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Michele Diglio-Benkiran

Real Estate Law

13330 W Colonial Drive, Suite 110, Winter Garden, FL 34787

Michele Diglio-Benkiran grew up in an entrepreneurial family where she learned business fundamentals at a very early age. Over the years Mrs. Diglio-Benkiran owned several thriving businesses including a multi-million dollar manufacturing business, a shelving distribution company and a full-service hair salon. As such, Mrs. Diglio-Benkiran understands the fundamentals of successful business practices. Mrs. Diglio-Benkiran incorporates this “hands-on” business knowledge and experience when counseling her business clients. Mrs. Diglio-Benkiran understands, implements and counsels on the principals of “deal making” and not “deal breaking.” Michele Diglio-Benkiran has represented businesses in several aspects of business law including but not limited to collections, corporate formation, joint ventures, contract drafting, arbitration, mediation, litigation, copyrights, trademarks, employer related matters, corporate compliance, business insurance audits, and workers compensation claims

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Michelle Broughton-Fountain

Michelle Broughton-Fountain

Distinguished Lawyer

Real Estate Law

19150 S. Kedzie, Suite 103B, Flossmoor, IL 60422

Area of Practice: Municipal Law Michelle Broughton-Fountain has been practicing law as a general practitioner since 1996. She graduated with Honors and Distinction from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. Also, she graduated from the College of Law with her Juris Doctor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Michelle Broughton-Fountain has lived in the South Suburbs for over thirty years. She founded the Law Office of Michelle Broughton-Fountain in May of 2005. She currently specializes in family law, probate law, estate law, real estate matters and municipal law.

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Nicholas Moore

Nicholas Moore

Distinguished Lawyer

Real Estate Law

191 Peachtree Rd NE suite 2600, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA

Nick is a partner in the real estate and private equity practice group handling virtually all transactions involving income-producing commercial real estate. With several years’ experience, Nick represents local, regional, and national developers, owners, syndicators, general partners, limited partners, and investors as they acquire and divest commercial real estate through sophisticated transactions. He uses his experience to provide straight-forward actionable and practical advice with the ability to refine clients’ strategies for acquisitions, development, leasing, financing, and joint ventures. Nick’s clients are focused predominantly on the national multi-family real estate industry as he has transacted hundreds of millions of dollars in commercial real estate in 2021. He is well-versed in matters related to advising and structuring joint ventures, syndicating real estate acquisitions, guidance through divestments, and creating real estate private equity funds and private investment companies. Nick has been selected as a Georgia SuperLawyer™ as a Rising Star for the years 2021 and 2022. This exceptional award is provided to the top 2.5% of vote earners for the area of Business and Corporate. He has spoken and appeared at numerous conferences, summits, podcasts, and other local engagements sharing his knowledge and experience.

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Patrick J. Williams

Real Estate Law

901 Warrenville Rd suite 175, Lisle, IL 60532, USA

Patrick is a founding member and managing partner of the firm who has devoted his practice to specific areas of civil litigation for over 37 years. He represents individual and commercial clients in all aspects of contract and real estate litigation and related business disputes. This includes construction litigation, foreclosure and mechanics liens , collections, evictions and landlord/tenant matters. In addition, Patrick also has extensive litigation experience in contested probate estate cases and will contest. His clients have included Chicago area banks, homeowners’ associations, property management firms and construction companies.

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