Keith Walter Groebe

Background

Walter Groebe, Keith was born on May 22, 1954 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, United States.

Education

University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, 1975. Master of Arts, 1976). De Paul University (Juris Doctor, 1979).

Career

Worked at Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Limited. (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in International Business, Corporations, Corporate Financing and Reorganizations, Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Real Estate, Environmental Law, Banking, Finance and Lending, Antitrust and Trade Regulations, Unfair Competition, Commercial Transactions, Employment and Labor Relations, Immigration, Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property, Multistate and Local Taxation, Probate, Insurance Defense, Product and Professional Liability, Arbitration, Corporate and Commercial Litigation and Trials in all Courts, and General Civil Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Illinois and United States.

District Court, Northern District of Illinois.

1980, United States. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit and United States. Tax Court.

Author: "Foreign Investment in United States.

Real Estate," The Guarantor, November-December 1979. "The Subsequent Curing of Corporate Inability to Sue," The Guarantor, March-April 1980.

"The Cash Basis Corporate Taxpayer and the Income Tax Adjustment to Earnings and Profits," The Tax Adviser 548, September 1981.

"Policy Statement of the International Business Council Middle America on United States./Japan Trade Issues," International Business Council Middle America, 1985. "Stretching The Statute of Uses: The Illinois Land Trust," The Guarantor, March-April, 1989. Member: Chicago (Chairman, Subcommittee on Foreign Investment in United States.

Real Estate, 1984-1988), Illinois State (Member, Section on Real Estate Law) and American (Member, Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations.

Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Limited. is a full-service law firm advising clients in all aspects of corporate and commercial law, with special emphasis on international transactions. Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Limited. traces its roots to 1929, when our founder, Thomas Masuda (1905-1986), established a law office in Seattle, Washington.

The firm"s current President, Masaru Funai, joined the firm in 1961. In 1983, the firm opened its Rolling Meadows office (15 minutes from O"Hare International Airport) to serve its many clients located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.

Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Limited. has specialized in serving Japanese corporate clients and their subsidiaries.

lieutenant has 10 Japanese-speaking attorneys and staff, and word processing capabilities in both Japanese and English. Its international presence goes beyond Japan, as it also has attorneys with extensive experience with European clients.

Achievements

• Keith Walter Groebe has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member: Chicago (Chairman, Subcommittee on Foreign Investment in United States. Real Estate, 1984-1988), Illinois State (Member, Section on Real Estate Law) and American (Member, Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations.