Litigation and Troubled Assets

(630)330-2544(c)

Education

• Northwestern University
  School of Law, J.D.
• Bradley University,
  B.S., with honors

Admissions

• Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• Federal Trial Bar
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
• U. S. Supreme Court

David Zajicek is a highly experienced attorney whose practice includes corporate, finance and real estate transactions, as well as related lítigation. He represents companíes in sales of businesses; mergers and acquísitions; leveraged buyouts; executive compensation; employment law; shareholder disputes, and business succession planning.

As part of his corporate practice, David represents major lending institutions as well as borrowers ín all types of private financíng arrangements, including aircraft financing, New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) financing, Tax Incremental (TIF) financing, and workout litigation.

David’s real estate practice includes representation of developers from acquisition thru construction, sale and leasing. He has extensive experience in zoning and land use matters before many local communities in the Chicagoland area and in state courts regarding annexation, zoning, special use permits, wetlands permits, impact fees, storm water management and building permits.

On the trial side of his practíce, David has tried cases in state and federal courts regarding diverse commercial matters, ìncluding shareholder disputes, manufacturer/distributor disputes, and real estate matters of all types.

Honors & Awards
Named as a “Super Lawyer” in inaugural issue of lllinois Super Lawyer magazine, where selected by peers in area of closely and privately held Business Law.

Member of the Leading Lawyers Network, where selected by peers in the area of Land Use, Zoning & Condemnation Law.

Holds the AV@ Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for ethics and legal ability

Presentations
Documenting Unusual Real Estate and Commercial Loans-Buílding Lender Protections From Start to Finish, live video conferences.

Publications
David has written and lectured to professional groups regarding the New Markets Tax Credit Program, enacted as part of the Federal Community Renewal Tax Relief Act of 2000.

He has also been a guest lecturer on zoning and land use law conferences sponsored by the lnternational Conference of Shopping Centers and has taught real estate law courses at Roosevelt University in Chicago.

Personal
David was a Captain in the United States Air Force and is a recipient of the Air Force Commendation Medal.
He and his wife, Lucrezia, live in Naperville, Illinois.

AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell DistinguishedSM and Martindale-Hubbell NotableSM are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell® certification procedures, standards and policies.

Education

• DePaul University
  College of Law, J.D.
• University of Iowa, B.B.A.
  Certified Public Accountant

Associations & Memberships

• DuPage County Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association Member

Admissions

• Illinois

Timothy W. O’Donnell, a Director with the Firm, counsels corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and individual clients on a wide range of business and related tax matters. He has extensive experience in taxable and nontaxable business acquisitions and restructurings, succession planning, capital-raising activities, business structuring and joint venture agreements.
Mr. O’Donnell also has significant experience involving the financing ownership and disposition of business related aircraft, including tax-deferred exchanges and sales and use tax issues.

A frequent lecturer, Mr. O’Donnell speaks on a broad range of topics, including tax-related aspects of mergers and acquisitions and S corporation operations. He is the co-author of ”Operating and Maintaining the S Corporation”, a chapter of an Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education publication on S corporations.

Mr. O’Donnell has been selected by his peers as a Leading Lawyer in Tax Law Business from 2013 to 2016.

Affiliations
Member, Section of Taxation, American Bar Association

Education

• Chicago-Kent College of Law,
  Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois J.D. with honors
• Marquette University,
  Milwaukee, Wisconsin, B.A.

Associations & Memberships

• Selected as a leading lawyer in the areas of Secured Transactions Law, Closely & Privately Held Business Law and Real Estate Law: Commercial by the Leading Lawyers Network
• Member, American Bar Association (Sections of Business Law and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Commercial Real Estate Transactions And Management Group; committees on Banking Law, Loan Documentation, Real Estate and Commercial Lending and Commercial Finance)

Admissions

• Illinois

T. Gregory Mieczynski, has been advising business, banking and real estate clients for over twenty-five years on local, regional, and national operations and transactions. Greg has been a part of the Huck Bouma team since 2004 and before that, practiced with firms in Chicago and the western suburbs.

Greg, a senior Director with the Firm, concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial real estate, business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and finance.

Greg’s practice includes extensive commercial real estate expertise including construction, acquisitions, leasing and property development. In addition, Greg has worked with entrepreneurs and established companies to assist them with business development and financing, partnering and protecting the value of their business entities. Greg also works with the Firm’s business clients, both lenders and borrowers, to negotiate and document the terms of all manner of credit facilities, including asset-based lending, mortgage-backed lending, taxable and tax-exempt bond financings, and private equity transactions.

Greg lives in the near western suburbs and enjoys many activities away from the office including bicycling, golfing, traveling, cooking and reading.