Biography: |
LaVon M. J. High is a partner and manager of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. Ms. High has represented numerous commercial and industrial clients in multi-million dollar commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, real-estate based financings, development transactions and office and retail management and leasing relating to real property located in the U.S. and abroad. She also represents non-for-profit organizations in the redevelopment of real estate. Ms. High has extensive experience in counseling clients engaged in corporate mergers and acquisitions involving real property.
Ms. High was selected as one of “40 Illinois Attorneys under 40 to Watch” by Law Bulletin Publishing Company in 2004. In 2006 and 2008, Ms. High was designated an “Illinois Super Lawyer” as a result of research conducted jointly by Law & Politics and Chicago magazines.
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Experience: |
• $1.8 Billion – Acted as lead real estate counsel to the City of Chicago in the privatization of the Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge.
• $563 Million - Acted as lead real estate counsel to the City of Chicago in the privatization of the Chicago Parking Garage System.
• $40 Million – Acted as lender’s counsel to the Evangelical Christian Credit Union in the financing of Salem Baptist Church’s House of Hope located in Chicago, Illinois.
• Acted as Tenant’s counsel on behalf of the Chicago Housing Authority in the leasing of its new headquarters located in the CNA Building.
• Representation of Kraft Global Foods, Inc. in the disposition of various real estate assets
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Education: |
Creighton University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1993
Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1996
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Admissions: |
Illinois
Nebraska
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Memberships: |
Lambda Alpha International - Ely Chapter
American Bar Association, Affordable Housing Subcommittee
Chicago Bar Association
Women in Planning & Development
National Bar Association
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Publications: |
General Editor of the 2008 Practice Handbook published by IICLE entitled Real Estate Litigation, where she authored Chapter 7, entitled "Real Estate Broker Litigation".
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Category: Partner
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