Attorney with areas of concentration including civil trial and appellate litigation, environmental, real estate, land use and zoning as well as intellectual property (excluding patent work). Represents a blend of corporate, governmental and individual clients with needs on the judicial level (federal or state) and at the local, regional or state level in Metropolitan Chicago, west to Rockford, south to Peoria, Bloomington and Champaign and north to the Wisconsin state line.Mediation of land development and zoning disputes.Specialties: Annexation, environmental, subdivision, utility, and zoning re: commercial, office, industrial and residential projects valued between $1M and $900M. Eminent domain, real estate and zoning litigation. Commercial litigation.Trademark and copyright registration/prosecution. False advertising, deceptive practices, right of privacy and publicity litigation. Trademark and copyright infringement litigation.Civil rights litigation. Special counsel to municipalities in above areas.