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Our Attorneys
ExperienceMitchell has represented business entities, municipalities and individuals in commercial, business and employment related litigation in state and federal courts around the country. Mitchell is also highly skilled in dealing with the unique legal issues and business opportunities which are often presented to minority owned businesses. In addition to his jury and bench trial experience, Mitchell has represented clients in arbitrations, mediations and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Mitchell possesses extensive and diverse experience in the employment law area. In addition to prosecuting and defending employment discrimination claims in United States District Courts, the EEOC, the Illinois Department of Human Rights and the Cook County Commission on Human Rights, Mitchell also provides general counseling to his clients regarding employee handbooks, policies and procedures and non-compete and non-solicitation restrictive covenants. Representative Engagements
EducationJohn Marshall Law School, J.D., cum laude and Order of John Marshall 1995Northern Illinois University, B.S. Courts and Bar AdmissionsCourtsIllinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Bar Illinois PersonalMitchell is a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association and Chicago Bar Association. Mitchell also serves as a designate board member of a local not-for-profit agency that runs educational and recreational programs for children throughout the Chicagoland area.
ExperienceTodd specializes in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate transactions, leasing, secured lending and business transactions along with the formation and organization of business entities. Todd has spent the majority of his legal career counseling clients regarding real estate and business matters. Todd has provided counsel regarding the utilization of limited liability companies and other entities relating to the ownership and management of real estate and businesses, with an emphasis on asset preservation and liability protection. Todd also has extensive experience advising clients on issues related to the leasing and financing of real estate. Todd represents buyers and sellers in commercial real estate transactions, as well as landlords and tenants in leasing negotiations. Todd has facilitated multi-million dollar transactions, conducted like-kind exchanges (also known as IRS Code 1031 exchanges), and has closed on complex loan facilities on behalf of lenders and borrowers. Representative Engagements
EducationDePaul University College of Law, J.D. 1998Bradley University of Illinois, B.A. Courts and Bar AdmissionsCourtIllinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Bar Illinois PersonalTodd is an author in the DePaul University College of Law's Journal of Art and Entertainment. Todd lectures on real estate negotiations at the Northwestern College of Law, and is an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
ExperienceFor almost 20 years, Jeff has represented clients in a broad range of commercial real estate matters in the Chicago metropolitan area and throughout the country. His experience includes the acquisition and disposition of retail, office, hotel and industrial properties and portfolios, the development of commercial and industrial properties, and the development of residential townhome and condominium communities. Jeff has also represented both lenders and borrowers in real estate financing matters, including construction lending, loan workouts/restructurings, deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure and securitized loans. He also has considerable experience in commercial leasing on behalf of both landlords and tenants, management agreements, construction and architectural contracts. Prior to practicing law, Jeff practiced as a Certified Public Accountant with an emphasis in federal and state taxation. Representative Engagements
EducationNorthwestern University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1989University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, B.S., High Honors, 1985. Courts and Bar AdmissionsCourtIllinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Bar Illinois PersonalJeff received his undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and received his J.D. from Northwestern University. Outside of the office, Jeff is involved in activities at his synagogue and enjoys a regular game night with the guys. Jeff and his wife have two daughters and an obnoxious dog.
ExperienceFor more than 30 years, Joe has served as legal counsel to domestic and international clients in the areas of corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, as well as dispute risk analysis and resolution. He has extensive experience in the negotiation and documentation of domestic and international transactions including financing, acquisition, divestiture and mergers. Joe also has extensive experience in representing family owned and closely held businesses. He also provides advice and counsel in ownership and management succession planning and wealth management strategies for businesses and their owners. Representative Engagements
EducationDePaul University, J.D. 1969Roosevelt University, B.S. Courts and Bar AdmissionsCourtIllinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois U.S. Tax Court Bar Illinois Florida PersonalA life-long Chicagoan, Joe graduated law school and established a respected law firm dedicated to representing clients, not hourly matters, and became a member of the Family Firm Institute (FFI). He continues to participate in an FFI peer study group of other professionals serving family businesses and has been invited to speak and write on the subject, including writing an award-winning article. To give back to the community, Joe volunteers for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He serves as a Board Member and Chairman of the Board. Spending time with his family and traveling as time allows takes up his leisure time when he's not golfing.
