Real Estate taxation, exemptions and appeals with Attorney Katherine O'Dell

Real Estate taxation, exemptions and appeals with Attorney Katherine O'Dell Topics and questions covered in this 30-minute interview: Payment of Real Estate taxes and the general process of Real Estate taxationIndividuals entitled to exemptions and what to do if an exemption is not issuedReceiving Notice of Back Tax from the Assessor's Office and the process by which the matter can be managedThe procedure involved in filing Appeals with the Assessor’s Office Katherine O’Dell, a partner at Amari & Locallo in Chicago, handles real estate tax assessment matters for commercial, industrial, apartment and residential property owners. She files real estate tax appeals at the Cook County Assessor’s Office and the Cook County Board of Review, files and litigates Specific Objection lawsuits in the Circuit Court of Cook County and files and attends hearings at the State of Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board.  She also assists clients in back tax and tax sale issues. Katherine earned her Bachelor’s of Arts from Northern Illinois University and her Juris Doctor from The John Marshall Law School.