Marc H. Schwartz joined Harrison & Held as a partner in 2007 to head up the firm’s real estate and banking practices. Before joining the firm, he was the managing partner at Laser, Pokorny, Schwartz, Friedman & Economos, PC. Marc has represented clients in the purchase, sale, development, financing and leasing of commercial, residential, industrial and office-type real estate in Illinois and throughout the country. He has represented and advised clients in complex real estate financing transactions both on the borrower’s and lender’s side of the transactions and has significant experience involving 1031 exchanges. Marc has acted as counsel for a number of large developers and real estate syndicators in the Chicagoland area in the development and financing of properties for retail, office, commercial, and industrial use. Marc has also assisted clients both as Landlord and as Tenant in complex lease negotiations.

Admissions:

• State of Illinois, November 1979
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, December 1979

Education:

• Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, (with Honors)
  JD, 1979
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  BA, 1976 (Cum Laude)

Professional and Community Organizations:

Marc has served on the City of Chicago Blue Ribbon Committee & Abandoned Property Program and currently serves on the President’s Advisor Counsel at Loyola University Medical Center.

Honors and Professional Achievements:

Graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Illinois and was voted an Illinois Super Lawyer in 2006 as published in Chicago Magazine.