About
Samuel J. Tamkin, Attorney At Law, founded in 1986 and based in Glencoe, Illinois, focuses on real estate law for residential and commercial clients in Chicago and across the Midwest. The practice represents buyers, sellers, developers, and investors in closings and in the purchase, sale, leasing, and development of properties. Matters handled include residential sales and purchases; commercial acquisitions and dispositions of strip centers, office buildings, retail and shopping centers, vacant land, and warehouse facilities; residential, office, and retail leases; Illinois land trusts; and 1031 tax-deferred exchanges. The firm also advises on high-end residential transactions requiring confidentiality.
Samuel Tamkin began his career in the real estate department of one of the nation’s largest real estate law firms before establishing his own practice. He has closed thousands of transactions and assisted dozens of developers and investors. He holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and a JD from the University of Illinois College of Law. Fluent in Spanish and raised in Mexico City, he serves a broad client base. He is a nationally syndicated real estate columnist with work appearing in outlets such as the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel, Columbus Dispatch, and Chicago Tribune.