Louis P. Vitullo

Louis Vitullo chairs the Governmental Affairs Practice Group at Wildman Harrold. His practice since 1969 has spanned the private sector and government including serving as a captain in the U.S. Army (1970-1971), as assistant and counsel to Governor Dan Walker (1972-1976), partner at Freedman & Koven (1976-1987) and Chair of the Government Affairs Practice Group at Wildman Harrold (1987-2006). From 1992 through 1998 he served as counsel and advisor to former Senator Carol Moseley Braun.

His practice focuses on the unique relationship between the private sector and units of local government with particular emphasis on municipal finance, tax increment financing and land use and entitlements. He has lobbied before various units of local government in the Chicagoland area, the City of Chicago, the Illinois State Legislature and the U.S. Congress, and is currently counsel or special counsel to 21 units of local or tax increment financing districts.

Representative Experience:

Bond Counsel and TIF Counsel for 400-acre industrial park in the Village of Sauk Village, IL, projected to generate $200 million in capital expenditures and $500 million in incremental revenues
Special Counsel to the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association (SSMMA) for expansion of Metro system
Bond Counsel in the Village of Bellwood, IL for nine TIF districts consisting of approximately 700 acres of residential, commercial, industrial and transportation-oriented development
Special Counsel for Economic Development to the SSMMA and the Chicago Southland Economic Development Corporation (CSEDC)
General Counsel to the Chicago Area Council Boy Scouts of America, 1976 to date

Publications And Presentations:

Contributing author, “Reference Guide prepared by the Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois,” Local Government Law Section Council of the ISBA, May 2000.
Frequent Speaker, Illinois Municipal League & Chicago Bar Association, Local Government Committee.
Frequent Speaker, Illinois State Bar Association Commentator on proposed Eminent Domain Statute.
Witness before the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois on economic development practices implemented by the Department of Commerce & Community Affairs.
Author, “Intergovernmental Cooperation and the Insurance Crisis,” Depaul Law Review, 1982.

Professional Associations:

Chicago Bar Association

Illinois Bar Association (former Chair, Local Government Section Council)

National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL)

Member and frequent lecturer of the Illinois Tax Increment Association (ITIA)

Executive Committee Member and frequent lecturer of the Real Estate Investment Association (REIA)

Member of Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA)

Member of Advisory Board of Misericordia Heart of Mercy, 1978 to present

Member of the Board of Directors of the International Visitors Center of Chicago (IVCC)

Bar Admissions:

Illinois, 1969

Supreme Court of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

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