Michael J. Elliott
​Attorney

Michael J. Elliott is a founding partner at Elliott & Associates and has practiced law for over 36 years.  He helps commercial and industrial property owners, hotel owners and community associations reduce their property taxes and has earned the reputation of being an effective property tax trial lawyer.  Mike is a frequent writer, lecturer and speaker on property tax issues and has been designated a Leading Lawyer by his peers (an award given to the top 5% of Illinois Lawyers in private practice).

Mike believes that no one should pay more than their fair share of taxes, that government should be a good steward of taxpayer money and that all taxpayers should be treated fairly. He is regularly involved in the legislative process, is a founding member of the Illinois Property Tax Lawyer’s Association (IPTLA) and is frequently called upon to provide advice, testimony and guidance to the Illinois legislature, county officials and the press.

Joanne P. Elliott
Attorney

Joanne P. Elliott is a founding partner at Elliott & Associates and has practiced law for over 36 years.  She represents commercial and industrial property owners, hotel owners and community associations helping reduce their property taxes. 
As a recognized leader in Cook County tax incentives, Joanne was appointed to the Cook County Incentive Task Force and has testified on tax incentive legislation before the Cook County Board. She is also frequently called to provide advice, testimony and guidance to the Illinois legislatature.
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Joanne has been involved in leadership roles at several bar and trade associations, including, the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association State and Local Taxation Counsel (member and past Chairman) and International Association of Assessing Officials.  She is a frequent writer, lecturer and speaker on property tax issues. 

Joanne has been designated a Leading Lawyer by her peers (an award given to the top 5% of Illinois Lawyers in private practice).  She is an advocate for property owners – large and small – and believes taxpayers are entitled to the best legal advice possible regardless of the size of their property. 

Lauren C. Elliott
​Attorney

​Lauren C. Elliott is an Attorney at Elliott & Associates.  She joined Elliott with nearly 5 years’ experience in civil litigation with a prominent personal injury law firm and a personal injury defense firm.  Lauren now practices exclusively in the real estate tax area.

Lauren represents property owners before the Cook County Assessor, Cook and collar county Boards of Review and the Property Tax Appeal Board. You will frequently find her arguing, settling, trying cases and obtaining top-notch results.

Lauren has been designated an Emerging Lawyer by her peers (an award reserved for the top 2% of Illinois lawyers aged 40 years or under).  She received this honor at age 28.

Mary Vaselopulos
Senior Attorney

Mary Vaselopulos is an Associate Attorney at Elliott & Associates. She has practiced law for over 25 years and has represented commercial and industrial taxpayers in tax appeal matters for over 20 years. Mary practices before the Cook County Assessor, Cook and collar county Boards of Review and the Circuit Court of Cook County.  Mary runs our Court docket, obtaining tax refunds for our clients from lawsuits filed to the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Prior to joining Elliott, Mary practiced as a civil litigator in a personal injury law firm. This helped hone her talents and makes her a more effective property tax litigator.

Melissa Whitley
​Senior Attorney

​Melissa Whitley is an Associate Attorney at Elliott & Associates with over 17 years’ experience helping taxpayers lower their property taxes. Melissa practices before the Cook County Assessor, Cook and collar county Boards of Review and the Property Tax Appeal Board.  She also runs our tax incentive and exemption departments - frequently obtaining tax exemptions and appearing before municipalities to obtain tax incentives for our clients. Melissa also manages our residential division and our certificate of error team.

Eileen A. Sergo
​Attorney

Eileen Sergo is an Associate Attorney at Elliott & Associates with over 20 years’ experience helping taxpayers lower their property taxes. Prior to joining Elliott, Eileen worked for several Cook County property tax appeal law firms and a national property tax consulting firm.
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Eileen practices before the Cook County Assessor, Cook and collar county Boards of Review and the Property Tax Appeal Board.  She is frequently involved in settling and trying tax appeal cases before Boards of Review and the PTAB. Her 20 years of property tax appeal experience has proven to be invaluable to our firm and clients. Eileen also runs our PTAB team.

Thomas Glynn
​Commercial Analyst

​Thomas Glynn is a Commercial Analyst with over 7 years of experience helping commercial and industrial clients lower their property taxes. Prior to joining Elliott, Tom worked for over 12 years in the appraisal industry.

Tom understands real estate valuation from both an appraiser’s and tax appeal attorney’s point of view.  This has proven to be invaluable.  He is a thought leader who provides market research and valuation insights to our attorneys and staff and helps develop winning valuation strategies.  Tom also assists in the preparation and settlement of tax appeals and responding to client questions.