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    • MARTIN I. BECKER (partner)
    • ROBERT E. BLACHER (partner)
    • MOSHE I. FRIEDMAN
    • JEFFREY B. GURIAN (partner)
    • DAVID T. MEEK (of counsel)
    • JAMES E. MITCHELL (of counsel)
    • BARRY I. MORTGE (of counsel)
    • BETH A. SANSIPER
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    • MARTIN I. BECKER (partner)
    • ROBERT E. BLACHER (partner)
    • MOSHE I. FRIEDMAN
    • JEFFREY B. GURIAN (partner)
    • DAVID T. MEEK (of counsel)
    • JAMES E. MITCHELL (of counsel)
    • BARRY I. MORTGE (of counsel)
    • BETH A. SANSIPER
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  • Martin I. Becker
    PARTNER
    marty@beckergurian.com
    847-433-2442 x130
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    Martin I. Becker
    PARTNER
    • marty@beckergurian.com
    • 847-433-2442 x130

    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

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  • Robert E. Blacher
    PARTNER
    robert@beckergurian.com
    847-433-2442 x137
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    Robert E. Blacher
    PARTNER
    • robert@beckergurian.com
    • 847-433-2442 x137

    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

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  • Moshe I. Friedman
     
    moshe@beckergurian.com
    847-433-2442 x136
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    Moshe I. Friedman
     
    • moshe@beckergurian.com
    • 847-433-2442 x136

    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

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  • Jeffrey B. Gurian
    PARTNER
    jeff@beckergurian.com
    847-433-2442 x132
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    Jeffrey B. Gurian
    PARTNER
    • jeff@beckergurian.com
    • 847-433-2442 x132

    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

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  • David T. Meek
    OF COUNSEL
    david@beckergurian.com
    847-433-2442 x153
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    David T. Meek
    OF COUNSEL
    • david@beckergurian.com
    • 847-433-2442 x153

    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

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  • James E. Mitchell
    OF COUNSEL
    jim@beckergurian.com
    773-384-3923
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    James E. Mitchell
    OF COUNSEL
    • jim@beckergurian.com
    • 773-384-3923

    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

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  • Barry I. Mortge
    OF COUNSEL
    barry@beckergurian.com
    847-609-0234
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    Barry I. Mortge
    OF COUNSEL
    • barry@beckergurian.com
    • 847-609-0234

    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 years

    Experience 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

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  • Beth A. Sansiper
     
    beth@beckergurian.com
    847-433-2442 x152
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    Beth A. Sansiper
     
    • beth@beckergurian.com
    • 847-433-2442 x152

    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

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