Represented lenders in connection with the following projects:

• financing the construction of a 30-story hotel in Chicago, Illinois
• financing of an apartment building in Jackson County, Illinois
• Mezzanine financing in connection with development of 168 unit condominium project in Cook County, Illinois.
• Mezzanine financing in connection with development of 300 lot residential and commercial project in Kane County, Illinois.

Tried what is believed to be the first asbestos case against a contractor tried to verdict in Illinois, Patrick A. Engle, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Billy J. Engle, Deceased, v. A.P. Green Industries, Inc., et al., Madison [County, Illinois] Circuit Court, Third Judicial Circuit, Cause No. 00L1120. Client Bechtel Corporation won a defense verdict.