ExperienceKristen joined Levin Ginsburg in 2009 after clerking for the firm during her final year of law school. She received her J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law, cum laude and her B.A. in Political Science and Legal Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While in law school Kristen was a member and Editor of Articles, Notes and Comments of the DePaul Law Review. EducationDePaul University College of Law, cum laude, 2009University of Wisconsin, B.A., 2006 Courts and Bar AdmissionsCourtU.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Illinois Bar Illinois PersonalKristen is a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, and Chicago Bar Association. She also volunteers at PAWS Chicago and enjoys traveling, cooking, snow skiing, and Badger sports.
ExperienceFor more than 35 years, Bob has worked with his clients and negotiated and documented both U.S. and international transactions. His work includes the structuring and financing of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, equity and financing transactions, negotiating shareholder and partner investments and buyouts, and other business agreements, risk analysis and development and implementation of successful legal and wealth management strategies for businesses and their owners. Representative Engagements
EducationDePaul University, J.D. 1966University of Illinois Courts and Bar AdmissionsCourtU.S. Supreme Court U.S. Tax Court U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Bar Illinois PersonalBob likes to travel to the far corners of the world and spend time with his family. He also likes playing golf, but golf does not like him.
ExperienceMorris' practice concentrates in the corporate and tax areas, and real estate transactions, including estate planning, deferred compensation, qualified and non-qualified plans. He also deals extensively in business succession and in the negotiation and preparation of commercial real estate and equipment leases, and other business agreements. Representative Engagements
EducationDePaul University, L.L.M. 1985The John Marshall Law School, J.D. 1979 University of Virginia, B.A. Courts and Bar AdmissionsCourtIllinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit U.S. Tax Court Bar Illinois PersonalMorris is a member of the Chicago Estate Planning Counsel and the Trust Law Committee of the Chicago Bar Association. He has spoken to various professional and community groups about estate planning, trusts, estates, business succession planning and deferred compensation.
ExperienceCynthia is an accomplished IP attorney with over 25 years of experience in all aspects of trademark, domain name, licensing, copyright, and unfair competition law, including counseling clients on branding strategies, selection, clearance and prosecution of trademark applications, management of global trademark portfolios, issues relating to mergers and acquisitions and domestic and international policing and enforcement issues. Cynthia has worked with clients in a broad cross section of industries including pharmaceuticals, luxury goods, retail stores, food and beverages, automotive goods and services, medical and dental devices, and financial goods and services. Representative Engagements
EducationChicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, J.D. 1981Indiana University, B.S. 1978 Courts and Bar AdmissionsCourtU.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Bar Illinois PersonalCynthia has served on the Advisory Panel for ATHENA Power Link, an advisory panel for women owned businesses, providing advice on intellectual property issues including trademark matters. She has been a presenter at the Women President's Organization Conference speaking on the topic of capitalization of intellectual property assets. Cynthia also does volunteer work with the Community Consolidated School District 181 in Chicago.
ExperienceDean's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation matters. In particular, Dean has extensive experience in handling construction related disputes, including mechanics lien foreclosure actions, surety and fidelity bond claims and commercial and individual lending disputes. Other experience includes litigation of consumer fraud, deceptive trade practices, employee dishonesty, professional liability and related tort and commercial matters, as well as the representation of various municipalities in the Chicagoland area. EducationThe John Marshall Law School, J.D. 1998Michigan State University, B.A. 1995 Courts and Bar AdmissionsCourtIllinois U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Bar Illinois District of Columbia PersonalDean is committed to the legal profession and its continuing legal education programs. He has spoken at numerous legal seminars, including recent presentations for Lorman Education Services, the National Bond Claims Association, the Defense Research Institute and the Chicago Surety Claims Association. Dean further promotes the legal profession and gives back to the community by serving as a mentor to local law students and participating as a judge in the Annual Chicago Public Schools' Intra-City Mock Trial Competition. In his spare time, Dean enjoys international travel and photography. He is a professional photographer, with customers that span five continents.
ExperienceJonathan joined Levin Ginsburg upon graduation from law school in 1996. As a partner at Levin Ginsburg, his practice focuses primarily on litigation and dispute resolution. Jonathan has extensive complex litigation and trial experience, and represents large multi-national and public companies as well as smaller businesses and individuals. He serves as the Firm's hiring partner. Representative Engagements
EducationUniversity of Illinois College of Law, J.D. cum laude 1996Cornell University, B.A. Courts and Bar AdmissionsCourtIllinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Bar Illinois PersonalJonathan enjoys world travel and spending time with his wife, Lisa, and son, Samuel. Jonathan attended Cornell University and received his J.D from the University of Illinois, College of Law, cum laude. He has devoted time to the Cornell University Tower Club as a fund raising volunteer. He is the current chair of the Chicago Bar Association Committee on Civil Practice and Procedure.
