Municipal Law
Neal & Leroy, LLC is proud of its longstanding, extensive, and distinguished history of advising and representing municipalities, municipal authorities, educational institutions, public agencies and other public trusts. We have provided legal services on behalf of the Public Building Commission of Chicago for over 25 years in the course of the firm's role as general counsel for the Commission.
We represent public officials in Cook County and municipalities including Chicago, Burr Ridge, Berwyn, Evanston, Des Plaines, Countryside, Riverdale, Hodgkins, Mount Prospect, Oak Park, and Glenview. We have provided services as outside counsel to myriad public bodies, among them the City of Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, the Illinois Medical Commission, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Public Building Commission, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, and the Illinois International Port District.
We advise public officials on municipal authority and legislation, home rule law and obligations and restrictions on land acquisitions, charters and amendments, intergovernmental agreements, and zoning and land developments.
We also provide counsel and advice on issues relating to municipal activities under the Illinois Constitution and other Illinois statutes and regulations regarding municipal authority. Neal & Leroy, LLC advises and represents public officials in the face of challenges to public purpose and public use requirements.
We regularly represent municipalities in tax increment financing, redevelopment agreements, land acquisition, planned development ordinances, zoning compliance, and business retention agreements.
We have over 30 years of experience in providing legal services in the areas of contracts and procurement law on behalf of various public clients. Municipal, state, and federal agencies have retained our firm as counsel for a wide range of services that have included consulting on requests for proposals and bids; preparing and negotiating contracts and other procurement documents; advising on bid analysis and award; construction issues including delay claims, change orders, errors, and omissions; mechanic's lien proceedings; and construction litigation.
We have represented municipalities in a wide variety of land use and zoning matters. For example, we have successfully represented a village in a suit by a landowner seeking a building permit for a retail establishment and seeking to overturn a village's zoning designation limiting commercial development on the site.
We have experience in land acquisition and real estate matters for municipal clients. In addition to other projects, our experience includes land acquisitions for the recent O'Hare Modernization Program, the CTA Brown Line Renovation, and the McCormick Place West Expansion. We believe that no other law firm in the state of Illinois has more municipal land acquisition experience than Neal & Leroy, LLC.
Key Representative Matters
- Represent clients in contested state and local sales tax audits throughout the United States.
- Performed general corporate services for municipal client including minutes and resolutions, ordinances, intergovernmental relations, legislation and affirmative action program.
- Advise client concerning procurement and contract administration, preparation of solicitation and contract documents for professional services and construction work, bid analysis and resolution of claims and disputes.
- Negotiated dispute resolutions in major government contracts.