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Property Tax Law Firm Adds Attorney with Gov’t. Background

O’Keefe Lyons & Hynes, LLC, a commercial property tax law firm based in Chicago, added Douglas J. LaSota as an attorney at the firm. He will be representing Chicago area businesses and property owners in complex property taxation issues.

LaSota has more than 10 years’ experience in the legal profession, including six years as a commercial analyst at the Cook County Board of Review. He continues a longstanding tradition at O’Keefe Lyons & Hynes, where attorneys bring extensive government property tax experience to their role in representing clients.

Most recently, from 2018 through late 2019, LaSota was Associate Corporation Counsel for the Village of Hoffman Estates. Before then, he served as a Commercial Analyst for the Cook County Board of Review. In that position, he analyzed and rendered legal decisions on commercial, industrial, residential and condominium property assessment appeals; and conducted hearings concerning property value assessments, among other responsibilities.

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