Biography of Richard F. Friedman - Chicago Appellate Lawyers, illinois real estate attorneys, appellate law chicago, richard friedman

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Richard F. Friedman

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Practice Areas

	•	Appellate Practice
	•	Eminent Domain/Condemnation
	•	Governmental/Municipal Affairs
	•	Historic Preservation
	•	Litigation
	•	M/WBE Certification and Consultation
	•	Public Finance
	•	Real Estate

Representative Matters

	•	Assembled land and tried condemnation cases for projects such as City of Chicago’s North and South Loop projects, McCormick Place expansion, White Sox Park and projects for cities such as Park Ridge and Oak Park
	•	Tried cases testing TIF districts and financing
	•	Counsel and trial attorney in complex real estate litigation and transactions
	•	Counsel in airport, TIF and other major municipal financing
	•	Author of articles on eminent domain
	•	Lead counsel in more than 100 appeals in federal and state courts
	•	Thirty years experience in municipal law

Professional Activities

	•	Director of the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois
	•	Illinois State Bar Association
	•	American Bar Association
	•	Chicago Bar Association
	•	Appellate Lawyers Association
	•	Decalogue Society of Lawyers
	•	Past Adjunct Professor, Land use University of Chicago Law School
	•	Adjunct Professor, Historic Preservation Law, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Education

	•	University of Chicago Law School, J.D.
	•	University of Illinois at Urbana, B.S.

Bar Admissions

	•	Supreme Court of Illinois
	•	United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Member of Trial Bar
	•	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
	•	United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin