Matthew R. Gallagher
Matthew R. Gallagher founded the firm of
Gallagher & Niemeyer, LLC in 2000. He concentrates his
practice representing real estate developers and individual
home buyers and sellers in Chicago. He also practices
estate planning law and represents persons appearing before
Chicago's Department of Administrative Hearings. Prior to
founding Gallagher & Niemeyer, LLC, he was a partner at
Gallagher & Petrak, Ltd. for eight years, where he
represented injured persons and workers injured on the job.
In addition to his work at Gallagher & Niemeyer, LLC,
Matt also works part-time at CARPLS, Cook County's Legal Aid
Hotline, a non-profit agency serving the legal needs
of Cook County's poorest citizens. He is a supervising
attorney there and runs their volunteer attorney
program.
Matt graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1990
with honor, where he received his bachelor's degree in
Government & International Studies with a concentration
in philosophy, politics and economics. He received his JD
cum laude in 1993 from the DePaul University
College of Law. While at DePaul, he was on the law review
and was elected to membership in the Order of the Coif, an
honorary society.
Matt is a member of the Illinois Real Estate Lawyer's
Association, the Chicago Bar Association, and the Illinois
Bar Association. He is also a licensed Illinois Real Estate
Broker and is the managing broker of Bryton Realty, LLC, a residential real
estate brokerage in Chicago. He is a member of the
Chicago Association of Realtors, the Illinois
Association of Realtors and the National Association
of Realtors. Matt is the past President of the board
of directors of CASA of Cook County.
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