Our latest featured speaker is Neil Narut from Proper Title!

Neil will be speaking for us at our upcoming An Introduction to Commercial Real Estate Transactions: The Big Four in Chicago on September 14th! This is Neil’s first year speaking with us, and we can’t wait for his presentation!

Since being admitted to practice law in Illinois in 1997, Neil F. Narut has provided over twenty years of quality representation in real estate and title insurance matters to Illinois and Wisconsin consumers, national lenders and national title insurance companies. In private practice, Neil represented clients in residential and commercial real estate transactions while also litigating real estate disputes and mechanic’s liens claims. In 2008, he joined a multi-state mortgage default firm as the Managing Attorney of its newly opened Chicago-Loop office and provided counsel in title curative and REO transactions for national lenders and servicers. Counsel in title matters eventually extended into Wisconsin, and in 2013, Neil was recruited away from private practice by the North Suburban Commercial Division of the Chicago Title Insurance Company as an Area Underwriter where he was soon thereafter selected to the Fidelity National Financial Underwriting Leadership Program in Jacksonville, FL. In 2018, Neil returned to the Loop when he joined Proper Title as its Senior Underwriting Counsel. Neil frequently speaks at continuing legal education courses both nationally and throughout Chicagoland on a variety of real estate-related topics. A graduate of the John Marshall Law School and Loyola University of Chicago, Neil resides in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin with his family.

Our latest featured speaker is Henry Krasnow from Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP!

Henry will be speaking for us at our upcoming An Introduction to Commercial Real Estate Transactions: The Big Four in Chicago on September 14. This is Henry’s first year speaking with us, and we can’t wait for his presentation!

For over 50 years Henry C. Krasnow has worked with entrepreneurial family and privately-held businesses to develop strategies to solve their business/legal problems by focusing on the risks, costs and impact on profitability of the available alternatives.

Henry’s broad range of experience includes representations involving minority shareholder rights, governance structures, succession planning and shareowner disputes, real estate development, leasing, sales and acquisitions, sales and purchases of businesses, banking transactions, employment disputes and discrimination claims, intellectual property (copyright, trademark, trade secret, and unfair competition), civil trial and appellate litigation, arbitration and mediation of business disputes, and debt restructuring.

Our latest featured speaker is Jason Doran from Momkus McCluskey LLC!

Jason will be speaking for us at our upcoming An Introduction to Commercial Real Estate Transactions: The Big Four in Chicago on September 14. This is Jason’s first year speaking with us, and we can’t wait for his presentation!

Our latest featured speaker is Kathryn Arnold from Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP!

Kathryn Arnold will be speaking for us at our upcoming An Introduction to Commercial Real Estate Transactions: The Big Four seminar. This is Kathryn’s first year speaking with us, and we can’t wait for her presentation!

Kathryn is chair of the firm’s Real Estate practice which encompasses more than 65 attorneys across all of Taft’s offices and was twice named the “Best of the Best” by Midwest Real Estate News Magazine and is also ranked National Tier 1 in Real Estate Law by U.S. News/Best Lawyers.

Our latest featured speaker is Michael B. King from Carney Badley Spellman, P.S.!

Michael will be speaking for us at our upcoming 3rd Annual Advanced Appellate Conference in Seattle on September 28th! Michael has previously spoken for us at our 2nd Annual Advanced Appellate Conference, Advanced Appellate Conference, and our Advanced Appellate Roundtable. Attendees have said his presentations were excellent, thought-provoking, and informative. Welcome back, Michael!

Michael B. King, a principal, came to the firm in 2008 with Greg Miller to join Jim Lobsenz and Jason Anderson in forming the firm’s uniquely experienced appellate group. Mr. King has focused exclusively on appellate litigation for over twenty years, and his practice is national in scope. He has represented clients before the Alaska, California, Illinois, Mississippi, Tennessee and Washington Supreme Courts, the Second, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court, as well as all divisions of the Washington Court of Appeals and has presented over 140 arguments to full merits panels. He is a former partner in the firm of Lane Powell, where for ten years he co-chaired the firm’s appellate practice group.

Mr. King is a fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. He has been named by Washington Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in the state in the area of appellate law for every year since 2001. He has been selected by Best Lawyers in America as one of the best appellate lawyers in Washington State every year since the inaugural listing in 2007. He has held an “AV” Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell since 1998. This rating is given to attorneys who demonstrate the highest ethical standards and professional ability.

Our latest featured speaker is Jay-Allen Eisen from Downey Brand LLP!

Jay will be speaking for us at our upcoming webinar on Preserving Trial Errors for Appeal – he taught this course a few years ago and the attendees raved about it when he spoke with us. Welcome back, Jay!

Jay-Allen Eisen is regarded as one of California’s top appellate attorneys. He has been counsel in more than 300 appeals and appellate writs, over 120 of which have resulted in published, precedent decisions.

