Real Estate School
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Peter T. Woods
Joliet, IL ***35
***********@*******.***
Legal Employment History:
Peter T. Woods, Attorney at Law, Chicago, Hinsdale, and Joliet, Illinois, 1984 to Present. General practice representing clients in corporate and business matters, including negotiating and drafting of complex legal documents, closing major real estate transactional matters, including low-income housing tax credit transactions under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, drafting mortgages, mortgage notes, and other real estate closing documents, construction contracts, mechanics' lien matters, leasing, real estate tax appeals, zoning, physicians in medical practices, personnel law, criminal law, litigation in state and federal courts, and various other matters.
National Equity Fund, Inc. ("NEF"), Chicago, Illinois, April 1989 to December 1992. General Counsel for leading national syndicator of low-income housing tax credits under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code. NEF raised in excess of five hundred million dollars in equity from its inception in 1987 through 1992 and placed equity investments totaling approximately one billion dollars of housing throughout the United States. Duties included: drafting and review of various contracts, review of offering statements, negotiating with attorneys for developers and corporate investors, monitoring and representation in litigation, review of employment issues, hiring and monitoring outside attorneys, negotiation and drafting of bridge loan financing documents for multi-million dollar loans, directing the closings of multi-family housing developments nationwide, administration of all legal services to corporation, created, trained, and supervised legal department consisting of three staff attorneys, two paralegals, and secretarial staff.
Illinois Housing Development Authority, Chicago, Illinois, November 1984 to April 1989. Senior Staff Attorney responsible for approval of the purchase of single family mortgage loans in First Time Home Buyer Program for moderate income persons and families throughout the State of Illinois, review and representation in all legal issues regarding First Time Home Buyer Program, including subsequent defaults, responsible for closing mortgage loans on multi-family housing developments throughout Illinois under the Illinois Housing Development Authority Multi-Family Mortgage Loan Program, closed mortgage loans on real property with a fair market value of approximately one hundred million dollars, negotiating and drafting of various types of contracts, monitoring and representation in litigation, drafting legislation, tax-exempt bond financing, general corporate and managerial legal work for billion dollar corporation.
Kusper and Raucci Chartered, Chicago, Illinois, March 1981 to November 1984. General practice, civil and criminal litigation in state and federal courts, negotiation and drafting of contracts, real estate tax appeals, real estate closings, school law, and various other matters.
Cook County Public Defender's Office, Chicago, Illinois, July 1975 to March 1981. Appeals Division, Misdemeanor Division, and three and one-half years in the Felony Trial Division.
Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois, 2001, part-time instructor, Masters in Business Administration program, taught labor and employment law, part-time instructor, Criminal Justice Program 2004- to present, undergraduate school, and graduate school, taught criminal law, criminal procedure, courts, introduction to criminal justice, corrections, ethics for police officers, public liability for municipalities and police officers, and security law.
City of Joliet, Illinois, 1998-1999. Member, Zoning Board of Appeals.
Loyola University Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1982 to 1985. Trial Advocacy Program, Trial Judge.
Admitted to Practice: State of Illinois, April 1975,
United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, July 1975, and
United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar, December 1982.
Education: John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, Juris Doctor, February 1975,
John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, Post Graduate Courses in Taxation, 1977-1979, and Quincy College, Quincy, Illinois, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, May 1971.
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