About Us

Flanagan | Bilton LLC is a firm of experienced attorneys and tax consultants who have represented clients on property tax matters for 40 years.  Unlike tax consulting firms, we provide services that offer tax consulting opinions as well as expert legal advice in matters strictly related to property taxes.  Prior to entering private practice, our founding partners accumulated 25 years of state and local government service - focusing on tax matters, property valuations and litigation at both the trial and appellate level.

Based in Chicago, our exceptional national practice serves more than 1,000 clients in approximately 30 states, including a wide-range of real estate investment trusts (REIT’s), banks, insurance companies and pension funds.

The Distinguished Team…

Thomas D. Flanagan

Managing Partner

Born Chicago, Illinois, September 18, 1937

Loyola University - B.S. 1959

Chicago-Kent College of Law - J.D. 1963

Admitted: Illinois, 1963

Member: Chicago, Illinois, and American Bar Associations; International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO)

 

Dean H. Bilton

Partner

Born Chicago, Illinois, October 25,1937

University of Arizona

University of Michigan

DePaul University - L.L.B. 1960

Admitted: Illinois, 1960; Minnesota, 1981; Texas, 1989

Member:  Chicago, Illinois, Minnesota, and Texas Bar Associations; International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO)

 

Orlando Pellegrino

University of Iowa - B.S. 1957

Certified Illinois Assessing Officer (CIAO)

Member: Institute of Professionals in Taxation (IPT); International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO)

 

Robert E. Pernai

DePaul University - B.S. 1981, M.B.A. 1988

John Marshall Law School, J.D. 2006

Admitted: Illinois, 2007

Certified Public Accountant - 1982

Certified Texas Tax Representative

Certified Tennessee Tax Representative

Level II Certified Indiana Assessor

Member: Chicago and Illinois Bar Associations; Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants; Institute of Professionals in Taxation (IPT)

 

Huan D. Cassioppi Tran

University of Iowa, B.A. 1990

Loyola University Chicago, J.D. 2001

Admitted : Illinois , 2001 ; District of Columbia, 2002 ; California, 2003 ; Florida, 2004 

US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2001

Member: Chicago, Illinoisand the District of Columbia Bar Associations; International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO); Institute of Professionals in Taxation (IPT)

 

Spero N. Kopitas

DePaul University - B.S. 1991

Certified Texas Tax Representative

Certified Tennessee Tax Representative

Member: Institute of Professionals in Taxation (IPT); International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO);  National Multi Housing Counsel (NMHC); International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)

 

James E. Owens

St. Xavier University - B.A. 1982.

Certified Illinois Assessing Officer (CIAO). 

Member: Institute of Professionals in Taxation (IPT)

 

Abby Markowitz

Indiana University - B.S. 1985

Loyola University Chicago - MBA 1997

Illinois Licensed Real Estate Salesperson

Illinois Licensed Real Estate Appraiser 1993 - 1997

Kristine Peterson Bogacz

Northern Illinois University-B.A.1989
Roosevelt University-Paralegal Degree-1991
Certified Illinois Assessing Officer, Associate (CIAOa)
Illinois State Licensed Real Estate Appraiser
Member: Institute of Professionals in Taxation (IPT)

 

 
 

Flanagan | Bilton LLC
200 E Randolph St, Suite 6900

Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 782-5000