Represent clients in real estate transactions (residential, commercial, mixed use and multi-unit investment properties, real estate development) negotiation of commercial leases, condominium association matters, and estate planning (wills, trusts, disability/incapacity planning).

• Counseled small business owners and assisted them with corporate formation, trademark application preparation and prosecution, and business contract/lease drafting, review and negotiation.• Successfully closed residential and commercial real estate deals while working on all stages of the transaction process including contract drafting, review and negotiation, and title and survey review.• Litigated mortgage foreclosure (residential and commercial), and business contract disputes.• Represented clients at hearings and bench trials in hit-and-run accidents, landlord/tenant disputes, family law, administrative code violations, traffic court, and before the Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals.• Advised a restaurant business in the franchising of its business model and operations, including document drafting and the management of its intellectual property portfolio.