Partner in Chicago law firm of Schofield & Varde, LLP. Continuously engaged the practice of law in Chicago, Illinois since 1973. Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1973Admitted to practice before the Illinois Supreme Court, 1973Law practice concentrates in real estate, corporations, probate and estate planning, general business and property law, including trial work, appellate work and transactional mattersMember of Illinois State Bar Association and Chicago Bar Association; member of various committeesAdmitted to practice in Federal District Court and United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and admitted to the Federal Trial Bar for the Northern District of IllinoisRated “AV” – the highest rating – by Martindale-Hubbell, a nationally recognized peer review rating service of lawyers and requires recommendations of lawyers and judges.Specialties: Organization, sale and purchase of businesses; corporate counsel; commercial, industrial, office and shopping center real estate; zoning; mechanic’s lien litigation; estates and trusts and related litigation; banking and bank related litigation and transactions; real property and business litigation; 20 complete trials to verdict. Reported Cases: Cartwright v. Moore, 913 Ill. App. 3d 1163; Estate of LaCasse, 638 N.E.2d 1163; Peregrine Financials, Inc. v. Hakakha 788 N.E. 2d 263.