| Robert F. Peck
 Since
his admission to the bar in the State of Illinois in
November of 1964, and subsequently the United States
Supreme Court, the Federal District Court (including
the Trial Bar) of the Northern District of Illinois,
and the state courts of Indiana, Arizona and Florida,
Bob has worked in many facets of civil law, including
Elder Law, wills, trusts, estates and estate planning,
real estate, contracts, corporate and business law.
Bob has
also done a good deal of civil litigation in such areas
as real estate, contracts, zoning and civil rights.
Additionally, he has had extensive
experience in governmental law, having represented various
municipal corporations such as cities, villages, townships,
fire districts, fire and police commissions, zoning
boards and plan commissions. His experience extends
to representation of candidates for public office, including
qualification for office and defense of petition challenges.
Because of Bob's wide ranging activities in the field
of governmental law, we have included a separate resume
of those activities at the end of this biography. *
His experience in civil litigation
includes not only trial work, but numerous appellate
court cases. Finally, Bob has for many years acted as
legal counsel on a pro bono basis for the Southwest
Suburban Counsel on Aging, including a monthly round
table discussion with its members on legal matters of
common interest, and as pro bono legal counsel for LaGrange
Community Nurse and Service Association, a not-for-profit
volunteer organization rendering medical, dental and
other services at or below costs to those in need of
such.
* Bob is currently the attorney
for City of Countryside, City of Countryside Zoning Board
and Plan Commission; he has served as attorney for the
Village of Burr Ridge, the Village of Lincolnshire, and
the Village of Oak Park. He has also served as counsel
to the Village of Justice. Related to his municipal work,
he serves as the attorney for the Village of Justice Board
of Fire and Police Commissioners, City of Countryside
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, and has represented
the Village of Burr Ridge Fire and Police Commission.
In related work, he has represented
or served as Special Counsel to the following: Palos
Township, Palos Township Road District (whom he currently
represents), Lyons Township, Lyons Township Road District,
Orland Township, Orland Township Road District, Stickney
Township, Stickney Township Road District, Worth Township,
and Worth Township Road District. He has also done special
projects and acted as counsel for Calumet Township,
Wheeling Township and Bloomingdale Township.
Related to his township representation,
Bob is one of the three founders of the Illinois Township
Attorneys Association, and currently serves as one of
its directors; he has presented programs on township
law as part of the Illinois Bar Association's Institute
for Continuing Legal Education, has spoken on many occasions
to various divisions of Township Officials of Illinois
and county township officials organizations, and has
participated in numerous seminars for Township Officials
of Illinois and local township organizations. He has
also acted as attorney for Franklin Park District, Blue
Island Park District, Palos Fire Protection District,
Orland Fire Protection District and Garden Homes Fire
Protection District.
In the course of representing the
above mentioned clients, Bob has become intimately familiar
with the various statutes governing Illinois units of
local government and special districts, particularly
the Municipal Code/Township Laws, and related aspects
of law, such as, preparation of ordinances and resolutions;
zoning; special assessments; special service areas;
eminent domain; budgets/appropriations and levies; municipal
finance, including sale of bonds and tax warrants; municipal
contracts; civil rights; governmental meetings; Freedom
of Information; election law; municipal employee matters;
municipal litigation, both at the trial and Appellate
Court levels; annexation and incorporation of governmental
units.
In addition, he has authored
the chapter on local election law for the Illinois Institute
of Continuing Education "Election Law Handbook," and
have participated in numerous programs and seminars
pertaining to various facets of municipal law.
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