Sam Borek
Since 1977, banking and real estate attorney Sam Borek has been the founder and managing partner of the Law Offices of Borek & Associates, P.C.. Mr. Borek’s practice focuses on banking, real estate, business and commercial law and estate planning. His expertise includes assisting clients with complex business planning issues such as corporate and partnership agreements, multi-state and estate planning, as well as consulting with companies in transition. Mr. Borek has over four decades of experience counseling Boards of Directors, Committees of Independent Directors and management of public and privately owned companies in matters of corporate governance.

Sam Borek is also a highly esteemed banking attorney.  Since the late 1990’s, Borek has been actively involved in the banking industry, most recently named chairman of OptimumBank holdings in December 2009.  Borek joined OptimumBank in 2001 and the holding company in 2004. He has also served as the Chairman of the Board of NCB Holdings, Inc., the parent company of New Century Bank in Chicago and as Co-Chairman of the corporate governance and ethics committee.

Mr. Borek is actively involved in Real Estate Development and Rehabilitation, acquiring and rehabilitating residential homes, numerous commercial shopping centers, offices buildings and nursing homes. As a crucial part of this work, he has prepared numerous private placement documents and REITs in order to provide guidance to potential investors. Sam also owns a number of closely held companies and serves as an office and director of First Capital Mortgage a Mortgage Company of Chicago, IL, Lakeview Nursing & Rehabilitation Centre Inc., Estate Properties and CBS Development Corporation.

In addition to his business and legal interests, Mr. Borek is very involved in community service.  In the late ‘90s, he served as the President of the Board of Education of Niles Township High School District 219 – his tenure was ten years. He is a member of the Illinois Council of School Attorneys as well as a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association and Chicago Bar Association.

Attorney Sam Borek received his Bachelor degree from the University of Illinois with honors and his J.D. from DePaul University with honors.      

Chad Poznansky
Chad Poznansky is a senior attorney at Borek & Associates, P.C., where he focuses on real estate, corporate law, and estate planning.

During his time with the firm, he has negotiated and closed both commercial and residential real estate transactions of varying sizes. He counsels newly-formed community associations, beginning with developer control and continuing through to assisting with turnover to owners. This includes working with developers in condominium conversion projects, specifically preparing property reports.

His corporate experience includes setting up companies and serving as general counsel, particularly specializing in small to medium-sized companies. Mr. Poznansky has helped several start-ups raise private equity funds to successfully launch growing businesses. He has drafted a number of private placement memoranda and prepared and filed the necessary documents with Federal and State securities divisions.

Mr. Poznansky is an experienced estate planning attorney. He maintains a close relationship with his clients throughout the estate planning process to determine what services will best meet their needs.

Chad Poznansky was admitted to the Illinois bar in 2006. Prior to earning his Juris Doctor from DePaul University, Mr. Poznansky graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in Finance. His specializations included Real Estate and Business Management.

Chad has always enjoyed using his legal skills to help others. He served for several years as an Associate Board Member for the Christopher House, a community organization offering full-service support to families in need. Additionally, he took part in a Hurricane Katrina relief trip to offer legal advice and help with clean up. While at DePaul, he worked in the law school’s legal clinic providing free services to not-for-profit organizations in low-income Chicago communities.

A native of Morton Grove, Illinois, he currently resides in Chicago.


Daniel Borek
Daniel Borek is an associate attorney at Borek & Associates, P.C. where he focuses on real estate, corporate law, and estate planning. Before graduating from law school in 2009, Daniel worked as a law clerk at the firm for several years, assisting with legal research and drafting complaints on a wide variety of topics including commercial and residential real estate transactions and corporate law.

Daniel passed the Florida Bar in 2009. Prior to earning his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Mr. Borek received his Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Law. In May 2010 Daniel Borek was admitted to the Illinois Bar.

Daniel is dedicated to giving back to the community and has volunteered for many years at the Lakeview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and as a karate teacher for athletes with disabilities for N.S.M.A.A.


C. Shawn Jones
After practicing law for eight years in the Atlanta, Georgia area, Shawn Jones relocated to the Chicago region in 2005. He is now a senior attorney at Borek & Associates, P.C., where he focuses on all aspects of litigation and real estate law.

Mr. Jones has experience handling a wide range of matters in representing large, mid-sized, and small businesses from their inception to their dissolution and everything in between. He has litigated employment issues, contract disputes, trademark, construction, imminent domain, tax, securities, real estate, and collection actions, among other types of matters. While the first two years of his practice focused on employment discrimination cases, thereafter he has represented businesses and individuals as their needs required.

Shawn has appeared in Federal District Court, probate, domestic relations, magistrate, municipal, chancery, and law courtrooms. He has also closed multi-million dollar real estate and business deals, including commercial, residential, and multi-family.

Shawn attended Georgia State University College of Law, graduating in 1997 and gaining admission to the Georgia Bar that same year. He maintains membership in that state’s bar, but gained admission to the Illinois Bar in 2006. Prior to attending law school, Shawn attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, graduating as an English Major with an American History concentration.

A resident of Evanston, Shawn is active in the community. He is a part-time reporter for the Evanston RoundTable newspaper covering City government including City Council and City politics. He is a member of the Oberlin College alumni council as a member of the Career Services Advisory Committee helping students and graduates enter the working world after graduation.