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Attorneys
in our firm have tried condemnation cases since the firm’s
founding. A large part of our practice is devoted to
representing municipalities, special districts and state
entities in acquiring land for public projects. We were the
principal firm assembling land for the McCormick Place
Exposition Center, the United Center, White Sox Park, Midway
Airport, O’Hare Airport, and countless schools, police
stations, fire stations, libraries and commercial development
projects.
We have
handled complex legal issues, including issues involving the
acquisition of railroad rights-of-way, intangible property such
as the routes of a private bus line, and landmark properties. We
have been a leader in the law of property valuation, and land
use and public use law, handling these issues in the state and
federal trial courts and state and federal appeals courts.
A portion
of our condemnation and eminent domain practice is devoted to
representing property owners and other private parties. In this
capacity, we have won large jury verdicts for our clients.
Our
attorneys have been recognized for their frequent teaching,
writing and lecturing on various condemnation topics to the Bar
and to non-lawyers.
Our
condemnation projects have ranged in size from individual
buildings to the assembly of 25 parcels for a school, 200
parcels for a sport stadium or 500 parcels for an airport. The
projects range in size from a single parcel to property more
than 20 miles in length, for right-of-way acquisitions. Our firm
represented McCormick Place in the state’s largest
condemnation (in dollar amount) of a single building, the
McCormick Inn at McCormick Place.
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