Endorsements
Over the years we have helped our clients save more than $75 million in property taxes related to properties valued at more than $1.5 billion.
The firm has represented over 1,000 clients including: AT&T Midwest, BP America, Inc., Cardinal Healthcare, Central Steel & Wire Co., Chicago Beverage Co., Chicago Title Insurance Co., Commonwealth Edison, Valero Energy Corp. Friendship Village of Schaumburg, Mid-America Bank, 3M Company, Mobil Oil Corp., Peoples Gas, PRG Parking Management, LLC, Rexam Beverage Can, Senior Lifestyle Corp., Shell Oil Company, Turtle Wax, Inc., United States Steel Corp and Walgreens.
Senior Lifestyle Corporation
“It has been a great pleasure to do business with [Smith, Hemmesch, Burke & Kaczynski] over the past 15 years. Senior Lifestyle Corporation is extremely pleased with the high level of customer service they provide and their insight into valuation.”
–Bob Gawronski
Vice President of Development & Acquisitions
Senior Lifestyle Corporation
Central Steel & Wire Company
“Our main office consists of four large structures and two smaller auxiliary buildings containing a combined 1,372,500 square feet on 70 acres of land. It’s a large and complicated property assessed for taxes on seventy-three separate tax parcels. [Smith, Hemmesch, Burke & Kaczynski] obtained a $400,000 tax refund after we had paid taxes on the property for a three year period…”
- Ronald V. Kazmar, Central Steel & Wire
Friendship Village of Schaumburg
“I recommend [Smith, Hemmesch, Burke & Kaczynski] because of the service that they provide. Don Hemmesch has the proven capability to analyze our specific tax situations and formulate strategies to accomplish significant reductions. Don’s work with Friendship Village’s many campuses doesn’t just stop with tax assessment work. Don and [Smith, Hemmesch, Burke & Kaczynski] has served as general counsel to our retirement community for nearly thirty years assisting in a multitude of matters.”
-Stephen Yenchek - President & CEO, Friendship Village of Schaumburg
Exxon Mobil
“Whether it is a small service station, a large petroleum storage tank farm, or a refinery, I turn to [SHBK] when I have a property tax issue in Illinois. I have the utmost confidence in their abilities. The results and tax savings that [SHBK] have achieved for Exxon Mobil verifies the quality of their services.”
AT&T
“As an international communications corporation, the number of properties and individual parcel numbers that have our communications lines, cables, switching stations, offices and warehouses is colossal. We depend on the services of [SHBK] for locally challenging our taxes on thousands of parcels in the greater Chicagoland area and throughout Illinois. While the attorneys at [SHBK] routinely and successfully challenge the assessments on our offices, warehouses and other buildings, their knowledge of the specific nuances, specialized methods and precise statutes affecting the valuations of property owned and used by utility companies is an indispensable asset to AT&T and its customers.”
- John Hughes, AT&T Services, Inc.