Bruce L. Goldsmith
Senior Counsel
Bruce L. Goldsmith concentrates his practice on real estate development and land use planning, acquisition of large real estate investments, and building construction issues. He also handles a variety of litigation matters, including real estate, commercial, and municipal litigation. Bruce has represented family businesses with sales from several million dollars to hundreds of million dollars.
Bruce spent the first 10 years in various public service practices. During that time, he handled major federal litigation involving public housing tenants, migrant farm workers, and immigrants. He handled a number of cases in federal court involving employment issues, housing conditions, OSHA violations, Fair Labor Standards Act issues, David-Bacon Act, and immigration law matters.
He successfully argued the case of Silva v. Bell in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, a hemisphere-wide class action case involving more than 300,000 class members seeking rights to visas.
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- University of Chicago, J.D.
- Northwestern University, B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Department Honors, Philosophy
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Bar Admissions
- Illinois, 1971
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Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1971
- Federal Trial Bar, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 1975
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1975
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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Real Estate Law, 2022-2024
- Named among the Top 10 Leading Real Estate-Related Lawyers in Suburban Chicago by the Leading Lawyers Network, 2019
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Named an Illinois Leading Lawyer in the area of Closely & Privately Held Business, Land Use, Zoning & Condemnation and Real Estate: Commercial by the Leading Lawyers Network, 2004-2018
- Named a Super Lawyer for Land Use/Zoning by Chicago Magazine, 2008
- Named an Illinois Super Lawyer for Land Use/Zoning, Real Estate and Closely Held Business by Law & Politics, 2007
- Recipient of an AV® Preeminent™ Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
- Latin American Bar Association Illinois Migrant Council, Man of the Year, 1978
- Illinois Migrant Council, State of Illinois Merit Award, 1977
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- Illinois State Bar Association
- Kane County Association, Past General Counsel
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- Mercy Center Hospital Advisory Committee, Past Member
- Mental Health and Mental Retardation Inc., Past Board Member
- Foundation for the West Aurora Schools, Founder and Past Board Member
- Aurora Foundation, Past Board Member
- Temple B'nai Israel, Past Board Member and Officer
- Aurora Jewish Renewal Congregation - Founding Member
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General Counsel, Aurora Civic Center Authority
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