Kathleen Elliott focuses her practice on local government law, zoning, development, land use law, real estate and litigation. Kathie’s experience includes advising local governments with regard to the conduct of public meetings, including compliance with the Open Meetings Act, ethics and conflict of interest. She also has experience advising these entities on employment issues such as discipline, leave, state and federal employment compliance statutes, labor contracts and grievances. Kathie represents local governments in connection with drafting, interpreting and enforcing a variety of ordinances, intergovernmental agreements, development and redevelopment agreements, annexation agreements and public works contracts. She assists clients with land acquisition, negotiations, purchase contracts and eminent domain and also advises her clients on public financing matters.
Before joining the firm, Kathie was a City Attorney for the City of Rockford for 27 years. She is a member of the Winnebago County Bar Association, and a past member of its Board of Directors. She is a frequent speaker at the Illinois Municipal League’s conferences and municipal attorney seminars. Kathie is the co-author of the
Municipal Litigation chapter of the Illinois Municipal Law Series published by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. In the community, she has served on a number of not-for-profit boards, and has served as Board President for the American Heart Association's Advisory Board for Northern Illinois, AIDS Care Network, and the Epilepsy Foundation of Northern Illinois.