Jerome Schain, Esq. Land Use and Real Estate—Advisor to Board of Directors
Managing Partner, Schain, Burney, Banks & Kenny, Ltd.
Considered one of the Midwest’s finest land use and real estate transactional attorneys, Jerry Schain works with municipalities and developers to make large or small projects acceptable to a community. Schain is the Managing Partner in the law firm of Schain, Burney, Banks & Kenny, Ltd., which he helped found.
He and his firm work on new and redevelopment projects ranging from suburban planned unit developments to urban high rises and properties consisting of thousands of acres. In dealing with municipalities, Schain uses his experience of over two decades of private practice, and before that 16 years in the State Attorney’s office, for his clients to navigate the often times difficult waters of zoning and land use regulation.
While working in the State Attorney’s office, Schain represented Cook County in matters of Zoning, Condemnation, and Health. During that period, he helped to write a new Zoning ordinance and a comprehensive plan for Cook County, Illinois.
The clients of Schain and his law firm include virtually every major commercial and home builder in the Chicago metro area, major banks and financial institution and dozens of municipalities, other law firms, major accounting and consulting firms, labor unions, major retailers and many others.
Schain received his JD from DePaul University College of Law in 1967. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, and the International Council of Shopping Centers.
Schain’s experience, determination, and enthusiasm make him the ideal advocate to ensure that a project will not only survive, but succeed.
