- Practice Areas
Banking
Corporate Transactions & Business Law
Estate Planning & Asset Protection
Real Estate- Education
University of Illinois College of Law, J.D. (1977)
University of Illinois, Champaign, B.S. (1974)
- Bar & Court Admissions
Illinois (1977)
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (1977)
Valerie Freireich is a business attorney, specializing in secured lending and banking law, with a particular emphasis on commercial real estate and proficiency in general business matters.
With a broad knowledge of closely held companies and problems affecting them and their owners, she is able to advise her clients in documenting loan transactions as well as in workouts and foreclosures. Her commercial real estate practice includes transactions involving selling, purchasing and leasing.
Valerie acts as counsel to banks, assisting with their loan documentation and mortgage foreclosure matters. As a result of her knowledge of all three sides of business transactions – purchaser, seller and lender – she brings an informed and practical approach to bear in resolving issues that arise during negotiation and closing of business and business loan transactions, an approach that is invaluable to managing the process in a timely and efficient manner.
In addition to lending institutions, representative clients include businesses and real estate investors. Valerie serves on the firm's professional education committee. She also writes professionally and has had four science fiction novels published, in addition to 15 short stories.
She and her husband have one son, who holds a post-doctorate appointment at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, following the 2009 granting of a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University.
