KSGA&D is a full-service law firm. As such, we are in a position to assist our local government, business and individual clients whose legal needs are wide-ranging and complex. Our attorneys have developed a high level of expertise in the areas of business, corporate and employment law, real estate, public finance, eminent domain (condemnation) (representing both property owners and local governments), as well as litigation and appeals in all of our practice areas.

Corporate and Employment Law

KSGA&D represents a substantial number of businesses of all sizes, including privately and publicly held companies headquartered in DuPage County, and others from all over the United States and the world who do business in the Chicago area. The legal services we provide include:

• General corporate representation involving corporate formation
   
• Corporate action and the recording of such action
   
• Advice and counsel to the board of directors and officers of the corporation regarding corporate structure, finance and stockholder matters
   
• Corporate acquisitions, divestitures and transactions involving the sale of assets or businesses
   
• Facilitation of corporate financing and stockholder matters
   
• Negotiating and preparing contracts
   
• Franchising
   
• Corporate restructuring
   
• Licensing
   
• Contract issues
   
• Employment matters including personnel policies, workers' compensation, civil rights, employment discrimination, ADA compliance and labor contracts and negotiation thereof, FMLA compliance and FLSA compliance
   
• Litigation
   

Some of the clients we represent include banks, securities and brokerage firms, construction companies, contractors and many other types of businesses.

Real Estate Law

Our real estate services include acquisition and sale of real estate (both commercial and residential), acquisition of easements for municipal streets and utilities, construction contracts, mechanics' liens, loan documentation and foreclosure, title insurance, tax objection defense for local governments, and condominiums.

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Land Use and Development Law

Land use, zoning and development are key issues in community vitality and growth. Our firm demonstrates extensive experience in representing local governments, individuals, developers and corporations, in a wide variety of land use and real estate development matters in the Chicago metropolitan area. The attorneys of KSGA&D have broad experience in land use law having represented numerous individuals, firms, corporations and government entities in a wide variety of land-use matters. For our developer clients, our attorneys have appeared before zoning boards, plan commissions, city councils and village boards for annexation, rezoning, conditional uses, variations and subdivision matters in DuPage, Will, Kane, McHenry and Lake Counties, the municipalities of Carol Stream, Woodridge, Clarendon Hills, Darien, Evanston, Palos Heights, Burr Ridge, Naperville, Oakbrook Terrace, Wayne, Lisle, West Chicago, Downers Grove, Hanover Park and many others. KSGA&D has also represented various municipalities in land use matters in both state and federal court on annexation, eminent domain litigation, zoning, regulatory taking and solid waste issues.

Our attorneys represent Elmhurst, Wayne, and the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference on land use issues. A member of our firm has served as a Special Assistant State's Attorney, representing the DuPage County Solid Waste Committee, and another member of the firm has represented the City of Wheaton and DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference in a quo warranto action involving the operation of landfills by the DuPage County Forest Preserve District.

The experience of KSGA&D, representing both government entities and private clients provides the ability to view land use matters from the perspectives of all major players in the land development process.

Kubiesa, Spiroff, Gosselar, Acker & DeBlasio, P.C., represents local governments, businesses, and individuals in the Chicago metropolitan area, including the suburbs of Elmhurst, Westmont, Oakbrook Terrace and Wayne, Illinois.