Mark D. Yura joined the firm in 1979 and concentrates his practice in real estate transactional matters. His clients include institutional lenders, private equity and opportunity fund investors, and developers.

Mr. Yura is a frequent speaker before trade and professional groups on matters of state and federal legislation, multi-family housing financing, and commercial real estate lending topics. He has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan Law School (2003 and 2005) and The John Marshall Law School, LL.M. Program in Real Estate Law (1999-2002), teaching courses in real estate finance law.

He is a member of various housing trade associations, including the National Housing and Rehabilitation Association and the National Multi-Housing Counsel. He is also active in numerous bar-related groups, including the Chicago Mortgage Attorneys Association, the Affordable Housing Forum of the American Bar Association and the Affordable Housing Law Subcommittee of the Chicago Bar Association Real Property Law Committee.

Based on peer and client reviews, Mr. Yura has been selected as one of America's leading real estate lawyers by Chambers & Partners, a respected English research firm. He has been designated an Illinois Super Lawyer in Real Estate, as the result of research projects conducted jointly by Law & Politics and Chicago magazines.

ZULASSUNGEN

• Illinois
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Mitgliedschaften

• American Bar Association
• American College of Mortgage Attorneys
• National Housing and Rehabilitation Association
• National Multi-Family Housing Council
• Affordable Housing Forum of the American Bar Association
• Member and past Chairman (1996-1997), Executive Council of the Chicago Bar Association Real Property Law Committee
• Past Chairman (1991-1993), Chicago Bar Association Real Property Finance Law Subcommittee
• Advisory Committee of The John Marshall Law School Graduate Program in Real Estate Law
• Chicago Mortgage Attorneys Association

Seminars

• "Real Estate Finance 101: An Overview of a Commercial Real Estate Transaction," Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association Seminar (June 2, 2004)
• "185 North Wabash Litigation," Real Property Finance Law Subcommittee of the Chicago Bar Association (February 6, 2004)

Ehrenamtliche und gemeinnützige Tätigkeiten

• Adjunct Professorship in Real Estate Financing Law, University of Michigan Law School, Fall 2003 and Fall 2005
• Adjunct Professorship in Real Estate Financing Law, The John Marshall Law School Graduate Program in Real Estate Law, 1999-2002