EJCDC is a joint venture of four major organizations of professional engineers and contractors. Since 1975, EJCDC has developed and updated fair and objective standard documents that [...]

For most taxpayers, whether businesses or individuals, the chances of an IRS examination are about 1%. For a taxpayer earning more than $1 million per year, the odds exceed 8%. The odds of examination can increase dramatically because of the information reported on or omitted from returns.  Chicago Partner Robert E. McKenzie’s and Associate Robert A. McKenzie’s article [...]

Chicago Partner Barry Katz recently closed the refinance of an 11 property portfolio worth more than $10 million with a major Chicago bank. The refinance was the culmination of more than two years of work in which Barry first negotiated the forbearance by the bank of foreclosure on the properties and second negotiated a refinance of the loans so [...]

Chicago Partner James B. Durkin was sworn in on June 16 at the 138th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Bar Association to its board of managers. The board of managers sets policy for the 22,000 member association and exercises the authority conferred by law on an Illinois not-for-profit corporation. Founded in 1874, The Chicago Bar Association is [...]