Achieving Development through Community Agreement

Bio: Partner, Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C.; Adjunct Professor, John Marshall Law School

Education: J.D., University of Hawaii's William S. Richardson School of Law B.A., Illinois State University

Key Publications: Social Media and Local Governments: Navigating the New Public Square (ABA Press, 2013) Development by Agreement: A Tool Kit for Land Developers and Local Governments (ABA Press, 2012) Planning and Control of Land Development: Cases and Materials, Eighth Edition (LexisNexis, 2011) Bargaining for Development: A Handbook on Development Agreements, Annexation Agreements, Land Development Conditions, Vested Rights, and the Provision of Public Facilities, (Environmental Law Institute, July 2003). “Six Strategies for Regulating Big Boxes,” The Commissioner (APA, Spring 2010) "Hard Times for Real Estate Developers and the Impact on Municipalities," Illinois Municipal Review (March 2008) “Subdivisions, Subdivision Controls, and Drainage,” IICLE Municipal Law Series Handbook (2012) “From the Traditional to the More Creative: Incentives for Historic Preservation,” Current Trends and Practical Strategies in Land Use Law and Zoning (December 2004). “Annexation Agreements and Development Agreements,” a chapter in the American Bar Association’s book Trends in Land Use Law from A to Z: Adult Uses to Zoning (2001).

Past Assignments: Faculty Member of ALI-ABA's Land Use Institute (2006-present) Social Media and Ethics, APA National Conference (2011) Land Use Opportunities for Foreclosures at the APA National Conference in New Orleans (2010) Distressed Properties and Climate Change at the APA National Conference in Minneapolis (2009) Paying for Growth and Bargaining for Development at the APA National Conference in Las Vegas (2008) Big Box Regulation at the APA National Conference in Philadelphia (2007) Exactions and Takings Law at the APA National Conference in San Antonio (2006). Development Exactions and Vested Rights at the APA National Conference in Washington, D.C. (2004). Development and Agreements at the APA National Conference in Denver, Colorado (2003) and in San Francisco, California (2005). Architectural Design Regulations to the Land Use Committee of the ABA at its annual spring meeting in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico (April 2002).