ABOUT US:
Jacob B. Handelman enjoys a passion for helping people prepare for the future, making communities safer and giving families a chance to own a home instead of renting. He was an editor of the Loyola Law Journal, received the AmJur award for obtaining the highest grade in Trusts & Estates, loves inspecting dilapidated buildings and envisions how repairing them will improve problematic neighborhoods. For many years as an Assistant Corporation Counsel Jacob prosecuted owners of Drug-Houses, worked with the Chicago Police Department, aldermen and neighborhood community groups. Jacob later worked with the City’s Troubled Buildings Initiative and the Community Investment Corporation to turn around distressed condominium buildings. Jacob has renovated scores of affordable homes and as an attorney represented many corporate, family and individual clients. He is on the Avodah Chicago Advisory Counsel, Board of Directors of the Dearborn Realtist Board and taught over 300 members of the community how to be a City of Chicago court-appointed receiver.
Professional Memberships
Illinois State Bar Association Decalogue Society of Lawyers, Chicago, IL
Dearborn REALTIST® Board, Chicago, ILAccomplishments
- Dearborn REALTIST® Board Associate of the Year - 2021
- Instructor: City of Chicago DPD/Dearborn
Realtist Board Receivership Training Institute - 2017, 2108 & 2019
- City of Chicago, Department of Law - Outstanding Achievement Award- 2006
- 20th District Police - Neighborhood Problem Solving Award - 2006
- National District Attorneys Association, Seminar on Identity Theft - 2005
- Chicago Police Department -Arnold Mireles Special Partnership Award - 2003
- Uptown Community Commission - Special Public Service Award - 2003
- Edgewater Community Council - Public Service Award - 2002
- Area 3 Chicago Police Department - Honorable Mention for Dedication to Duty - 2002
- 24th District Police - Problem Solving Award - 2002
- 48th Ward - Alderman Mary Ann Smith Community Partner Award - 2000
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Member 1995-Present
- Illinois State Bar, Member 1995- Present
- Editor at Large, Loyola Law Journal 1994-1995
- President, Student Bar Association, Loyola University Chicago 1994-1995
Spotlighted In Chicago “Crimewatch” Television Shows
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