Elliott & Associates Attorneys, PLLC

09/16/2025

We are looking for a bookkeeping professional to help us process property tax refunds for our clients! Please email Danielle at [email protected] if you’re interested or know someone that might be a good fit! Link: https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=930866e6b2442ea7&from=shareddesktop_copy

10/05/2022

You can improve your chances of winning your next tax appeal – and save thousands of dollars in property taxes - by arming yourself with a good appraisal. To learn more, click here: https://www.elliottlaw.com/blog/an-appraisal-can-save-you-thousands-of-dollars-off-your-homes-tax-bill/

09/28/2022

Smart taxpayers know that buying an appraisal can help them save them thousands of dollars when appealing their property taxes. But getting the right appraisal is critical to maximizing your tax savings. Read more: https://www.elliottlaw.com/blog/commercial-property-owners-maximize-property-tax-savings-with-the-right-appraisal/

06/22/2022

Lauren Elliott & Melissa Whitley wrote this article that was published in the Tax Trends newsletter of the Illinois Start Bar Association’s Section on State & Local Taxation. https://www.elliottlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/Tax-Trends-Illinois-State-Bar-Association-June-2022.pdf

05/26/2022

We need to stop painting commercial property tax owners as the villains in the Cook County property tax story. Read our latest Chicago Tribune op-ed, which supports a more balanced approach:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-cook-county-property-taxes-commercial-industrial-20220516-povlagphsjf3fp7seg77utgd74-story.html

Excessive government spending — and unaffordable property taxes — are the problem, not commercial taxpayers who try to reduce their tax burden so they can survive.

05/20/2022

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10160396898059287&id=85988669286

On June 2, join moderator Nora A. Devine, The Devine Law Group, LLC, for State & Local Taxation’s Session 3. Meet the speakers: Joanne P. Elliott, Elliott & Associates Attorneys, P.C.; Thomas A. Jaconetty, Law Offices of Thomas A. Jaconetty; & John K. Norris, Law Offices of John K. Norris Ltd. Added together, our distinguished speakers have over 115 years of combined experience in the state and local tax field!

Learn how each of them approached familiar problems, what they learned from their mentors, how they have avoided common mistakes, how the legal practice has changed since they were sworn in, their tips for maintaining civility, what shaped their success, & more.

Thank you to coordinators: David J. Kupiec, Kupiec & Martin, LLC, & Gary H. Smith, Law Offices of Gary H Smith, P.C. – a division of Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit.

Register: isba.org/cle/path?pathPage=%2Fisba%2Fcourses%2F41294%2Fwebinars%2F28814

04/28/2022

Commercial property owners in Cook County need fair tax relief when their properties go vacant. Read our op-ed for the Chicago Tribune advocating for taxpayers on this issue: https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-vacant-property-owners-tax-relief-assessor-chicago-water-tower-20220421-bs24opr6dbcnvfrbzmxnevp5re-story.html

Vacancy problems exist not only on Michigan Avenue but throughout the neighborhoods of Chicago and the suburbs. Property owners need relief.

03/24/2022

https://www.elliottlaw.com/blog/major-delays-in-the-assessors-office-how-will-they-affect-you/

11/18/2020

https://www.elliottlaw.com/blog/if-everybody-gets-an-assessment-reduction-nobody-gets-an-assessment-reduction

10/26/2020

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09/25/2020

We asked our team to pick one word that they thought described our firm. Here’s what they said:

08/25/2020