David T. Brown

David T. Brown

David T. Brown
Principal
Phone: 312.521.2754 vCard
Fax: 312.521.2854
dbrown@muchshelist.com

PRACTICE GROUPS

AT WORK

David T. Brown, Chair of the Management Committee, is actively involved in strategic planning and leadership development for the firm.

David is an experienced transactional lawyer who serves the firm's clients as a legal and business counselor in a wide range of matters. He acts as advisor to closely held businesses in connection with their everyday legal and business issues, including the sale and acquisition of assets, private placement of debt and equity, tax and entity structure, and commercial loan workouts and company restructuring. David also serves as a business counselor to firm clients on their strategic and human talent development.

David represents institutional lenders in virtually all aspects of commercial real estate and corporate loan and workout transactions. He also represents a number of commercial real estate firms, assisting them with the acquisition, development and financing of real estate projects and advising them on routinely encountered legal and business issues.

IN THE PROFESSION

David is a regular speaker on a broad range of topics, including lending, taxation, business succession and limited liability companies.

He is a member of the American, Illinois and Chicago Bar Associations, the Mortgage Bankers' Association of America, the Illinois Mortgage Bankers' Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society and the Chicagoland Chapter of the Young Presidents' Organization.

David has been designated an Illinois Super Lawyer, an honor given to the top 5% of attorneys in the state. He has also been recognized by the Leading Lawyers Network as a top Illinois lawyer in the areas of privately held business law and commercial real estate (2003-2012).

IN THE COMMUNITY

David is an active Board member of the Jewish United Fund /Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. He served as the End of Year Chairman for the JUF's 2004 campaign and held that position again in 2008. David is also immediate past Chair of the Government Affairs Committee, where he presented the Jewish Federation's position on important policy issues to government officials in Washington, D.C. and Springfield, IL. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors and on the Executive Committee of the Jewish United Fund, and as Chair of the Jewish Federation's Overall Planning and Allocations Committee (OPAC). David has also held multiple positions within the JUF's Young Leadership Division (including past service as President) and is the recipient of the JUF's Young Leadership Award. David was recently named a member of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and Co-Chair of JFNA's Domestic Affairs Health & Long-Term Care Workgroup. David is active in AIPAC and is a regular visitor to Israel.

David volunteers his time as a reading mentor for first graders in a Chicago Public School. He has run in the Chicago Marathon eight times on behalf of the American Liver Foundation (ALF), for which he has served as Chair of the Steering Committee.

BACKGROUND

Loyola University Chicago School of Law
J.D., 1986

University of Illinois
B.S., 1982

David is admitted to practice in Illinois.