John Mays
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John Oharenko
John, along with his team (Michelle), get things done per a deal we recently closed with G&R. They are very responsive with strong expertise for complicated closing issues. John has a very solid longstanding reputation within the industry and is easy to recommend.
Joseph Santucci
John is a fine attorney and good friend. He manages to discern what is important to the client and truly puts the client's interests first. He works hard at protecting a client so that future litigation is ultimately avoided. John is a good man.
John Oharenko
John, along with his team (Michelle), get things done per a deal we recently closed with G&R. They are very responsive with strong expertise for complicated closing issues. John has a very solid longstanding reputation within the industry and is easy to recommend.
Joseph Santucci
John is a fine attorney and good friend. He manages to discern what is important to the client and truly puts the client's interests first. He works hard at protecting a client so that future litigation is ultimately avoided. John is a good man.
John Oharenko
John, along with his team (Michelle), get things done per a deal we recently closed with G&R. They are very responsive with strong expertise for complicated closing issues. John has a very solid longstanding reputation within the industry and is easy to recommend.
Joseph Santucci
John is a fine attorney and good friend. He manages to discern what is important to the client and truly puts the client's interests first. He works hard at protecting a client so that future litigation is ultimately avoided. John is a good man.
John Oharenko
John, along with his team (Michelle), get things done per a deal we recently closed with G&R. They are very responsive with strong expertise for complicated closing issues. John has a very solid longstanding reputation within the industry and is easy to recommend.
Joseph Santucci
John is a fine attorney and good friend. He manages to discern what is important to the client and truly puts the client's interests first. He works hard at protecting a client so that future litigation is ultimately avoided. John is a good man.
Experience
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Gould & Ratner LLP
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United States
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Partner
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Jun 1980 - Present
John Mays, a partner of Gould & Ratner, focuses his practice on real estate development, with an emphasis on land use and construction. He represents clients in all phases of the development process, from the acquisition, zoning, financing and construction of buildings and projects through their ultimate leasing or disposition. John has spoken on growth strategies before the American Planning Association, and he has been an instructor at the Urban Land Institute’s National Real Estate School and at the Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a member of the Adjunct Faculty of the John Marshall Law School, where he lectures on land use and development issues. John is a past chair of the Urban Land Institute’s 1,000-member Chicago District Council and today serves as a member of the Institute’s Community Development Council (Blue). He is a member of ULI’s Board of Directors in Chicago and its Management Committee. John has chaired several Urban Land Institute panels assisting communities in and surrounding Chicago. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the School and Institute of Real Estate, Walter E. Heller College of Business Administration, Roosevelt University and is a member of Lambda Alpha International, the Honorary Society for the Advancement of Land Economics. John’s additional professional affiliations include the International Council of Shopping Centers, the Illinois Institute for Local Government Law and the American Bar Association’s Forum on the Construction Industry. John has been recognized as both an Illinois Leading Lawyer and an Illinois Super Lawyer. Show less
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Education
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1971 - 1974
DePaul University College of Law
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1964 - 1968
DePaul University
BSC, Finance
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