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Illinois Eminent Domain / Condemnation Attorney

If you have received notice that a federal, state or local government body intends to exercise its right of eminent domain against your property, you require a law firm experienced in navigating the complexities of the condemnation process.

Since 1978, Illinois eminent domain lawyer Barry A. Springer has been aggressively defending the rights of—and maximizing the compensation paid to—commercial and residential property owners as well as those with other investments in a property involved in an eminent domain proceeding.

As a property owner or tenant involved in an eminent domain matter, you have considerable rights—including the right to challenge the government's taking and the monetary offer. To fully defend these rights, we strongly suggest that you call us early in the condemnation process.

Mr. Springer's clients benefit from knowledge and expertise developed from more than three decades of practice in eminent domain law. He has handled countless eminent domain cases and offers the advantage of having represented clients on both sides of the process and thoroughly understanding both sides of the applicable law. This strategic knowledge has helped him recover siginificant dollar recoveries for property owners in the Chicago area, as well as Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Through skillful negotiation, litigation, trial and appeals, Mr. Springer has secured his clients millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts from governmental bodies for acquisitions concerning:

• Single-Family Homes and Property
• Apartment Complexes and Multi-Family Dwellings
• Service Stations
• Industrial Buildings
• Warehouses
• Agricultural Property
• Shopping Centers
• Commercial Development Property
• Office Buildings
• Parking Lots

We have substantial experience with cases involving challenges to the land acquisition itself and to valuations for:

• Total Takings
• Partial Takings
• Aerial Takings
• Loss of Development Potential
• Material Impairment of Access
• Physical Destruction to Property during Construction
• Flood Plain, Flood Way, and Wetlands Designations and Their Impact on Value
• Takings that Create Non-Conforming Issues (including set-back requirements, lot coverage restrictions, and parking requirements)

Past eminent domain cases include representing clients in issues involving:

• Roads, highways, and tollways
• Flood control, pipelines, and utilities
• Schools, libraries, police stations, and municipal facilities
• Convention centers, sports stadiums, parks and forest preserves
• Transportation and aviation facilities and parking lots and structures
• TIF (Tax Increment Financing) and other redevelopment projects

Representative Past Settlements

• $485,000 settlement. Chicago Service Station vs. Pier & Exposition Authority.
State land acquisition case for exposition facility expansion. Original offer: $270,000.
• $428,400 verdict. Federal jurisdiction land acquisition case for underground pipeline.
Original offer: $31,000 offer.
•$157,500 award. Northwest Suburban Retail Business vs. Local airport authority. Air rights.
Original offer: $65,000.
• $149,000 award. Northwest Suburban Retail Business vs. Cook County Village. Local road improvement taking. Original offer: $61,000.
• $117,000 award. Real Estate Firm vs. IDOT. Land acquisition for road improvement. Original offer: $35,000.

State Road Project Land Acquisition Settlements:
• $150,000 settlement; $25,000 offer
• $300,000 settlement; $100,000 offer
• $50,000 settlement; $7,900 offer
• $253,000 settlement; $32,000 offer

• Successfully defended an attempted land acquisition by a local park district, which abandoned the proposed taking of the land.

As an Illinois eminent domain attorney, Mr. Springer is an often-cited source for the Chicago media on this complex government process, including a segment of WTTW-Chicago's program Chicago Tonight to explain changes in Illinois' eminent domain law. Crain's Chicago Business also quoted Mr. Springer in an article pertaining federal eminent domain activity in the City of Chicago.

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