James E. Macholl received his Bachelor of Science in Commerce from DePaul University in Chicago in 1979. He is a 1983 graduate of John Marshall Law School. Mr. Macholl was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1983 and is also admitted to practice before the United District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He is also a member of the Federal Trial Bar and the Illinois State Bar Association.

Mr. Macholl, who joined the firm in 1998, is primarily engaged in the practice of municipal, corporate, real estate law, wills, trusts, probate estates and contested probate estates, and general and civil litigation.  Mr. Macholl provides legal counsel to the firm’s various municipal clients. He has litigated cases on behalf of municipalities involving zoning and other land use issues, annexation and disconnection, building, liquor, licensing and other municipal ordinance violations.

In addition to providing legal counsel to the firm’s municipal clients, Mr. Macholl counsels the firm’s business and individual clients and litigates cases involving wills, trusts, probate estates and contested probate estates, personal injury, mechanic’s liens, construction, shareholder suits, developer and homeowner association litigation, injunctions, real estate and boundary disputes, corporate and partnership dissolutions and accountings.

With his years of experience, Mr. Macholl has successfully represented several clients in litigation involving several millions of dollars.