Our commitment to serving Illinois' educational institutions and local governments has spanned four decades. With offices in Chicago, Decatur, Collinsville, and Joliet, Robbins, Schwartz is uniquely positioned to serve school districts, community colleges, cities, counties, villages, townships, park districts, police and fire pension boards, special education cooperatives, special recreation associations, and vocational cooperatives throughout Illinois and the St. Louis, Missouri area. Our attorneys devote the majority of their time to counseling, solving problems, and litigating on behalf of our clients in matters related to students and special education; local governments; labor and employment law; and commercial transactions, construction law, real estate, and finance.

Our founders in 1970 pioneered the notion that education law is a singular discipline, and the firm has continuously provided leadership in the field as evidenced by regular invitations to conduct workshops and clinics for organizations such as the Association of School Business Officials, the National Academy of School Executives, American Association of School Administrators, National School Boards Association, Illinois Association of School Boards, Illinois Community College Trustees Association, and other professional organizations and societies.

The firm's comprehensive experience in local government law provides our clients the benefit of prompt response and attention. We represent municipalities and governmental boards either as general counsel or as special counsel, on request of elected officials, administrative staff or the governmental body's regular attorneys. Our attorneys conduct workshops and presentations on topical legal issues for groups such as the Illinois Municipal League, Township Officials of Illinois, Illinois Institute for Local Government Law, and the International Municipal Lawyers Association.

With more than 35 years of experience in law for education and local government, a team of attorneys and other professionals qualified in the diverse disciplines required to provide effective legal services to support your mission, our firm is prepared to provide you with the most effective and responsible legal counsel available, while keeping legal expenses under control.

We look forward to working with you.

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