Attorneys from Spesia & Taylor successfully defended an energy company against claims by landowners and their counsel seeking exorbitant compensation for easement rights.  In Enbridge Pipelines (Ill.) L.L.C., n/k/a Ill. Extension Pipeline Co. L.L.C. v. Kuerth et al, 2016 IL APP (4th) 150519, the landowners’ attorney and his retained expert appraiser advanced a theory under which easements voluntarily acquired (i.e. settlements with ... Read More

With the Union Pacific Railroad constructing a new High Speed Railway line between Chicago and St. Louis, a firm client with a liquid products pipeline located within the Railroad’s own right of way was forced to relocate.  Because the company lacked eminent domain authority, its ability to acquire new rights was at the mercy of the owners of each individual parcel along the pipeline’s new path.  Fortunately, the company was in good ... Read More

Partner Chris Spesia recently represented a Firm client in the purchase an approximately 7-acre site in a Joliet Business Park for the construction of an 80,000 square foot distribution facility.  Spesia & Taylor had previously established a limited liability company (“LLC”) for the client, and had prepared a lease between the LLC and the business entity that will occupy the building. The project included the securing of over $500,000.00 ... Read More