Legal Expert Witnesses in Illinois

Chicago, Illinois

Real Estate, Legal - Legal Malpractice, Real Estate Legal Malpractice, Standard of Care

Robert Berliner has practiced law for over 50 years, with experience in nearly every area of the law, including litigation, but with particular emphasis on real estate transactions and mediation and arbitration of real estate and other commercial disputes. Among other things, he was retained as a "third party professional qualified in financial and economic analysis" and, as such, adjudicated a dispute between the Illinois State Lottery and its then outside management company. He was general counsel and shareholder of a national real estate investment and development company which developed and owned apartments, retail centers, hotels and office buildings throughout the United States. He has been a principal in many real estate and other business ventures and taught Real Estate Investment Analysis as an adjunct professor at the Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, as well as being a guest lecturer and teacher in courses involving real estate an...

Wilmette, Illinois

Legal, Real Estate - Land Use Litigation, Zoning Law, Land Use Planning, Real Estate Law, Boundary Disputes, Permitting (Variances CUPs), PUDs, Development Agreements, Annexation Agreements, Real Estate Development, Environmental Law, Administrative Law, State & Local Government Law, Takings, RLUIPA, HOAs, CC&Rs, Easements, Fair Housing, Wildfire

STEPHEN R. MILLER is a Professor of Law and Associate Dean for the Part-Time J.D. Program at Northern Illinois University College of Law in the Chicago suburb of DeKalb, Illinois. He previously taught for thirteen years (2011-2024) at the University of Idaho College of Law’s Boise campus where he also served as the law school’s Associate Dean for Faculty Development. Professor Miller is a nationally-recognized expert on land use planning law, state and local government law, and property law. His books include The Advanced Introduction to U.S. Land Use Law, Federal Land Use Law & Litigation, Discretionary Land Use Controls, and Land Use Planning and Development Regulation Law (co-authored). He also served as editor-in-chief and senior editor of the American Bar Association’s Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law, and presently serves on the Journal’s editorial board. In addition, he has published over sixty law review articles, professional articles, and editoria...

Chicago, Illinois

Legal - Legal Malpractice, Expert Witness, Legal Ethics, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Professional Responsibility, Conflicts of Interest, Reasonable Fees, Attorney Misconduct, ARDC, Lawyer Liability, Ethics Rules

Allison L. Wood has 20+ years of experience interpreting and working with the Professional Rules of Conduct that govern attorneys. Her qualifications include: · Representing attorneys accused of professional misconduct before the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission since 2011 · Former Litigation Counsel, Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission · Former Hearing Board Chair, Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission · Investigated over 200 ethics complaints against attorneys · Prosecuted nearly 50 cases against attorneys accused of professional misconduct · Frequent presenter on legal ethics and professional responsibility for MCLE programs · Former ABA Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee Member · Former Illinois Supreme Court Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility Member and former Chair · Former Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers Board member · Taught professional responsib...