Ken Florey concentrates his practice representing public and private clients, including municipalities, school districts, community colleges, townships, libraries, private owners, contractors and design professionals regarding land use, municipal law, construction, tax, finance and litigation.  Ken has also started offering his services as a mediator with an emphasis on construction disputes.

Ken was the Chair of the DuPage County Bar Association’s Local Government Committee.  He was appointed Special Assistant Attorney General to prosecute and defend construction litigation claims on behalf of the Illinois Capital Development Board. Ken is also a member of the Illinois ASBO Service Associate Advisory Committee.  He served as a Trustee for the Village of Lombard for eight years and is a member of the Lombard Fire and Police Commission.

Awards

• Illinois Leading Lawyer, Construction Law; Governmental, Municipal, Lobbying & Administrative Law; Land Use, Zoning & Condemnation Law; and School Law

• Illinois Association of School Business Officials, Above and Beyond Award 

• Illinois Institute for Local Government Law, Annual Litigation Award 

Admitted to Practice

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Cases

• Klinger v. Conon Doyle Estate, Ltd., 988 F. Supp. 2d 879 (N.D. Ill. 2013) Rejected copyright action by author of Sherlock Holmes stories because they were found to be in public domain. Affirmed on appeal by Judge Posner.

Experience

• Quantifying losses in a complicated claim filed by a university when their solar turbine went down. Losses included an assessment of lost profits and incurred extra expense when the University not only was no longer able to produce enough electricity to power the campus and sell the excess to the power company but had to instead purchase electricity on the open market.

Involvement

• The American College of Forensic Examiners