ExperienceMichael Weissman's practice is devoted to financial and business transactions including the structuring of a wide variety of financing transactions. He has also actively prosecuted civil and bankruptcy matters on behalf of financial institutions and defended lender liability lawsuits. He has a wealth of experience in the legal and business aspects of secured and unsecured lending for all types of credit facilities. During his career, he has represented most of the major banks and commercial lenders in the Chicago area. Mike applies his significant experience so that deals are closed at reasonable costs and value is added for his clients and their businesses and transactions. He formerly served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Bridgeview Bank Group. Mike has frequently published articles in journals devoted to banking and commercial finance. Among the most recent are: "A Creditor's Guide to Article 9 Compliance" in the April 2007 Illinois Bar Journal, "Current Issues for Secured Lenders" in the March 2007 Banking Law Journal, "The Liability of a Bank for the Misconduct of its Officer" in the 2007 Supplement to the Lexis Nexis treatise on Commercial Damages, "Zoning In and Out of the Zone of Insolvency" in 2010 Supplement to the Lexis Nexis treatise on Commercial Damages and "Commercial Lending Developments in the US" in the March 2008 edition of Financier Worldwide magazine. Mike is the author of the book Lender Liability: How to Protect Yourself Against Unwarranted Lawsuits, published by Executive Enterprise Publications Co., Inc. in 1988, and is a contributor to The Banker's Guide to Multi-Bank Credits and Loan Participations, published by Executive Enterprise Publications Co., Inc. in 1989. He is also the author of the chapter, "Commercial Loan Restructuring Agreements", which appears in IICLE's book on Illinois Business Documents 1993, the author of the chapter, "The Secured Loan Agreement and the Guaranty", which appears in IICLE's book on Illinois Business Documents 1994, the chapter, "Documenting Commercial Loans" in IICLE's book on Illinois Business Documents 1995 and the chapter, "Guaranties" in IICLE's 2001 book on Secured Transactions and the 2009 Supplement. He is currently a member of the board of editors of Matthew Bender's treatise on Commercial Damages, having written Chapters 7 and 8. Mike currently authors a column titled "Tales of Whoa!" for The RMA Journal and writes "Flashpoints", a monthly internet column on recent developments of interest to financial services attorneys for the Illinois Institute on Continuing Legal Education with a circulation of 1,250 subscribers. Mike presents seminars called "Documenting Commercial Loans: Doing It Right!" in the Master Teachers series of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. In addition, he frequently conducts in-house training programs for major financial institutions throughout the country and has served as an adjunct professor at The John Marshall Law School teaching Secured Transactions. He also teaches commercial loan documentation and mortgage lending seminars in the Mentor program of the Risk Management Association. He created a course on Commercial and Industrial Loan Documentation for the Risk Management Association. He has also served as a consultant to UCC Plus Division of Fidelity Financial. Mike is a member of the Committee on Commercial Financial Service of the ABA's Section on Business Law; a former director of the Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys; a former vice chairman of the Bank Counsel Committee of the Illinois Bankers Association; a director, member of the Executive Committee and past chairman of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; and former chairman of the Banking Group at the Union League Club of Chicago. Representative Engagements
EducationMike received his Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Northwestern University, received his M.B.A. from the Wharton Graduate Division of the University of Pennsylvania, was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Sydney Faculty of Law, Sydney, Australia, and earned his J.D. from the Harvard Law School. He has received Fulbright Senior Specialist Awards to lecture at the School of Business Administration Turiba in Riga, Latvia and at the National University in Vientiane, Laos. He has also taught students in Capetown, South Africa under the auspices of the International Senior Lawyers BLA Project of the American Bar Association. Courts and Bar AdmissionsCourtIllinois Supreme Court U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit United States Supreme Court Bar Illinois PersonalA Chicago native, Mike has served the legal profession with a thirteen-year tenure on the Board of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, and by teaching law students and other lawyers and writing articles for local, national and international publications. 
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