Chico & Nunes, P.C. is pleased to welcome Robert S. Markin and Tina Y. Tiliks, who joined our team of attorneys in September, 2008. Mr. Markin joined our firm as a Partner and Ms. Tiliks joined our firm as a Senior Attorney.

Mr. Markin will concentrate his practice on litigation, regulatory disputes, and government affairs. Mr. Markin has previously represented large utilities, major accounting firms, market leaders in the airline, transportation, healthcare, educational services and manufacturing industries, a wide array of developers and architectural, engineering and consulting firms, and several government bodies. Immediately prior to joining Chico & Nunes, P.C., Mr. Markin was a Partner at DLA Piper. Mr. Markin has also served as General Counsel and Chief of Staff for the Chicago Board of Education.

Ms. Tiliks will be working in the firm's Real Estate Group. Prior to joining Chico & Nunes, P.C., Ms. Tiliks worked for the City of Chicago Law Department as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Municipal Prosecutions Division, and most recently in the Labor Division. Ms. Tiliks represented the City in quasi-criminal and civil matters related to the Municipal and Building Codes of the City of Chicago and in disciplinary proceedings before the Police and Personnel Boards, as well as agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Illinois Department of Human Rights.