Background
Barbakoff, Lee R. was born on August 23, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Barbakoff, Lee R. was born on August 23, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Illinois (Bachelor of Science, cum laude, 1968). De Paul University (Juris Doctor, 1972). Beta Alpha Psi. Member, De Paul Law Review, 1971-1972.
Worked at Barbakoff Zazove & Glick, Chartered (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in General Corporate and Business Practice. Taxation, Banking, General Business Litigation, Real Estate, Estate Planning and Probate, Employee Benefits, Labor, Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Creditors" Rights, Insolvency and Related Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Illinois.
Beta Alpha Psi.
Member, De Paul Law Review, 1971-1972. Company-Author: "The Foreign-Situs Trust: A Not-So-Grim Fairy Tale," Tax Haven Review, May 1974. Author: "Tax Reform Acting of 1975: Taxation of Foreign Income," Tax Haven Review, September/October, 1975.
Company-Author: "Emigration and the High-Tax Jurisdictions: United States, "The International Tax Haven Director, 1977.
"Are All Silver Straddles Created Equal? An Analysis of Revenue Ruling 77-185," TaxesThe Tax Magazine, January 1978. "Loss Limitations Under Shelter At-Risk Rules Affect Planning," Taxation for Lawyers, March/April, 1981.
"Partnership Practice," Handbook Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1982. "Real Estate Syndications," Handbook Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1983 and 1984.
"Employee Stock Ownership Plan As A Creative Business Tool," Financial Product News, October, 1988.
Certified Public Accountant, Illinois, 1968. Awarded Elijah Watt Sells National Silver Medal, 1968. Faculty Member, John Marshall Law School, Master of Tax Program, 1976-1984.
Member: Chicago (Member: Federal Tax Committee, 1974.
Chairman, Federal Tax Committee, 1990. Executive Council of the Federal Tax Committee, 1979-1982.
1985. Chairman, Federal Tax Committee Division on Partnerships, Real Estate and Other Tax Sheltered Investments, 1981-1982.
Chairman, Federal Tax Committee Division, General Tax Matters, South Corporations, Charitable and Tax Exempt Entities, 1986-1987), Illinois State and American (Member: Section of Taxation) Bar Associations. The firm was founded in 1995 with the amalgam of several partners from two of Chicago"s leading law firms.
lieutenant is the objective of Barbakoff Zazove & Glick to provide high quality, cost efficient services in a professional, yet informal, atmosphere. Because of the background of its attorneys, the firm is well experienced in all phases of creditor"s rights, bankruptcy, employee benefits, tax, estate and corporate planning, real estate and litigation services.
The firm represents several hundred clients, including insurance companies, banks and real estate concerns.
Chicago (Member: Federal Tax Committee, since 1974. Chairman, Federal Tax Committee, 1990. Executive Council of the Federal Tax Committee, 1979-1982.
Since 1985.
Chairman, Federal Tax Committee Division on Partnerships, Real Estate and Other Tax Sheltered Investments, 1981-1982. Chairman, Federal Tax Committee Division, General Tax Matters, South Corporations, Charitable and Tax Exempt Entities, 1986-1987), Illinois State and American (Member: Section of Taxation) Bar Associations. Taxation, Business Planning and Estate Planning.