Partner, Chicago Office

ph: 312.332.7760
fax:312.332.7768
lslutzky@robbins-schwartz.com

Lorence H. Slutzky

Lory Slutzky represents public and private owners and developers, design professionals, contractors, design builders, manufacturers and insurers. He negotiates construction contracts including complex engineer-procure-construct projects. He is a highly successful advocate and litigator. He is a dispute resolution neutral, mediating and arbitrating disputes. Through his insights, he guides clients through the complexities of design, procurement and construction. By anticipating project specific causes of unfulfilled expectations, he facilitates the creation of a team approach to address and to avoid the disintegration of the relationship of the parties and the costly construction dispute resolution process that follows.

Lory began his legal career as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Julius J. Hoffman, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1972-73). He served as an Assistant State's Attorney of Cook County, Civil Litigation Division (1973-76). He has been with Robbins, Schwartz since 1976. Lory is a national, commercial and construction Arbitrator. He is also an adjunct professor at The John Marshall Law School Center for Real Estate Law, a post graduate program, where he teaches Construction Law.

Lory is a founder and past president of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys. He is a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers. He is the only Illinois lawyer Board Certified (by examination) as a Construction Specialist by the Florida Bar.[1] He publishes extensively on the subject of construction and related topics and speaks nationally on the intricacies of the construction process.

Awards

• "AV" Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Certified Mediator, DePaul College of Law, Chicago, IL
• Chambers and Partners: Construction: Illinois
• Leading Lawyer as selected by Law Bulletin Publishing Company
• SuperLawyer as selected by Law and Politics Magazine
• Listed the "The Best Lawyers in America"
• "Who's Who Legal" - Illinois
• "Who's Who Legal" - Construction
• Who's Who Among College and Universities

Recent Publications

• Contributing Author and Co-Editor, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education CONSTRUCTION LAW SERIES, Volume I: Pre-Construction Issues (IICLE, 2009) Volume II: "Bidding the Construction Contract," CONSTRUCTION LAW: Transactional Considerations (IICLE, 2010) Volume III: Resolution of Construction Disputes (IICLE, 2012)
• Author and Co-Editor, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education CONSTRUCTION LAW SERIES, Volume I: Pre-Construction Issues (IICLE, 2009)
• Construction Law, Chapter Author, American Bar Association (2009)
• "Quality Remedies and Call Back Warranties," The Construction Contracts Book: How to Find Common Ground in Negotiating Design and Construction Contract Clauses, American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry (2004, 2008)
• The Construction Contracts Book, Chapter Author, American Bar Association (2008)
• "Representing the Owner; Chapter 4, Procedures and Preparations of Proof for Damage Claims Based on Construction Delays and Failures," CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION (IICLE, 2003, 2006)
• "Injuries Resulting in Damage Claims," Chapter 23, Architect and Engineer Liability: Claims Against Design Professionals, 3rd ed. (2006)

Recent Presentations

• Demystifying Green Construction and the Public Sector, The Center for Real EstateLaw, The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL (November 2012)
• Legal Issues in Engineering, Moderator and Organizer, Structural Engineers Association of Illinois, Chicago, IL (September 2012)
  
• The Risk of Social and Environmental Engineering - MBE/FBE Compliance and Proof of Good Faith Compliance, The American Public Works Association, St. Charles, IL (September 2012)
• Public Contracts, American College of Construction Attorneys, Laguna Beach, CA (February 2012)
• Electronic Bidding and Public Procurement, IASBO (May 2011)
• Mechanics Liens and Construction Claims, Illinois State Bar Association, Northern Illinois University Law School (April 2011) and Southern Illinois University Law School (November 2010)
• Resolving Construction Law Issues Across the 49th Parallel, JAMS-SOICA (May 2009)
• Advanced Concepts in Construction Delay and Disruption, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Chicago, IL (May 2008)

[1] The Supreme Court of Illinois does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law. The certificate is not a requirement to practice law in Illinois. Rules of Professional practice, §7.4(c).

Education

• J.D., John Marshall Law School, 1972
• University of Exeter, England through the John Marshall Wyeth School of Law, William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1971
• B.S., Southern Illinois University, 1968

Admitted to Practice

• Supreme Court of the United States
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
• Supreme Court of Illinois
• Supreme Court of Florida

Organizations

• American Bar Association, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
• American College of Construction Lawyers, Fellow
• Association of Attorney-Mediators
• Chicago Bar Association
• Florida Bar Association
• Illinois Bar Association
• Illinois Counsel of School Attorneys
• Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys

Partner, Chicago Office

ph: 312.332.7760
fax:312.332.7768
lslutzky@robbins-schwartz.com