John W Stanko Jr
Attorney
STANKO McCARTHY LAW GROUP, LTD
Contact Information
312-236-8400, JStanko@smlg.law
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Biography
John graduated from St. John’s University (Collegeville, MN) in 1985 and The John Marshall Law School (Chicago) in 1988. He is a past Chair and legislative liaison of the Real Estate Taxation Committee of the Chicago Bar Association. John's legal practice focus is on litigation and interpretation of the Illinois Property Tax Code and related Real Estate Tax Issues in Illinois. John has written and has spoken at many seminars regarding real estate tax sales and tax deed proceedings for the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education and legal as well as financial institution platforms. John has been a court appointed expert witness in litigation involving the Illinois Property Tax Code.
Before joining Flamm & Teibloom Ltd., in 2000, now Flamm Teibloom & Stanko, Ltd., John spent 12 years as Corporate Counsel for two of the largest tax purchasers in Illinois, the last three years as Lead General Counsel. John’s practice is concentrated in commercial and residential real estate transactions, commercial and real estate litigation with an emphasis in real estate taxation, tax sale, tax deed and indemnity litigation. John has written legal opinion letters relating to the Illinois Property Tax Code for financial institutions and investors.
John’s clientele in tax sale and tax deed litigation ranges from private investors to large corporate tax purchasers and servicing agents as well as private property owners, mortgage companies, banks, title companies and municipalities. John represents large out of state tax purchasers as "Servicing Agent" for the processing of portfolios from purchase to deed.
Areas of Law and Practice
| Areas of Law | Areas of Practice |
|---|---|
| Appellate Practice | Civil Appeals, Criminal Appeals |
| Business Law | Business Arbitration, Business Associations Law, Business Cooperatives, Business Crimes, Business Development, Business Dissolutions, Business Enterprises, Business Estate Planning, Business Formation, Business Fraud, Business Litigation, Business Mediation, Business Organization, Business Planning, Business Regulation, Business Reorganization, Business Start-Ups, Business Succession Planning, Business Successions, Business Syndication, Business Taxation, Business Torts, Business Transactions, Business Transfers, Business Trusts, Business Valuation, Buy-Sell Agreements, Buying and Selling of Businesses, Closely Held Business Estate Planning, Closely Held Business Law, Closely Held Business Taxation, Complex Business Litigation, Cooperative Taxation, Emerging Business Law, Emerging Growth Companies, Entrepreneurial Business Law, Family Business Law, Family Business Mediation, Family Business Successions, International Business Law, International Joint Ventures, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Company Law, Minority Business Law, Pass-Through Entities, Private Business Law, Privatization, Professional Practices, Small Business Law, Sole Proprietorships, Strategic Alliances, Trade and Professional Associations, Trade Association Law |
| Commercial Real Estate | Commercial Conveyancing, Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions, Commercial Real Estate Bankruptcy, Commercial Real Estate Contracts, Commercial Real Estate Development, Commercial Real Estate Finance, Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure, Commercial Real Estate Litigation, Commercial Real Estate Sales, Commercial Real Estate Syndication, Commercial Real Estate Workouts, Industrial Real Estate Law, Retail Development, Shopping Center Acquisitions, Shopping Center Development, Shopping Center Law |
| Contracts | Contract Drafting, Commercial Contracts, Contract Fraud, Contract Litigation, International Commercial Contracts, International Contracts |
| Corporate Law | Closely Held Corporations, Corporate Banking Law, Corporate Commercial Law, Corporate Contracts, Corporate Control Contests, Corporate Criminal Law, Corporate Dissolutions, Corporate Ethics, Corporate Fiduciary Law, Corporate Finance, Corporate Formation, Corporate Governance, Corporate Income Tax, Corporate Insurance, Corporate Insurance Defense, Corporate Investigations, Corporate Litigation, Corporate Organization, Corporate Partnerships, Corporate Planning, Corporate Real Estate, Corporate Reorganization, Corporate Successions, Corporate Tax Controversies, Corporate Tax Planning, Corporate Taxation, Corporate Trusts, Corporate Workouts, Family Corporations, Foreign Sales Corporations, Hostile Takeovers, Incorporation, International Corporate Finance, International Corporate Law, International Corporate Taxation, Nonprofit Corporations, Offshore Corporations, Professional Corporations, Proxy Contests, Public Corporations, S Corporations, Small Business Corporations, Takeovers, Tender Offers, Transfer Pricing |
| Election, Campaign and Political Law | Administrative Lobbying, Campaign Ethics, Election and Campaign Finance, Election Law, Executive Lobbying, Legislative Lobbying, Legislative Redistricting, Lobbying, Voting Rights |
| Eminent Domain | Condemnation, Inverse Condemnation, Land Annexation, Property Rights |
