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Joel M. Hurwitz
Partner

Joel M. Hurwitz is the co-chair of the Real Estate group at Arnstein & Lehr where he is a partner. His practice focuses on the representation of financial institutions, corporations, real estate owners and developers in complex commercial and real estate transactions, and individuals concerning business and financial matters, estate planning and estate administration. He represents clients in matters throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. Mr. Hurwitz has also litigated and won leading cases concerning interpretation of contracts and creditors' rights in the trial and appellate courts and in the Illinois Supreme Court. In addition to acting as outside counsel, Mr. Hurwitz has worked as an attorney in the bankruptcy and real estate sections of the law division of The First National Bank of Chicago, now J.P.Morgan Chase Bank N.A.

Professional Activities and Achievements

Mr. Hurwitz is an active member in numerous professional and civic organizations. He has taught real estate law part-time at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago Kent College of Law. He currently is a Regional Vice-Chairman of the Anti-Defamation League and is a former Co-Chair of its Greater Chicago and Wisconsin Civil Rights and Government Affairs Committees. He was the 2001 recipient of the ADL Community Service Award. Mr. Hurwitz serves on the District 113 School Board (Deerfield and Highland Park, IL high schools) and is a member of Congressman Mark Kirk's Education Advisory Committee. He is also a member of the Museum and Education Committee of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois.

Mr. Hurwitz is a member of the American Bar Association and Illinois State Bar Association, including the sections on Business Law, Real Property and Probate and Trusts. He is a certified Arbitrator and Panel Chair for the Circuit Court of Cook County, Mandatory Arbitration Program.

Recent Publications

Mr. Hurwitz is the Co-Author of the chapter entitled "Protecting the Lender in Commercial Real Estate Transactions published by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education in its Commercial Real Estate practice book originally published in 2004. Mr. Hurwitz is also the author of "Loans Secured in Interests in Exchange Funds and Investment Partnerships," published in the Risk Management Association's course materials entitled "Advanced Lending to Wealthy Individuals" and recently made a presentation to the Community Bankers Association of Illinois' Commercial Real Estate Lending seminar. He also is a frequent speaker concerning First Amendment issues and hate crime legislation on behalf of the Anti-Defamation League.

Education

University of Chicago School of Law (J.D., 1976)
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, (M.B.A. in Corporate Finance, 1975)
University of Pittsburgh (B.A., 1973)
University of Oslo (Norway) (1972)

Bar Admissions

State of Illinois; Illinois Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (including Federal Trial Bar)