Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Samuel H. Levine was featured in the May 1 issue of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin regarding his appointment to Secretary of the Illinois State Bar Association Commercial Banking, Collections & Bankruptcy Law Section Council for the 2012-2013 year. Mr. Levine was also named in the most recent issue of [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Miami Partner Phillip M. Hudson III has been named vice chairman of HistoryMiami Board of Trustees. HistoryMiami is the premier cultural institution celebrating Miami’s history. It accomplishes this through exhibitions, city tours, education, research, collections and publications. In his role as vice chairman, Mr. Hudson, who has been a member of its [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Miami Partner Phillip M. Hudson was quoted in a March 29 article in the South Florida Business Journal. The article titled “Auction proposed for 120-acre Town Center at Doral” discusses a proposed auction to resolve the bankruptcy case over the 120-acre Town Center at Doral project. Mr. Hudson, who represents the community [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Samuel H. Levine will appear on Chicago Access Network Television, Channel 21 in Chicago at 10 p.m. CST on Tuesday, March 6 and 20 as part of a program series discussing legal issues with foreclosures. The half-hour programs, titled “Dealing with Foreclosures,” are presented by “Illinois Law,” a cable production [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner Justin L. Weisberg will be speaking at the Building Information Modeling Education Program on April 20 as part of the Builders Education & Training Foundation’s course series. Mr. Weisberg’s talk, titled “Contract Negotiation and Risk Allocation,” will be given from 7:30am – 5:00pm at the Carpenters Training Center in Elk [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Miami Partner Phillip M. Hudson, III provided comments in a February 2 article in South Florida’s Daily Business Review on the Town Center of Doral LLC which is facing a motion to dismiss or convert its Chapter 11 case into a Chapter 7 in order to sell 120 acres in Doral. The [...]

Arnstein & Lehr Chicago Partner David Sugar was quoted in a January 4 article in the Chicago Tribune. The article titled “Top issues that associations will face in the coming year” sought industry professionals to provide predictions of possible challenges associations can expect in 2012. David commented on the issue of pets in residential buildings [...]

An article entitled, “Midwest word from the street: times still are disconcerting” written by Chicago Partners Barry Chatz and George Apostolides was featured in Financier Worldwide’s Global Reference Guide: Americas Restructuring 2011. Financier Worldwide’s Global Reference Guides deliver valuable insight and extensive professional coverage of issues and development driving the international business community. Barry and [...]

Chicago Partner Samuel Levine attended the Illinois State Bar Association Annual Meeting last week. While in attendance he participated in the organizational meeting of the ISBA Commercial Banking and Bankruptcy Section Council as a member of the council and chair of its banking subcommittee. He also attended the organizational meeting of the ISBA Real Estate [...]

Chicago Partner Samuel Levine participated in a web presentation on foreclosure defense for the Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association and our client, Attorneys Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. The topics discussed at the webinar included what lenders can do to prevent foreclosure defenses and protection of mechanics lien claimants, junior lienors and community associations in foreclosure.

Chicago Partners Samuel Levine and Justin Weisberg are scheduled to speak at the Friday, April 8, Illinois State Bar Association’s (ISBA) Mechanics Liens and Construction Claims program at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb.  Mr. Weisberg will speak on “Perfecting Mechanics Liens and Bond Claims on Public Projects” while Mr. Levine will co-present the topic “Bankruptcy, [...]

Chicago Partner Samuel Levine spoke for Lohrman Education Services on Thursday February 10 at the program titled “Title Examination in Illinois” Mr. Levine  spoke on “Title Coverage, Litigation and Mechanics Liens”. The audience consisted of developers, contractors, loan servicers and attorneys.

On February 1 Chicago Partner David Sugar will present the seminar “Protecting Yourself and Your Association” at Building Group’s new First Tuesdays program. Mr. Sugar’s topics include: board disputes; homeowner disputes; protecting the board and association from litigation; how to respond when the board or association is sued; delinquency payment issues and foreclosures. The Building [...]

Chicago partners Samuel Levine and Justin Weisberg will be participating in the ISBA’s seminar “Mechanics Liens and Construction Claims,” on November 18 in Carbondale, Illinois. Mr. Levine is a program coordinator for the seminar and Mr. Weisberg will be speaking on “Perfecting Mechanics Liens and Bonds Claims on Public Projects.” Click here for registration information.

Chicago Partner Samuel Levine published an article in the August issue of the American Bar Association Real Property Report. The article is entitled “Who’s on first; The mortgage servicer’s standing to bring suit.” Click here to read the full article.

The articles in Arnstein & Lehr’s Commercial Solutions Newsletter were authored by Attorneys Samuel Levine, Allan Goldberg, Robert E. McKenzie and Joel Hurwitz. Click here to visit the Commercial Solutions home page. The Use of Receiverships for Managing Troubled Assets | FHA Condominium Guidelines | Bankruptcy Taxation | Downsizing and Rent Abatement: The Landlord and [...]

By Joel M. Hurwitz It is the call that Commercial Landlords dread. But, it is the call received frequently in the current economy. A Tenant is downsizing, experiencing cash flow problems or both. The Tenant needs a reduction in space or a current or permanent rent reduction in order to stay afloat. Each Tenant in [...]

By Konstantinos Armiros A.    Introduction. With the deteriorating economy over the last few years, particularly in the real estate sector, workout activity has increased markedly.  Indeed, as loan originations diminish, bank loan officers are reinventing themselves as workout specialists.  The term “workout” refers to a renegotiation of a credit relationship under distressed circumstances.  A real [...]

Arnstein & Lehr LLP is pleased to announce the launch of our area of law-specific alerts.  Every week, on Thursday, our system will search for recent news of legal significance authored by our attorneys within areas of law our lawyers practice.  These alerts will allow email subscribers to automatically receive breaking legal news items of interest in a timely fashion.   In addition to email [...]

Chicago Partner Allan Goldberg moderated an IICLE all day program titled Condominium Projects in Crisis, “Where To Go From Here.” The program was held Wednesday, November 4, at the Gleacher Center, University of Chicago. The timely and provocative sessions centered around busted condominium projects from the perspectives of the developer, the lender, the condominium association, and [...]