About Mark A.
Mark A. Lara built his legal basis on a mixture of study room study and metropolis practice. He earned a B.A. from DePaul University in 1996. He went directly to study at The John Marshall Law School, where he completed his J.D. and later pursued a LL.D. in Real Estate Law. Those academic years set the stage for a career that moves among public service, personal practice and the business side of real property.
Lara started his legal work in local government law. In 2008 he served as a law clerk and lawyer within the City of Chicago Department of Law. That early publicity gave him day-to-day knowledge with government process, ordinances and the types of disputes municipalities handle. He left metropolis corridor to begin his personal firm in 2010, opening Lara Legal, the place he handled a range of things for person and enterprise clients.
His profession trail includes a spell in actual estate brokerage. In 2014 he joined Berkshire Hathaway Home Services as a broker associate. That period within the personal sector expanded his view of transactions, estate markets and client counseling outside the court. He returned to law practice and labored at Fornaro Law in 2018. The next yr he joined Goldstine, Skrodzki, Russian, Nemec and Hoff, Ltd. as an associate lawyer and stays on the firm’s roster.
The throughline in Lara’s résumé is real estate. His academic work in real estate law, combined with hands-on brokerage knowledge and municipal practice, gives him multiple angles on property questions. He handles transactional work and represents clients in disputes that arise from the ones transactions. His municipal background also informs zoning and regulatory things that frequently overlap with actual estate cases.
Colleagues describe him as practical and detail-oriented in client files. He has handled things for buyers, sellers, developers and small agencies. He also brings knowledge running a small practice, which shapes how he strategies case control and client communication. He keeps professional memberships in nearby legal associations and participates in the bar-associated things to do available to him.
Today he practices as an associate at Goldstine, Skrodzki, Russian, Nemec and Hoff, Ltd., the place his work centers on real estate transactions, associated legal proceedings and regulatory issues affecting estate proprietors and developers.
