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Welcoming Michael Duhn

Sharp-Hundley, P.C. is pleased to announce that Michael A. Duhn,
formerly of Chicago, has joined the firm as an associate.

An Evansville, IN, native, Duhn holds both Juris Doctor and Doctor of
Legal Letters degrees from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. He
also holds a Master of Public Administration from Wichita State University
and a Master of Business Administration from Salem International
University. He did his undergraduate work at Benedictine College,
concentrating in business administration and pre-law.

While at John Marshall, Duhn was a founding board member of the
Intellectual Property Law Society, a member of the Business Enterprise Law
Clinic, a representative on the Student Bar Association, and a moot court
and mock trial participant. He also concentrated his studies in international
trade, corporate and finance law.
While at Benedictine, he was the founder of the wrestling club and
captain of the cross country team.
“We are very happy that Michael is joining us,” said Sharp-Hundley President John Hundley. “We look
forward to his many contributions to our practice and our clients.”
At Sharp-Hundley, Duhn will concentrate his practice in business transactions, creditors’ rights, real estate,
estate planning, probate and related matters. He may be reached at our Mt. Vernon office, 618-242-0200,
Mduhn@sharp-hundley.com.
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The court’s holding applied only to tenants with leases. It noted that under 735 ILCS 5/15-1704(b)(1),
a receiver may execute new leases on “terms ... reasonable and customary for the type of use involved”.

On appeal, the receiver challenged the validity of the sweetheart leases, but the panel said it could
not hear that challenge because of the limited scope of review in such middle-of-the-case appeals.

Quash Deadline Tolled While Case Is DWP

The deadline to file a motion to quash in a residential foreclosure case (735 ILCS 5/15-1505.6(a)) is
tolled while a case is dismissed for want of prosecution, the Illinois Supreme Court has held.

Ruling in Bank of N.Y. Mellon v. Laskowski, 2018 IL 121995, the court said the statute, which requires
that a motion to quash be filed within 60 days of a defendant’s first appearance in a case, necessarily
requires that the residential foreclosure case be pending for those 60 days. In Laskowski, the trial court
DWP’d the case for some 45 days, making the defendant’s motion on the 90th day timely.

- John T. Hundley, john@sharp-hundley.com, 618-242-0200
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