William M. Brennan
Associate
“I am passionate about assisting clients with advancement of their real estate and business needs and goals while counseling and protecting them from the risks associated therewith.”
Practice Areas:
Education:
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D., 1990
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (with honors), B.S., 1986
Bar Admissions:
- State of Illinois
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Bar Association Memberships:
- Illinois State
- Chicago
William M. Brennan has been associated with Goldstine, Skrodzki, Russian, Nemec and Hoff, Ltd. since 2004. Within the firm’s comprehensive real estate practice, Bill counsels clients regarding the acquisition and disposition of retail, office, residential and industrial properties, including tax-deferred like-kind and/or reverse exchanges (1031 exchanges). He also counsels commercial and residential property developers as well as landlords and tenants.
Bill has represented several clients in multi-million dollar transactions, including the purchase of a 300,000 square-foot industrial property as part of a 1031 exchange. He has also represented a client in the purchase of commercial retail property and concurrent negotiation of a lease as landlord with a national retail tenant, and then represented that same client in the sale of the property and transfer of the lease. Bill has also represented tenants in build-to-suit lease negotiations with national commercial property owners.
In addition to his active role in the firm, Bill has served on the Board of Directors of Respite House, a home that provides short-term medical care to medically-fragile children, and is a volunteer coach for the American Youth Soccer Organization. The former Assistant Public Defender in Cook County is also a founding member of the Public Interest Law Initiative program at Loyola University of Chicago School of Law.
