Richard Friedman
Managing Member at Neal & Leroy, LLC
- Role
- Managing Member at Neal & Leroy, Llc
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Richard Friedman
I am an attorney practicing in municipal law, real estate law, public finance, litigation, eminent domain, historic preservation and appellate practice. I am a member of the managing group of my law firm. I am admitted to practice before all Illinois courts including the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, where I am a member of the trial bar, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. On the appellate level, I was lead counsel in more than one hundred appeals in state and federal courts.Prior to joining Neal & Leroy, LLC, I was a member of the City of Chicago Law Department’s Appeals and Review and Finance Divisions. I also served as counsel to the Chicago Landmark Commission. I wrote chapters on appellate practice and eminent domain for legal publications and lectured on eminent domain and historic preservation law. I teach historic preservation law at the University of Chicago Law School and in the graduate program in historic preservation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.I am a member of the Chicago Bar Association and have served on the board of directors of Landmarks Illinois, a preservation advocacy organization.Specialties: My areas of concentration include municpal law, finance and development; eminent domain; historic preservation; business litigation; and zoning and real estate development. Note that Illinois neither certifies nor recognizes legal specialties. The areas indicated above are those in which I have experience.
Experience
Managing Member
Jan 1983 — Present
Education
University of Chicago Law School
J.D
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
B.S., History, Math
2014
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
B.S.
University of Chicago Law School
J.D.
Skills
- Eminent Domain
- Land Use
- Public Policy
- Appellate Practice
- Civil Litigation
- Westlaw
- Legal Research
- Land Use Planning
- Real Estate Development
- Business Litigation
- Trials
- Contract Negotiation
- Property Law
- Public Speaking
- Appeals
- Arbitration
- Legal Writing
- Litigation
- Cultural Heritage
- Courts
- Municipal Law
- Real Estate
- Historic Preservation
- Zoning
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