Madigan & Getzendanner

Madigan needs to be in blagos old cell.
Dec 28th, 2019

Crooks: "Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and Chicago Alderman Ed Burke both run law firms specializing in the lucrative field of Cook County property-tax appeals, one of the most inefficient, corrupt systems in urban politics. Illinois Senate President John Cullerton is a member of a large law firm that handles a range of issues, including property-tax law. The three have held political office in Illinois for a combined 126 years." "Every year from 2010 to 2014, Cook County Assessor and Democratic Party Chairman Joseph Berrios declared the building that housed Mesirow was worth at least $330 million. In each of those years, Madigan’s law firm successfully contested that valuation to the tune of $5 million in tax breaks annually, according to Novak’s research." "Unsurprisingly, the attorneys making millions on property-tax appeals donate heavily to the candidates for Cook County Assessor, the Board of Review commissioners, Cook County judges and the state’s attorney. That means at each level of the appeals process, law firms are likely to interact with someone they’ve helped get elected."
Jul 5th, 2019

My family will be forever grateful to Madigan & Getzendanner for the invaluable assistance rendered with regard to a property tax issue that we had been previously unable to resolve, through multiple other channels. Only MadiGetz proved capable of resolving this very serious and vexing issue, strong testimony to their singular skills and expertise. A special shout out to Real Estate Analyst Thomas Gillespie, our contact at the firm, who worked with us doggedly and patiently over a multi-year period to accomplish what had originally seemed like the impossible. We paid nothing out-of-pocket to the firm, which performed this invaluable service for us for a small percentage of the money that was eventually shaken loose. Mr. Gillespie, on his own initiative, even followed up on the status of the property a year later, to make sure everything was still in order. The time the firm invested over the years, relative to the negligible compensation, made the venture in effect pro bono, yet this did not affect the quality of the work we received.
Apr 24th, 2019

Chicago's finest. Working the system one client at a time.
Sep 3rd, 2018

Jan 14th, 2018