James F. White
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Biography
Mr. White has practiced law for thirty years. He graduated from Indiana University in 1986 and received his law degree from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago in 1989. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar, and admitted to practice in the Federal Court in the Northern District of Illinois, in 1989. While attending law school, he was a law clerk with the law firm of Carey, Filter, White & Boland. He became an associate of that firm upon graduating, and in 1996 became a partner.
Mr. White served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Summit Homes beginning in 1996. In 2000, Mr. White joined the Naperville law firm of Dommermuth, Brestal, Cobine, and West, where he concentrated his practice in the areas of real estate, land use, zoning, and development. He opened his own law office in his home town of Sugar Grove in 2002, where he remains active in the community.
Mr. White has lectured in the areas of business organizations, real estate transactions, and short sales. Mr. White concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial and residential real estate transactions and leases, estate planning, and probate law, zoning and development, bank collection, and general transactional law.
Mr. White served as a Director on the Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce board for ten years and was President from 2004 to 2006, and again from 2010 to 2011. He was a founding member of the Sugar Grove Economic Development Corporation. Mr. White currently serves on the Village of Sugar Grove Plan Commission. He is a founder and Board President of Water Lily International, a 501(c)(3) clean water ministry, and travels worldwide to spread the Gospel and provide clean water wells for those without access to clean water.
Practice Areas
Real Estate Law
Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
Estate Planning
Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
Probate
Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
Personal Injury
Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
Medical Malpractice
Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Languages
Professional Experience
Firm Principal Law Office of James F. White, P.C.
Year: 2002 - Current
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Law Clerk during Law School Cary, Filter, White & Boland
Year: 1989
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Associate Attorney 1989 - Became partner of firm in 1996 Cary, Filter, White & Boland
Year: 1989 - 2000
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Attorney Dommermuth, Brestal, Cobine and West
Year: 2000 - 2002
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Executive Vice President and General Counsel Summit Homes
Year: 1996 - 2000
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Professional Associations
Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce President (2010 - 2011)
Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce President (2004 - 2006)
Water Lily International, an Illinois Not-For-Profit clean water ministry Founder and Board President (2018 - Current)
State Bar of Illinois # 6202089 Member (Current)
Sugar Grove Economic Development Corporation Founder and Board Member (2003 - Current)
Education
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Indiana University - Indiana University-Bloomington B.A. (1986) | History
Year: 1986
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The John Marshall Law School J.D. (1998) | Law
Year: 1989
Websites
https://www.jwhite-law.com/
Law Office of James F. White, P.C.
Law Office of James F. White, P.C.
160 S. Municipal Dr., Suite 100, Sugar Grove, IL 60554