Zukowski, Rogers, Flood & McArdle

50 Virginia Street
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
T:  (815) 459-2050
F:  (815) 459-9057
rflood@zrfmlaw.com

Rich’s areas of practice are local government and family law. He represents units of local government as corporate counsel and has been retained as special counsel regarding finance, land use development, land use exactions, cable television regulation and environmental issues. Rich also practices family law and civil litigation, having handled over 1,000 dissolution cases in his 30 year career. Mr. Flood is a former Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association Local Government Law Section Council and is a former President of the McHenry County Bar Association. He has been named by his peers as a “Leading Lawyer” and “Super Lawyer” in Illinois in the area of land use law and a “Super Lawyer” in the area of family law. He is consistently awarded Martindale-Hubbell’s highest (AV) rating. He has authored numerous articles and lectured on a variety of issues before various state and local bar organizations, intergovernmental councils and associations.

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

• Municipal/Local Government Law
• Zoning & Planning
• Impact Fees and CATV Regulation
• Family Law
• Civil Litigation

HONORS:

• Named by peers as Leading Lawyer and Super Lawyer in Illinois in area of land use law;

   and Super Lawyer in area of Family Law
• AV (highest rating) by Martindale-Hubbell Rating
• Former Chair of Illinois State Bar Association, Local Government Law Section Council
• Former President of the McHenry County Bar Association

BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS:

• Illinois, 1976
• United States District Court, 1976
• Northern District of Illinois, 1976
• United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1976
• Federal Trial Bar, 1982

EDUCATION:

• J.D., Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago Kent College of Law (with honors), 1976
• B.A., University of Illinois (with honors), 1971

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

• “Cable and Wireless Communications,” Municipal Law and Practice in Illinois, 2000

    Edition, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; Illinois Municipal League “Cable

    Television Franchising Issues” (October, 2006)
• “Impact Fees,” Barrington Area Council of Governments (December, 2001)

   “Development Impact Fees,” DuKane Valley Council (February, 2002); “Intergovernmental

    Agreements How to Use Them”, Illinois Municipal League 89th Annual Conference

    (September 2002)
• “Negotiating the Maze of Land Division Regulation,” National Business Institute, 2001

• “Cable Television Franchising Issues,” Illinois Municipal League (September 17, 1999)
• “School Impact Fee Update,” Local Government Law (October, 1996), Volume 33, No. 3
• “Land Use: Current Issues in Subdivision Annexation and Zoning Law,” National Business

    Institute, 1999
• “Franchising Issues under the 1992 Cable Act,” Illinois Municipal Review (February, 1994);

   “FCC Cable Television Regulation,” Local Government Law (February, 1994)
• “Municipal Regulation of Cable Television Under the 1992 Act,” Illinois Municipal Review

    (November, December, 1993); “Consumer Protection and Customer Service under the

    1992 Cable Act,” Illinois Municipal Review (January, 1994)
• “Impact Fees: The Story Continues,” Local Government Law (February, 1993)
• “Community Development and Municipal Revenues,” Local Government Law Section,

    Illinois State Bar Association Law Ed Series (October 26, 1992)
• “Cable Rate Regulation Update,” Local Government Law (April, 7, 1995)