Firm News

Fred Tannenbaum, a partner in Gould & Ratner’s Corporate Practice, has been selected as co-president of the America–Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago (AICC). Fred will serve as co-president alongside Sally Fernandez, CEO of Safety Dynamics. Gould & Ratner partner Matt Goldfarb also serves as a member of the AICC board of directors.

Congratulations to Gould & Ratner’s COO Ken Koehn for being recognized as a 2023 SurePoint Community award winner. Ken received the individual award for “Commitment to Community” at the IGNITE SurePoint Conference in Las Vegas from March 5-8. Gould & Ratner’s CFO Michael Hill and Assistant Controller Craig Neukirch also attended the conference.

Gould & Ratner is pleased to announce recent leadership changes at the practice level. Rob Chidester, Corporate Practice, Steve Gustafson, Tax and Wealth Transfer Practice, Joe Marzo, Real Estate Practice and Eric Sparks, Litigation Practice, have been selected to serve as practice chairs. Joe and Rob will serve their first terms as practice chairs, while Eric and Steve continue their service, previously having served for several years.

Gould & Ratner will sponsor the Illinois REjournals Women in Commercial Real Estate Summit on March 8. The event will feature panels on industry trends and topics including commercial construction and a state of the market update, as well as celebrating notable women in commercial real estate.

Rich Reizen was named to JD Supra’s “Top Ten Construction Authors” list as part of the platform’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards. Rich was recognized as no.9 of a group of nearly 2,500 authors who wrote on construction-related matters in 2022. These awards recognize JD Supra contributors for the visibility and engagement their thought leadership earned among readers during the last 12 months.

Stephen Sandler, a partner in Gould & Ratner’s Real Estate Practice, was recognized as one of 40 real estate professionals to be inducted into Midwest Real Estate News’ (MREN) 2022 Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame.