KURT P. FROEHLICH
Scope of Practice:
Mr. Froehlich's practice primarily focuses on Public & Municipal Finance and Local Government Law. Formerly he was with the home rule and intergovernmental cooperation project of the University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs and of the State of Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs (now the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity), was the City Attorney of Champaign, Illinois (1975-80), and an adjunct professor of architecture at the University of Illinois (1987 – 1993). He has written extensively on a variety of local government law and public and municipal finance topics and has been a participant on numerous municipal law and public and municipal finance programs sponsored by local, state and national organizations, including for the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
A graduate of the University of Illinois, where he received his B.S. (1966), M.Ed. (1968) and J.D. (1973), Mr. Froehlich has chaired the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers' (now International Municipal Lawyers Association) Committee on Intergovernmental Relations and the Economic Development, Taxation and Finance Section. He is a member of the American (member, Section on Taxation's Committee on Tax-Exempt Finance), Illinois State (former chair of the Local Government Law Section Council) and Champaign County Bar Associations, the National Association of Bond Lawyers, the Illinois Tax Increment Association and the Home Rule Committee of the Illinois Municipal League.
Admitted to Practice:
Illinois, 1973
U.S. Supreme Court, 1977
Education:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S. (Chemistry/Education), 1966
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.Ed. (Secondary Education), 1968
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, J.D., 1973
Professional Associations:
Champaign County Bar Association – Member
Champaign County Government Attorneys Group – Member
Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) – Member
ISBA Local Government Law Section Council – Past Chair, 1991-1992
Illinois Tax Increment Association – Member
Illinois Municipal League Home Rule Attorneys Committee – Member
American Bar Association (ABA) – Member
ABA Committee on Tax Exempt Finance – Member, 1987 - Present
National Institute of Municipal Law Officers – Past Member; Past Chair, Economic Development Taxation Finance Section and Intergovernmental Relations
National Association of Bond Lawyers – Member
Biography:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Institute of Government and Public Affairs (Home Rule / Intergovernmental Cooperation Project) – Research Associate, 1973-1974
Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs (now Illinois DCEO) (Home Rule Project) - Technical Advisor, 1974-1975
City of Champaign, Illinois – City Attorney, 1975-1980
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Adjunct Professor of Architecture, 1978-1993
Military:
U.S. Army, 1968-1970 (Medical Laboratory/Chemistry)