Practical Business, Real Estate, and Property Counsel
Lamphere Legal represents businesses, business owners, property owners, landlords, developers, investors, nonprofits, landowners, and individuals in business, real estate, municipal, state and local taxation, leasing, estate planning, and litigation matters.
The work includes business disputes, commercial and industrial property, warehouse and logistics uses, solar and battery storage projects, agricultural and rural land issues, municipal approvals, estate planning, and property-related matters in Illinois and Wisconsin.
Duncan Lamphere
Duncan Lamphere represents businesses, closely held companies, developers, landlords, investors, nonprofits, landowners, and property owners in business, commercial real estate, industrial property, municipal, zoning, leasing, eviction, state and local taxation, and property dispute matters.
His practice focuses on practical representation for clients dealing with transactions, disputes, permitting, land use approvals, leasing problems, property tax issues, business governance, and business-related real estate matters.
Focus
- Business counsel and litigation
- Commercial real estate
- Industrial and warehouse property
- Zoning and municipal matters
- State and local taxation
- Commercial leasing and evictions
Education
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
- B.A., Lawrence University
Admissions
- Illinois
- Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
Representative Matters for Duncan Lamphere
Selected examples involving commercial transactions, leasing, regulated industries, zoning, property taxation, business disputes, and public-interest advocacy.
Commercial Transactions
Represented clients in commercial real estate transactions regularly involving eight-figure properties and financing arrangements, including office, industrial, logistics, warehouse, mixed-use, and development-related projects throughout Northern Illinois and Wisconsin.
Commercial real estateLeasing and Industrial Property
Represented landlords, tenants, developers, and operators in commercial leasing matters involving industrial buildings, warehouse facilities, logistics properties, operational disputes, lease negotiations, defaults, amendments, and occupancy-related issues.
Commercial leasingRegulated Industry and Public Policy Matters
Represented clients in politically and commercially sensitive negotiations and disputes involving highly regulated industries subject to significant political controversy, including municipal concerns, regulatory issues, operational disputes, and development-related issues connected to broader national policy debates and covered by regional television news and national industry publications.
Municipal and regulatory mattersZoning, Easements, and Development
Represented businesses, developers, investors, landlords, tenants, industrial operators, and agricultural landowners in zoning, municipal, land use, easement, access, restrictive covenant, utility-right, solar energy, battery storage, and development-related matters affecting commercial, industrial, warehouse, and agricultural property.
Easements and development rightsProperty Taxation
Represented clients in Illinois property taxation matters involving assessment disputes, tax appeals, tax-sale and redemption analysis, tax deed proceedings, commercial lease tax-allocation issues, and operational property-tax concerns affecting commercial, industrial, and investment real estate.
Property taxationBusiness Management and Litigation
Represented businesses, closely held companies, owners, managers, and investors in business governance disputes, commercial litigation, contract disputes, operational conflicts, and enforcement matters involving real estate, operations, and long-term business strategy.
Business litigationPublic Interest and Pro Bono Advocacy
Provided pro bono and public-interest advocacy relating to proposed state and local legal and policy changes, including efforts involving animal welfare, property rights, regulatory processes, and practical governmental administration.
Public-interest advocacy
Madison R. Miller
Madison R. Miller’s practice is primarily focused on estate planning and trust administration. She works with clients on planning documents, trust matters, and related family and asset planning concerns.
Madison earned her law degree from The University of Chicago Law School and is licensed in Illinois.
Focus
- Estate planning
- Trust administration
- Family and asset planning
Education
- J.D., University of Chicago Law School
- B.S., Oklahoma State University
Admissions
- Illinois
Joseph Hemphill
Joseph Hemphill practices as a litigator in Illinois and federal courts. His work includes litigation support and dispute-related matters for clients facing business, property, and civil litigation issues.
Joseph earned his law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and is licensed in Illinois.
Focus
- Litigation
- Business disputes
- Civil litigation
Education
- J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law
- B.A., University of Illinois
Admissions
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
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Lamphere Legal provides representation for business, commercial real estate, industrial development, leasing, zoning, municipal, state and local taxation, easement, estate planning, and litigation matters in Illinois and Wisconsin.
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