Graham Grady concentrates his practice on zoning, land use and government relations matters. His litigation experience includes the representation of downtown Chicago office buildings involving major building code compliance and exterior wall maintenance cases.

Mr. Grady has experience working on mixed-use residential, commercial, office and retail centers; residential projects including condominium towers, apartment buildings, townhouses and single family; and commercial, retail and hotel developments. He represents a broad range of private, not-for-profit and quasi-governmental entities before the City of Chicago, Cook County and suburban communities throughout the Chicago metropolitan area. He works regularly with hospitals, health care and senior care facilities, religious, cultural and civic institutional facilities and convention.

Mr. Grady served in the Cabinet of Mayor Richard M. Daley from 1989-1996 as Zoning Administrator and Commissioner of Buildings City of Chicago, Ex-Officio member of the Chicago Plan Commission and Chief Executive of the Chicago Housing Authority. He also served as Assistant State's Attorney, Cook County State's Attorney's Office and Executive Director, Private Industry Council of Chicago.

• American Law Institute-American Bar Association (Faculty, Land Use Institute) Bright New City (Former Director)
• Lambda Alpha, Honorary Land Economics Society
• Lawyers Club of Chicago (Former President)
• Lloyd A. Fry Foundation (Board of Directors)
• Northwestern University School of Law (Visiting Committee)
• American Bar Association Retirement Funds (Former President)
• American Bar Foundation (Former Director of Board of Directors
• Art Institute of Chicago (Architecture & Design Committee; Leadership Advisory Council)
• Business and Professional People in the Public Interest (Former Director)
• Chicago Bar Association
• Chicago Community Trust (Chair, African-American Legacy)
• Chicago Urban League, Metropolitan Board (Former Director)
• Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce (Former Director)
• Chicago Zoological Society (Trustee; Conservation and Education Committee)
• Cook County Bar Association
• Druids Club of Chicago
• Economic Club of Chicago
• Evanston Cooperative Nursery School (Former Director)
• Housing Authority Risk Retention Group (Former Director)
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Metropolitan Family Services (formerly United Charities) (Former Director)
• National Bar Association
• Old St. Patrick's Church (Trustee)
• Sacred Heart Schools of Chicago (Former Director)
• St. Ignatius College Prep (Trustee, Executive Committee; Chair, Committee on Buildings and Grounds)
• University of Illinois Alumni Association (Former Director)
• YMCA Camp Pinewood, (Former Director; Chairman of the Board)