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John Mays is a managing partner of the firm. He began his career as the general counsel of a Chicago based home builder. His practice now focuses on real estate development, with emphasis on land use and development. He represents clients in all phases of the development process, from the acquisition, financing and zoning of property through its ultimate leasing or disposition. He 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. He recently served as Chair of a two-day multidisciplinary advisory panel studying the potential redevelopment of Archer Avenue in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood. He is a past Chair of the Urban Land Institute's 1200 member Chicago District Council and nationally, serves on ULI's Residential Neighborhood Development Council and as a member of the Urban Land Institute's District Council Advisory Group. 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. His professional affiliations include the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago, Chicago's Metropolitan Planning Council, the National Association of Home Builders Legal Action Network for Development Strategies Committee and the American Bar Association's Forum on the Construction Industry. John has also been named an Illinois Super Lawyer. | 