| Housing Law | Affordable Housing, Apartment Projects, Fair Housing, Housing Development, Housing Discrimination, Housing Finance, Low Income Housing, Multi-Family Housing, Public Housing, Senior Citizen Housing, Subsidized Housing |
| Personal Injury | Accidents, Animal Attacks, Aquatic Injuries, Automobile Accidents and Injuries, Automobile Negligence, Bicycle Accidents, Boating Accidents, Bodily Injury, Brain Injury, Bus Accidents, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Catastrophic Injury, Commercial Vehicle Liability, Dog Bites, Electrical Injury, Head Injury, Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries, Motorcycle Accidents, Neurolaw, Pedestrian Injuries, Personal Injury Appeals, Product Liability, Severe Burns, Sexual Abuse, Slip and Fall, Spinal Injury, Subway Accidents, Third Party Wrongful Death, Work Place Injury, Whiplash, Wrongful Death |
| Probate | Ancillary Probate, International Probate, Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Probate Taxation |
| Property Law | International Property Law, Personal Property, Personal Property Leasing |
| Real Estate | Adverse Possession, Boundary Disputes, Common Interest Community Law, Community Association Law, Condominium Association Law, Condominium Conversions, Condominium Development, Condominium Law, Condominium Timeshares, Conservation Easements, Conveyancing, Cooperative Housing Association Law, Cooperative Conversions, Cooperative Housing Law, Easements, Historic Conservation Easements, Homeowners Association Law, International Real Estate, Land Acquisitions, Land Sales, Land Trusts, Manufactured Housing Law, Mixed Use Development, Mobile Home Law, Planned Unit Development Law, Property Management, Quiet Title, Real Estate Acquisitions, Real Estate Arbitration, Real Estate Banking Law, Real Estate Bankruptcy, Real Estate Brokerage Law, Real Estate Brokers and Agents Liability, Real Estate Brokers Licensing, Real Estate Brokers Malpractice, Real Estate Brokers Malpractice Defense, Real Estate Collections, Real Estate Contracts, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Errors and Omissions, Real Estate Exchanges, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Foreclosure, Real Estate Fraud, Real Estate Investment, Real Estate Investment Taxation, Real Estate Investment Trusts, Real Estate Joint Ventures, Real Estate Leasing, Real Estate Litigation, Real Estate Mediation, Real Estate Partnerships, Real Estate Restructuring, Real Estate Sales, Real Estate Secured Lending, Real Estate Securities, Real Estate Settlements, Real Estate Syndication, Real Estate Tax Appeals, Real Estate Tax Assessment, Real Estate Tax Foreclosure, Real Estate Tax Liens, Real Estate Taxation, Real Estate Title, Real Estate Title Examination, Real Estate Title Insurance, Real Estate Trade Association Law, Real Estate Valuation, Real Estate Workouts, Real Property, Real Property Acquisitions, Real Property Development, Real Property Finance, Residential Real Estate, Residential Real Estate Acquisitions, Residential Real Estate Development, Residential Real Estate Finance, Residential Real Estate Foreclosure, Residential Real Estate Sales, Right of Way Easements, Waterfront Development |
| Taxation | Accounting Law, Ad Valorem Tax, Criminal Tax Audits, Criminal Taxation, Employment Tax, Estate and Gift Taxation, Excise Tax, Expatriate Tax, Federal Estate and Gift Taxation, Federal Income Tax, Federal Tax Controversies, Federal Taxation, Fiduciary Income Tax, Fiscal Law, Generation Skipping Tax, Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits, Income Tax, Individual Taxation, Inheritance Tax, International Income Tax, International Tax Controversies, International Taxation, Interstate Tax, Like Kind Exchanges, Local Taxation, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Low Income Tax Credits, New Markets Tax Credits, Personal Property Taxation, Property Tax, Property Tax Abatement, Property Tax Appeals, Property Tax Assessments, Sales and Use Tax, State Income Tax, State Tax Controversies, State Taxation, Tax Appeals, Tax Audits, Tax Certiorari, Tax Collection, Tax Controversies, Tax Credits, Tax Deferred Exchanges, Tax Evasion, Tax Fraud, Tax Incentives, Tax Law, Tax Legislation, Tax Litigation, Tax Planning, Tax Shelters, Tax Valuation, Taxation of Foreign Nationals, Transfer Tax, Trusts and Estates Taxation |
| Trusts and Estates | Contested Trusts and Estates, Decedents Estates, Estate Administration, Estate Bankruptcy, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Childre, Estate Planning for the Disabled, Estate Planning for the Elderly, Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples, Estate Settlements, Family Trusts, Family Wealth Transfer, Fiduciary Law, Fiduciary Liability, Fiduciary Litigation, Financial Planning, International Estate Planning, International Trusts, International Trusts and Estates, Living Trusts, Offshore Trusts, Personal Planning, Pet Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Retirement Planning, Special Needs Trusts, Surrogates Court Practice, Trust Administration, Trust and Estate Collections, Trust Law, Trust Litigation, Trust Planning, Unclaimed Property, Wealth Planning, Wealth Preservation |
| Wills | Contested Wills, Will Drafting, Inheritance, Living Wills, Missing Heir Searches, Successions |
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