David Dlugie

Financial institutions across the country rely on David Dlugie to handle their most critical commercial property and commercial loan matters, sometimes with extremely tight timelines. For clients that are financing or selling/buying/leasing real property, or acquiring or disposing of commercial real estate loans, he solves their financing and equity issues using negotiation skills honed through three decades of practice. As Katten's Chair of Midwest Real Estate practice group, David assembles teams across the firm that work with clients to achieve their goals on commercial real estate matters throughout the country on a timely basis.

Chair of Katten's Chicago Real Estate practice; Member of Katten's Compensation Committee, Summer Associate Hiring Committee and Diversity Committee and the Limited Liability Company Task Force.

Member of the CRE Finance Council (formerly CMSA), Chicago Bar Association Real Property Committee and Chicago Mortgage Attorneys Association.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a Bachelor's Degree with Highest Honors in 1981, a Master's Degree in Accounting in 1982, and a Law Degree in 1986.