Practice Areas

The discussion below focuses on a condominium association where the owners are at odds with each other, but also where no one monitored the fact that the condominium declaration violated updated provisions of the Condominium Property Act. The unit owners are left at the end of the case with an entirely unmanageable piece of property.

In Majerle v. Winona, 1302 LLC, 2024 IL App (1st) 231339-U, when a condominium board of directors sued a developer and others for construction defects on a newly constructed six-unit condominium building and a unit owner then brought his own action against the same defendants, the appellate court affirmed dismissal of the unit owner’s later-filed lawsuit.

In this article Ken discusses a recent Illinois Appellate Court decision to reverse the entry of summary judgment for a condominium association’s section 15 sale of units.

The Third District of the Illinois Appellate Court recently affirmed entry of summary judgment in favor of a condominium association and against a unit owner who, acting without board approval, broke through the ceiling of her unit and raised the ceiling a little over two feet. Claymoor Condominium Ass’n v. Majewska, 2024 IL App (3d) 230171-U.

In this article Ken discusses how bankruptcy debtors could still retain possession of units after eviction orders entered in state court.

In this article Ken discusses the Illinois Appellate Court decision regarding the First District upholding a permanent injunction against unit owners who do not maintain architectural continuity.
 

In this article Ken discusses how the Illinois Supreme Court revivifies how courts look at insurance policy issues.

In this article Ken discusses how unit owners of a parking garage condominium have no action for trespass or eviction against an association which bars access for a year to make necessary repairs.

Developed a large tract of land in a Chicago suburb involving dozens of buildings, several condominium and homeowner associations, and sales to hundreds of purchasers, negotiating several municipal development agreements and the issuance of municipal general obligation bonds. 

Managed and conducted the sale of a famous Chicagoland hotel, the Purple Hotel, through a bankruptcy proceeding. 

Negotiated and conducted the acquisition of a chain of ice cream shops through a bankruptcy proceeding. 

Negotiated, documented, and supervised the installation of fire prevention equipment and sprinklers in a large downtown Chicago hotel while it was in a chapter 11 bankruptcy. 

Developed one of the first hotel-investment condominium projects in Illinois. 

Represented a Fortune-100 company in negotiating lease terms and conditions with the US Social Security Administration and then selling the property. 

Represented a not-for-profit corporation in purchasing from the US Navy a large tract of land at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. 

Second-chaired in federal court an international contract dispute regarding a leasehold dispute which resulted in a favorable post-trial settlement.

Prepared for and assisted several commercial leasehold disputes post-Covid over restaurants and commercial enterprises in the Chicagoland area.

Prepared for and assisted in negotiating the resolution on the eve of trial of a condominium breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit.

Served as Lead Counsel in Supreme Court of Albania in an international purchase of goods contract dispute and in a real estate title dispute.

Won summary judgment on behalf of a commercial landlord in a suit arising out of the tenant’s breach of a commercial lease during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Favorably resolved claims against a subcontractor client in commercial property damage lawsuit arising out of damages to the balconies in high-end area of Chicago, Illinois.