Douglas J. Antonio practices in the areas of taxation, real estate, affordable housing and community development, and partnership and syndication law.

Mr. Antonio has extensive experience with FHA and HUD matters. He also represents major tax credit syndicators. He is past chair of the Federal Taxation Committee of the Chicago Bar Association, as well as a member of its executive committee. Mr. Antonio is a member of the Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association. In addition, he is a director of the Real Estate Investment Association.

Mr. Antonio has served as an adjunct professor of law at The John Marshall School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Illinois, the District of Columbia, Maryland and Missouri. Mr. Antonio is a 1983 graduate of Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., taxation), a 1980 graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law and a graduate of the University of Maryland, where he earned an M.B.A., a B.S. in mathematics and a B.A. (with high honors) in economics.

Representative Matters

St. Louis Union Station Tax Credit Syndication
Marshall Field Apartments Tax Credit Syndication
Germano-Millgate Apartments
Archer Courts Apartments
Lake Grove Village Apartments

Professional Activities

The John Marshall Law School
- Adjunct Professor
-- Affordable Housing, 1999-present
-- Partnership Taxation, 1996-present
American Bar Association
- Section of Taxation
-- Partnership Committee
-- Real Estate Committee
- Business Law Section
- Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
- Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law
The Chicago Bar Association
- Federal Taxation Committee
-- Chair, 1999-present
-- Vice Chair, 1998-1999
-- Secretary, 1997-1998
- Chair, Partnerships, Real Estate and Other Tax Shelter Investments, 1992-1994
-- Executive Committee, 1992-present
-- Chair, Ad-Hoc Committee on the Partnership Anti-Abuse Regulation, 1994-1996
Real Estate Investment Association
- Director, 1998-present
- Chairman, Code Section 42 Activity Committee, 1997-1998

Admissions

Maryland
Missouri
Illinois
District of Columbia
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. Claims Court
Supreme Court of Illinois
Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Supreme Court of Maryland
Supreme Court of Missouri
Supreme Court of the United States

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., Taxation, 1983
University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1980

Experience

Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2000-present
Holleb & Coff, Chicago, Illinois
- Partner, 1998-2000
Antonio and Associates, Chicago, Illinois
- Partner and Shareholder, 1995-1998
Sugar, Friedberg & Felsenthal, Chicago, Illinois
- Partner, 1988-1995
- Associate, 1986-1987
Blumenfeld & Sandweiss, St. Louis, Missouri
- Associate, 1984-1986
Thompson and Mitchell, St. Louis, Missouri
- Associate, 1983-1984
Judge Philip Lesser, Federal Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.
- Attorney Advisor, 1980-1983

Honors and Awards

Illinois Super Lawyer, 2006

Selected Publications

"Affordable Assisted Living," Urban Land Magazine (published by the Urban Land Institute), March 2004
"Affordable Assisted Living: Creative Ways to Make It Work," Commercial Mortgage Insight, published in two parts, February and March 2004
Principal author of the Chicago Bar Association's comments to Treasury Regulations on Sections 1.1001-2, 1.707-3 through 6, 1.704(c) and 1.701-2
Principal author of the Real Estate Investment Association's Suggested Improvements to Code Section 42 submitted at the request of the House Ways and Means Committee, 1998
Author, "When Will a Transfer to a Partnership Be Treated as a Sale Under New Section 707?" Journal of Taxation, July 1985

Selected Speaking Engagements

Frequent speaker for the Chicago Bar Association on topics relating to Tax Credits, Partnership Taxation and Workouts, 1986-present
Frequent speaker for the Real Estate Investment Association on Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, and Financing of Low-Income Housing, 1997-present
Speaker, "Urban Development and Redevelopment in Illinois," April 5, 2006
"Developing Affordable Assisted Living," National Housing & Rehabilitation Association Annual Meeting, Key Biscayne, Florida, March 3-7, 2004
"The Illinois Tax Credit for Affordable Housing Donations," Current Developments in Affordable Housing, conference sponsored by American Express Tax and Business Services, Chicago, Illinois, October 23, 2003
"Development: Preserving What We Have," National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA), June 26, 2003
"Securing HUD Financing," and panel moderator, Indiana Health Care Association's Spring Conference, May 22, 2001
"Federal Taxation Implications of Historic Preservation," New York State Bar Association, October 1999
"Use of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits in Assisted Living Financing, American Bar Association, May 1999
"Use of Special Allocations in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Transactions," American Bar Association, April 1999