Email: jkayne@hsklaw.com
Tel: 847-597-2150
Fax: 866-900-1597
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Joseph Kayne represents clients, and is a leading attorney, in the automobile, commercial real estate, banking, and business industries. Joseph represents motor vehicle franchise owners in dealership acquisitions and sales, manufacturer contract negotiations and execution, employment matters, floor plan, capital financing, business, and estate planning. Drawing upon more than three decades of experience, he provides legal counsel for commercial real estate transactions including, acquisitions, sales, development, leasing and financing. He also practices in mortgage lending, purchase and sales of businesses, executive employment agreements, and 1031 exchanges.
Joseph has worked together with the Illinois Attorney General, by judicial appointment, in liquidating fraudulent automobile dealers. He has also acted as court-appointed guardian for minors and disabled persons in complicated guardianship, trust, and estate proceedings. Joseph also serves his clients in estate planning and representation before the IRS and acted as a general counsel for a real estate title insurance company.
Education
- B.S., cum laude, Economics, Boston College School of Management, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981
- J.D. DePaul University Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1984
- L.L.M., (Tax), DePaul University Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1988
Licenses to Practice
- State of Illinois
- United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- United States Tax Court
Memberships & Involvement
- Chicago Bar Association
- National Association of Dealer Counsel
Community & Civic Activities
- Photographer for The Nature Conservancy, Sierra Club and National Audubon Society
Awards & Recognition
- Featured photographer and named a “Lord of the Landscape” in Outdoor Photographer
- American landscape, the Heartland and Native American archaeological sites photo have been exhibited in various galleries, museums and private collections across the country.