Donna Pugh , Chicago Illinois

Summary

Donna J. Pugh is a zoning and land use attorney in the Chicago office of Foley & Lardner LLP where she focuses her practice on obtaining governmental approvals related to land use and zoning on behalf of her retail, health care and corporate clients. With her approach of bridging the gap between client, civic and municipal needs, Ms. Pugh has an exceptionally high success rate of securing necessary entitlements for land development projects in the Chicago area.Ms. Pugh served as 2009-2010 Chair of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of State and Local Government Law.A consensus builder, Ms. Pugh works to unite property owners, elected officials and community groups to achieve approvals that maximize flexibility of future land use and benefit all involved stakeholders. A member of the firm's Real Estate Practice and Senior Living Industry Team, she was selected for inclusion in the 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010 Illinois Super Lawyers(R) lists for her zoning and land use work. She has also been selected for the list of Leading Lawyers in the area of land use, zoning & condemnation law from 2003-2010. Most recently, Ms. Pugh was recognized as a Top Business Lawyers in Illinois in 2010 Leading Lawyers Magazine, Business Edition, and the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America(R) in the area of land use and zoning law.* Ms. Pugh has experience in securing rezoning, variations, text amendments and other land use approvals for the following project types:-- Retail, including regional shopping malls, retail shopping centers, and strip malls-- Health care, including hospitals, clinics, physician groups, nursing homes, outpatient treatment centers, senior living facilities, medical schools and others-- Mixed-use development, including projects that may contain apartment, office, hotel, retail, senior housing and other land uses-- Public way, including securing approvals for private use of skybridges, tunnels, canopies, monuments and others* The Illinois Supreme Court does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois. View More ?