Jay-Allen was one of the first Appellate Law Specialists certified by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization. He has prosecuted and defended civil appeals, writs, and motions in a wide range of civic appeals including business litigation, professional licensing, probate, environmental law, constitutional law, administrative law, real property, and family law.

Jay-Allen Eisen is a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and a Past President of the California Academy of Appellate Attorneys. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America©, U.S. News Best Lawyers® and Northern California Super Lawyers every year since each publication began listing appellate attorneys. He has the highest rating, AV® Preeminent™, from Martindale-Hubbell. In 2010 he was awarded the Jim Pfeiffer Award for outstanding service to the legal profession from the Conference of California Bar Associations.

Our latest featured speaker is Kathy Kwak from Proper Title!

We are pleased to have Kathy speak for us for the first time at our Introduction to Commercial Real Estate Transactions: The Big Four seminar in Chicago on September 14, 2018! We are excited to have her speak, and we know our attendees will benefit from the knowledge she’ll share!

Ms. Kwak began her legal career as an associate in private practice handling all residential real estate transactions, and was an attorney agent with several title companies throughout Chicago.  Prior to entering the title industry, she served as Associate General Counsel and Senior Real Estate Advisor for the Chicago Board of Education where she negotiated contracts with various vendors, consultants, organizations and companies on behalf of the Board, and managed all of the rentals for over 600 properties and helped generate approximately million in additional income for CPS.

Ms. Kwak then entered the title industry at one of the largest nationally recognized title companies as an Associate National Underwriting Counsel. She has contributed to the closing of numerous multisite portfolios, including an billion industrial transaction, and has independently underwritten small and large commercial single-site transactions ranging from six-figure farmland dispositions to complex multi-million dollar sale, purchase and refinance portfolios.

Ms. Kwak then continued her legal career to the agency side, and focused on the management of the underwriting and closing of all complex commercial real estate transactions handled by the National Commercial Services division. She worked with top law firms, corporations, REITs, lenders and developers throughout the United States in closing the transactions from start to finish.

Ms. Kwak currently manages and oversees the title department, including the tracking, monitoring and the development of production to evaluate current and future business needs.  She provides training for her team to ensure responsive turnaround times and the highest quality in work product.  She is an underwriting support and counsel to personnel and customers related to searches, commitments, title clearance, pro formas and policies.  She is also part of the business development team for all residential, commercial and new construction transactions.

She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois Land Title Association, and also the Valparaiso University School of Law’s Chicago Regional Alumni Council.

Ms. Kwak received her J.D. from Valparaiso University School of Law and her B.S. in Secondary Education with a concentration in English from Indiana University in Bloomington.

Our latest featured speaker is George Pincus from Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.!

George will be speaking at our upcoming seminar, An Introduction to Commercial Real Estate Transactions: The Big Four in Fort Lauderdale on September 28th! We are excited to have him join us, and we know our attendees will appreciate the information he’ll provide during the seminar. (George is not related to our CEO, Faith Pincus, in case anyone was wondering!)

George A. Pincus is a Shareholder in the Real Estate Department and serves as a member of the Firm’s Board of Directors. As a transactional real estate lawyer, his practice focuses on office, industrial, retail and build-to-suit leasing representing both landlords and tenants, purchase and sale transactions for both buyers and sellers of office, industrial, retail, multifamily and vacant/developable land projects, real estate finance transactions with an emphasis on representing borrowers and developers in construction loans, term loans and refinancings with banks and life lenders, CMBS loans from securitized lenders, and multifamily loans from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, real estate private equity transactions, real estate development matters, and distressed debt transactions involving the purchase of defaulted mortgage loans from lenders and special servicers.

George has been actively involved in NAIOP, Commercial Real Estate Development Association for many years and has served in a variety of leadership positions in NAIOP’s local, state and national organizations. He has published articles on commercial leasing topics and teaches continuing education classes and webinars sponsored by the Florida Bar, NAIOP, and other real estate professional organizations on commercial leasing, real estate transactions, finance and development.

With depth of experience in representing landlords, tenants, buyers, sellers, developers, borrowers, funds and investors in real estate and real estate related private equity transactions, George is a solution-driven attorney who recognizes the importance of closing deals for his clients.

Our latest featured speaker is William McGuinn from Sugar Felsenthal Grais & Helsinger LLP!

Bill will be speaking at our upcoming seminar, An Introduction to Commercial Real Estate Transactions: The Big Four in Chicago on September 14th! We are excited to have him join us, and we know our attendees will benefit from the knowledge he’ll share during his presentation.

Bill concentrates his practice in commercial real estate, subsidized residential housing and strategic planning for entrepreneurs. He represents real estate developers, commercial landlords, tenants and various closely-held businesses in complex transactions, locally and throughout the country.