KRISTOFER D. KASTEN

email: kdk@mkimlaw.com

Kristofer KastenAssociate Attomey. Kris received his undergraduate degree (Media Studies) from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) and his law degree from The John Marshall Law School where he received a number of honors and achievements. He has both transactional and litigation experience.

Admitted to the lllinois and U.S. District Court bar, Kris devotes his efforts to various litigation matters (including assessment collection, foreclosures, bankruptcies, construction defect cases, enforcement of declaration/bylaws/rules actions, breach of contract cases, and financial claims against developers) and transactional matters (including contract review, negotiation and documentation, statutory updating of declaration/bylaws projects, declaration/bylaws/ rules amendments, and loan transactions).

In response to a request by the Association of Sheridan Condo/Co-op Owners (ASCO), he has conducted a workshop (along with Eliot Schencker) on the topics of protecting the association's interest in foreclosure situations and new FHA condominium approval guidelines. In addition, Kris has written an article on self-management of condominiums, which was published in Common Interest Magazine.

He is legislative liaison for the Chicago Bar Association's Condominium Law Subcommittee.