LAWYER PROFILE

Mitchell Carrel

USA 2026

Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use

Illinois

14 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Mitch Carrel is a Partner in SGR's Real Estate Practice. His practice focuses on representing public and private companies, land owners, developers and investors and helping them secure land use and zoning approvals, public incentives, local regulatory and siting approvals, as well as performing zoning due diligence. Among Mitch's projects, he has helped obtain approvals for the siting of wireless communications facilities and written about the process from siting to completion. He also represents clients before local plan commissions, zoning boards and city councils.

Career

Leading Lawyers Magazine - Top 10 Land Use & Zoning Lawyers in Illinois

Leading Lawyers Magazine - Top 100 Real Estate Related Lawyers in Illinois

Leading Lawyers Magazine - Land Use, Zoning & Condemnation Law; Real Estate Law: Commercial

Super Lawyers

Illinois Leading Lawyers

Professional Memberships

Commissioner, Glencoe Historic Preservation Commission.

Member, The Magnificent Mile Association’s Project Review Committee.

Secretary and Member of the Board of Directors (former Treasurer, VP Membership, VP Communications and Board Member At-Large), Ely Chapter, Lambda Alpha International, an honorary land economics Society.

Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder, Proxfinity, Inc.

Former Member, American Bar Association, Section of State and Local Government Law (Former Vice-Chair/ Membership Outreach of the Land Use Planning & Zoning Committee; Former Co-Chair of the Telecommunications & Land Use Planning Subcommittee).

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use - Illinois

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Mitchell Carrel of Smith, Gambrell & Russell advises on the land use and zoning aspects of real estate transactions and developments.

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