Real Estate Expert Witnesses in Illinois

Real Estate, Appraisal & Valuation - 1031 Exchange, NNN, LLC/Partnership dispute, Real Estate Appraisal, Proforma Analysis, Zoning, commercial financing, landlord/tenant disputes, acquisition, standard of care, real estate valuation, REIT

Mr. Rothbart is a seasoned real estate executive with over 22 years of direct experience in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate. Generally, Mr. Rothbart’s experience includes, but is not limited to, land and property acquisition, zoning and entitlements, development, general contracting, valuation, acquisitions, debt and equity finance, asset and property management, leasing, sustainability and dispositions. Mr. Rothbart has experience with both domestic and international real estate as well as most property types. Mr. Rothbart is an Illinois licensed attorney, possess and LL.M. in Taxation and has been an Adjunct Professor of Law since 2007. Mr. Rothbart has served as an expert witness/consultant in 200+ real estate matters. Prior expert experience includes, but is not limited to, real estate valuation, LLC Operating Agreements, breach of fiduciary duties, breach of representations and warranties, land use, construction damages, standard of care issues, brokerag...

Real Estate, Real Estate Appraiser - Real Estate Damages, Detrimental Conditions - stigma litigation, Real Estate Diminution of Value damages, Loss of Use Damages, air rights & TDR's, Real Estate Broker Standard of Care / Malpractice, complex valuations of major urban assets, hotels resorts timeshare valuations, allocation of tangible intangible value

National Real Estate Research is a NATIONWIDE real estate counseling and valuation firm specializing in litigation support, expert witness services, valuations and distressed property solutions. John A. Dalkowski III, CRE, MAI is Managing Director of NRER and maintains offices in New York, NY, Miami, FL and Charlotte, NC. Mr. Dalkowski has 45+ years’ of experience providing real estate valuations - totaling in excess of $11 Billion in real estate asset value, and in litigation support / expert witness services for both Plaintiffs and Defendants, real estate development consulting, counseling and brokerage services - performed in 30 states to date. Our specific areas of expertise include litigation related to Real Estate Diminution of Value and Loss of Use Damages - due to stigma or other external forces; Detrimental Conditions cases; Real Estate Damages & Loss of Use; Real Estate Development litigation; Real Estate Broker Standards of Care or Real Estate Appraiser Malpractice / US...

Real Estate, Financial - Commercial Real Estate Finance, Mortgage, Debt, Lender, Borrower, Interest Rate, Loan Terms, Bankruptcy, CMBS, Bank, Alter Ego, Lender Liability, Loan Underwriting, Loan Origination, Joint Ventures, Structured Finance, Intercreditor, Fiduciary Duty, Brokerage Issues, Loan Servicing

I am an expert in commercial real estate finance with over 40 years of experience. I have arranged over $11 billion in financing for my developer and investor clients. I work as an active professional arranging capital placement for my clients. Therefore, I am well-versed in commercial real estate finance and related issues, as well as the current and past state of the capital markets. With over 25 years of expert witness experience, I have served as an expert witness or consultant on over three hundred matters, given deposition testimony over 150 times, and trial testimony 100 +/- times in Federal, State, and Bankruptcy courts as well as ADR proceedings. Expert testimony Issues include: Chapter 11 Interest rate determination, partnership disputes, lender/borrower disputes, landlord/tenant disputes, alter ego issues, lender liability matters, lender approval process, the suitability of financing, forensic determination of market-rate and terms of financing, economic feasibility...

Chicago, Illinois

Real Estate, Legal - Legal Malpractice, Real Estate Legal Malpractice, Standard of Care

Robert Berliner has practiced law for over 50 years, with experience in nearly every area of the law, including litigation, but with particular emphasis on real estate transactions and mediation and arbitration of real estate and other commercial disputes. Among other things, he was retained as a "third party professional qualified in financial and economic analysis" and, as such, adjudicated a dispute between the Illinois State Lottery and its then outside management company. He was general counsel and shareholder of a national real estate investment and development company which developed and owned apartments, retail centers, hotels and office buildings throughout the United States. He has been a principal in many real estate and other business ventures and taught Real Estate Investment Analysis as an adjunct professor at the Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, as well as being a guest lecturer and teacher in courses involving real estate an...

Kildeer, Illinois

Real Estate - Retail, Shopping Centers, Landlord/Tenant disputes, Management, Leasing, Lease Interpretation, Shopping Center Development, Redevelopment, Operations, Safety and Security, Repair and Replacement, Interpretation of Leases, Leasing of Shopping Centers, Leasing of Airports, Mitigation of Damages

- Served as Counsel and Executive Vice President of Equity Properties and Development Company with responsibility for the development and leasing of more than 20,000,000 square feet of shopping centers throughout the United States - Acknowledged expert in shopping center leasing custom and practice - Advised and consulted for more than 35 separate international, national, regional and local retailers and restaurants in shopping centers. - Expert in the development, leasing and operations of airport concessions programs for more than 25 years. - Served as New York State Director for the approximately 70,000-member industry trade organization, The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) - Serves on the ICSC Illinois State Committee - Conceived and authored the Certified Shopping Center Leasing Specialist designation - Holds the CLS designation and the Certified Shopping Center Manager (CSM) and the newly established pinnacle of shopping center industry designations - C...

Wilmette, Illinois

Legal, Real Estate - Land Use Litigation, Zoning Law, Land Use Planning, Real Estate Law, Boundary Disputes, Permitting (Variances CUPs), PUDs, Development Agreements, Annexation Agreements, Real Estate Development, Environmental Law, Administrative Law, State & Local Government Law, Takings, RLUIPA, HOAs, CC&Rs, Easements, Fair Housing, Wildfire

STEPHEN R. MILLER is a Professor of Law and Associate Dean for the Part-Time J.D. Program at Northern Illinois University College of Law in the Chicago suburb of DeKalb, Illinois. He previously taught for thirteen years (2011-2024) at the University of Idaho College of Law’s Boise campus where he also served as the law school’s Associate Dean for Faculty Development. Professor Miller is a nationally-recognized expert on land use planning law, state and local government law, and property law. His books include The Advanced Introduction to U.S. Land Use Law, Federal Land Use Law & Litigation, Discretionary Land Use Controls, and Land Use Planning and Development Regulation Law (co-authored). He also served as editor-in-chief and senior editor of the American Bar Association’s Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law, and presently serves on the Journal’s editorial board. In addition, he has published over sixty law review articles, professional articles, and editoria...

Highand Park, Illinois

Real Estate, Appraisal & Valuation - 1031 Exchange, NNN, LLC/Partnership dispute, Real Estate Appraisal, Proforma Analysis, Zoning, commercial financing, landlord/tenant disputes, acquisition, standard of care, real estate valuation, REIT

Mr. Rothbart is a seasoned real estate executive with over 22 years of direct experience in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate. Generally, Mr. Rothbart’s experience includes, but is not limited to, land and property acquisition, zoning and entitlements, development, general contracting, valuation, acquisitions, debt and equity finance, asset and property management, leasing, sustainability and dispositions. Mr. Rothbart has experience with both domestic and international real estate as well as most property types. Mr. Rothbart is an Illinois licensed attorney, possess and LL.M. in Taxation and has been an Adjunct Professor of Law since 2007. Mr. Rothbart has served as an expert witness/consultant in 200+ real estate matters. Prior expert experience includes, but is not limited to, real estate valuation, LLC Operating Agreements, breach of fiduciary duties, breach of representations and warranties, land use, construction damages, standard of care issues, brokerag...