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ATTORNEY PROFILE

Admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1995

J.D. with Honors and Certificate in Environmental Law from Chicago Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1995

Received a Class Award in Environmental Law, received an American Jurisprudence Award, and received five academic scholarships.

Bachelor of Architecture in Design from the University of Illinois, Chicago, 1974

Licensed Architect in Illinois and Wisconsin

Licensed Real Estate broker in Illinois

Community Service

Environmental/Legal - five years of service on Oak Park's Barrie Park Citizens Advisory Committee, a liaison between the community, the local governmental bodies, and NICOR Gas and ComEd. Barrie Park, now a public park, was the site of a coal gasification plant. This urban remediation project was one of the largest of its kind in the U.S.

Architectural - designed the site-built therapy structure known as the Playground for All, at Holmes School in Oak Park. One of the first of its kind, this project received national recognition and a U.S. patent.

The Law Offices of Richard Katz serves clients throughout Northern Illinois including Chicago, Oak Park, Berwyn, Cicero, Elmhurst, Des Plaines, Skokie and Evanston.