I get to represent people in some interesting circumstances … interesting as in the famous Chinese curse, “may you live in interesting times.” For instance, I’m handling a case right now arising from a scheme that looks legitimate, even to me. As I read it, the idea is to help people who can’t pay their...Read More

Staff writer Stephanie Potter points out in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin (Vol. 153 Issue 91) that the First District Illinois Appellate Court in a recent decision held that once foreclosed property goes to a Sheriff’s Sale and changes hands the former owner(s) may no longer sell it, pay off the mortgage holder, and take...Read More

Appeal from 1st Dist. In re: Application of the County Collector, No. 97165 (April 19, 2007) On remand from US Supreme Court (THOMAS) (KILBRIDE, dissent), the Illinois Appellate court affirmed that a stutory deed issued for non-payment of taxes (“tax deed”) could not be set aside merely because the homeowner was in a mental health...Read More