Atty. Tamara Hibbard
To Tamara Hibbard, it’s never just a contract — it’s a specific parcel of real estate with a history, a future, and a complex web of stakeholders, from owners and investors to lenders, tenants, and local authorities. Tamara brings a keen awareness of context and a thoughtful ability to balance competing interests, understanding that every deal is shaped as much by people and priorities as by property and paper.
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Tamara Hibbard is a real estate attorney based in Chicago, Illinois, practicing at Gould & Ratner. Admitted to practice in Illinois, Illinois State Bar Association. Educated at Miami University (B.S.) and DePaul University (J.D.). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America — Real Estate Law (2026). Serands clients in Chicago, IL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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To Tamara Hibbard, it’s never just a contract — it’s a specific parcel of real estate with a history, a future, and a complex web of stakeholders, from owners and investors to lenders, tenants, and local authorities. Tamara brings a keen awareness of context and a thoughtful ability to balance competing interests, understanding that every deal is shaped as much by people and priorities as by property and paper.
With more than 20 years of real estate law experience, Tamara Hibbard represents developers, landlords, tenants, buyers and sellers in virtually all aspects of real estate law. Specific experience includes:
- Facilitating a retailer’s transition from a build-to-suit tenant to self-development for a new store roll-out
- Working with the preferred developer for a major retailer to acquire, build, open, and sell more than 75 outlets
- Working with a major athletic franchise to acquire and build a premier community hub and practice facility under a redevelopment agreement
- Representing a major fast food chain in the leasing and development of multiple outlets
- Creating and improving an organization’s form transactional documents, process map, and reporting dashboard
- Collaborating with other practices and departments to complete successful mergers and acquisitions
Acting as both in-house and outside counsel throughout her career, Tamara has a unique understanding of stakeholder interests in real estate transactions that allow her to anticipate issues and formulate alternatives for her clients that help transactions move forward quickly and effectively.
Prior to joining Gould & Ratner, Tamara was an attorney at Seyfarth Shaw.
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Real estate attorneys handle home purchases, sales, commercial transactions, title disputes, and landlord-tenant matters.
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Why local counsel matters in Illinois
Practicing law in Illinois. Legal matters in Illinois are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Chicago are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Illinois state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Illinois brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Illinois courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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