The Cook County Board amends the Cook County Real Property Classification Ordinance
By Leonard F. Amari, Vesna Marusic, & Katherine A. Amari
Real Estate Law,
April 2009
The changes with the newly adopted ordinance, as it is hoped by the enactors, would reduce the burden on homeowners the significant burden of the cost of government, but, arguably, real estate taxes will still result in property owners experiencing property tax increases. It is imperative to closely follow real property values and file annual assessment challenges to ensure reasonable taxation. Taxpayers have a host of remedies available in their attempt to reduce the assessment on their real property.
How to reduce the real estate taxes on your home
By Katherine A. Amari
Young Lawyers Division,
April 2006
Homeowners may contest their real estate taxes with the local taxing officials; the Cook County Assessor’s Office and the Cook County Board of Review.
The history of women in the Justinian Society
By Anita M. DeCarlo & Katherine A. Amari
Racial and Ethnic Minorities and the Law,
May 2004
When you first think of women in the Justinian Society of Lawyers, the first person that comes to mind is Judge Gloria Coco. Of course, Judge Coco was our first and, to date, only woman president of the Justinians.
Meet the county division judges
By Katherine A. Amari
State and Local Taxation,
November 2002
Judge Michael Murphy graduated at the top of his class from The John Marshall Law School in 1971. Judge Murphy began his legal career at the Illinois Attorney General's Office where he headed the Civil Rights Division.
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