Mr. Lynam has lectured and written articles on a number of legal topics ranging from construction contracts to digital information.
Professional Lectures
- “The Other Estate Tax: Illinois Estate Tax Issues,” Illinois CPA Society All Tax Committee Meeting 2011, Chicago, Illinois
- Faculty lecturer, August 2006 and 2008 Illinois Real Estate Development and Finance Seminar
- Former Adjunct Faculty, Paralegal Program, Roosevelt University
Articles
- Social Media: The Rules of the Online Game, Part I: Published in Plumbing Systems & Design, January/February 2012
- Nightmare in Long Branch: Learn from one engineer’s story how to protect yourself when faced with legal action.
- The Pen is Indeed Mighty: Contract Language Limits Design Professionals’ Duties: Published in Plumbing Systems & Design, September, 2011.
- Green Litigation: A Failure to LEED Can Be Worse Than You Think: Protecting yourself and your business from major litigation based on increasingly prevalent green building claims.
- Protecting Your Trademark, Protecting your Brand: How to protect your intellectual property rights in a trademark while also building a brand name in your small business.
- Promoting Clarity in Contracts for Construction: Avoiding conflicts and excess costs in the negotiation and drafting of construction contracts. Published in conjunction with the August 2006 Illinois Real Estate Development and Finance Seminar
- Using your 2007 IRA for Charitable Giving: New laws make IRA funds attractive for charitable giving. Published in the Spring, 2007 edition of Citizens for Conservation News.
- New Overtime Laws in Illinois: Recent changes provide stiff penalties for violations.
- Document Retention/Destruction Policies- A Ticking Time Bomb for Your Firm?: Published in Plumbing Engineering & Design, July/August 2007.
