Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC welcomes Isaiah A. Fishman as a partner in its commercial litigation and restructuring groups. Isaiah brings a broad array of experience handling business disputes, particularly those involving commercial real estate, corporate disputes, bankruptcy, and employment issues where he serves as the “outside inside counsel” for several clients. Fishman’s arrival was…
On Tuesday, June 4, MPS is pleased to sponsor the Connect Midwest: Multifamily, Affordable, Student & Senior Housing conference from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the W Chicago – City Center hotel, 172 W. Adams in Chicago. There are three panels covering timely topics and time to meet and converse with industry experts. At…
On January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) became effective, thereby imposing significant new reporting requirements on more than 32,000,000 small businesses. The stated purpose of the CTA is to expose illegal activities, including the use of shell companies and other opaque ownership structures to launder money and evade taxes. To help uncover such…
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which became effective on January 1, 2024, requires a “reporting company” to file Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reports with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The BOI reports require the disclosure of information about the reporting entity itself and two categories of individuals:…
Rich Payne is a new partner at MPS. He joined the firm on July 1, 2023 from his previous firm, Robinson Payne LLC. Rich’s legal practice crosses a wide range of business law, however his expertise and passion lie in serving family businesses and privately held businesses. Q. How did your practice evolve to focus…
The Josselyn Center NFP in Northfield is a well-known and well-respected resource for individuals who are experiencing mental health challenges on Chicago’s North Shore. Mental health care for everyone is one of the Center’s core objectives. The Center is a not-for-profit corporation that offers counseling and community-based mental health care, as well as what the…
Small business owners will have one more item on their compliance to-do list when the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) takes effect next year on January 1, 2024. The CTA1, enacted as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA), places new reporting requirements on many business entities in an effort to expose illegal activities,…
Several years ago a national retailer became concerned with an increase in shoplifting, break-ins, and “smash and grab” crimes in the vicinity of its Sacramento, California location. It hired a third-party private security service to patrol the store’s parking lot in a marked vehicle. Shortly thereafter, the store manager noted that the marked patrol vehicles…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that as of May 2023, 27% of adults in the United States have some sort of disability. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the definition of a person with a disability is “someone with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more…
Russ Robinson, joined MPS Law as a partner on July 1, along with his Robinson Payne LLC colleagues Rich Payne and longstanding paralegals Wendy Widmayer and Melissa Wolf. Robinson’s law practice focuses primarily on estate planning, estate and trust administration, charitable distributions, and counsel for high-net-worth individuals and families. He’s been practicing for 40 years….
When an investor in a litigation finance company was sued by the trustee appointed in the company’s former owners’ chapter 7 bankruptcy case to recover repayment of the investor’s loan to the company as a “preferential transfer,” she was referred to MPS bankruptcy and restructuring partner Tim Brink by another firm client. Having represented numerous…
Frederick “Fred” Kaplan is a business lawyer with broad expertise in all aspects of real estate law, including commercial real estate development, finance, leasing, construction, joint ventures, acquisitions/dispositions, and land use planning and development. He is also widely recognized as an authority in the public accommodation and real estate provisions of the Americans with Disabilities…
Heather Kuhn O’Toole is a partner at MPS Law with over 20 years of experience in wide-ranging, complex litigation matters, including claims brought under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, employment disputes, wage and hour claims, mechanics liens and real estate litigation, and breach of contract actions. She came to MPS as part…
As of July 1, 2023, the firm of Robinson Payne LLC will be joining Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle LLC. Both named partners, Russel G. Robinson and Richmond A. Payne, along with longstanding paralegals Wendy K. Widmayer and Melissa A. Wolf, are making the move, bringing a wealth of experience and expertise in estate planning, corporate…
With over 40 years experience in a broad range of commercial real estate and business law, Richard Demarest (R.D.) Yant is one of the most competent and respected attorneys in his field of work to join MPS in the KSVB acquisition. With that in mind, we recently asked him to reflect on the law, his…
