With prior experience in large law firms and having served as legal counsel on thousands of complex real estate transactions, the Becker Gurian team offers a legal link to seasoned experience in commercial real estate.
- Martin I. BeckerPARTNER
Emphasis in real estate acquisitions, dispositions, development matters and complex leasing
ICSC law conferences seminar speaker, roundtable host
Licensed to practice law in Illinois and Colorado
Member: International Council of Shopping Centers
Founding member of the Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation for cancer research and real estate education
Former member Village of Deerfield Planning Commission
BBA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1968
JD, University of Colorado-Boulder, 1972
- Robert E. BlacherPARTNER
Emphasis in acquisition, development, sale, leasing, and financing of real estate, including office, industrial, retail, and multi-family
Prior experience as a partner in the real estate department of Chicago-based law firm Altheimer & Gray
Published in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Member of the Executive Board of the Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation
AB, University of Michigan, 1992
JD, Northwestern University School of Law, 1995
- Moshe I. Friedman
Emphasis in commercial acquisitions and dispositions, leasing and finance
Prior experience as an associate with the Law Offices of Elliot Rubin in New York City
Licensed to practice in Illinois, New York, California and New Jersey
BA, Yeshiva University, 1991
JD, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1994
- Jeffrey B. GurianPARTNER
Emphasis in sophisticated real estate development matters, financing and commercial leasing
Prior experience at Chicago law firms of Arnstein & Lehr and Arvey, Hodes, Costello & Burman
Member: International Council of Shopping Centers
Seminar and Roundtable Leader in ICSC-sponsored national law conferences
BA, Hobart College, 1978
JD, The John Marshall Law School, 1982
- David T. MeekOF COUNSEL
Emphasis in providing land use, zoning, development and related metropolitan legal services to private sector and municipal clients
Prior experience as Senior Counsel in the real estate practice group at Foley & Lardner LLP and as an associate at Quarles & Brady LLP
Member of the Urban Land Institute, serving on ULI’s Regional Infrastructure Planning Committee
Member of the American Planning Association, the ABA, and the Chicago Bar Association
BA, Wesleyan University, 1992
MA, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1994
JD, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1998
- James E. MitchellOF COUNSEL
Emphasis in real estate and corporate transactional due diligence, compliance counseling, site remediation management, cost recovery, insurance recovery matters, corporate property divestment and sustainable development strategies
Prior experience as Senior Counsel in the environmental departments of Katten Muchin Rosenman and DLA Piper
BA, DePauw University, 1989
MA, Indiana University, 1991
JD, DePaul University College of Law, 1997
- Barry I. MortgeOF COUNSEL
Emphasis in resolution of real estate litigation, including landlord-tenant disputes, mortgage foreclosures, mechanics’ lien cases, construction related disputes, and general commercial matters
Extensive trial and appellate experience of more than 25 yearsExperience in working with owners of businesses with shareholder and partnership disputes, helping them achieve resolution in a cost effective manner, preferably without litigation
Member of the Federal Trial Bar, a unique certification authorizing him to act as lead counsel in cases tried in Illinois’ Northern District
Prior experience as an Assistant District Attorney in Savannah and Atlanta, GA
Licensed to practice law in Illinois and Georgia
BA, Furman University, 1981
JD, Walter F. George School of Law of Mercer University, 1985
- Beth A. Sansiper
Emphasis in commercial real estate transactions, including financing, acquisitions, dispositions and leasing as well as complex corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and secured and unsecured financing
Prior experience as a partner at Ross & Hardies in Chicago in the business transactions group and was associated with Thacher Proffitt & Wood in New York
Licensed to practice law in Illinois, New York and New Jersey
BS, The Pennsylvania State University, 1985
JD, Duke University School of Law 1989