About Brian
Brian Lohse combines a background in communications with legal training to work on property and real estate matters in Illinois. He began his academic path at Ball State University, where he earned a B.S. in advertising, journalism and marketing in 1995. He later completed a J.D. at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, where his studies centered on property, real estate, oil and gas issues, family law and negotiation techniques.
After law school, Lohse moved into practice that relied on both transactional skill and litigation awareness. He built experience handling real estate transactions, title and boundary issues, and the contract negotiations that often accompany property transfers. The oil and gas material he studied in law school also informed work on land use and mineral rights questions when they arose in client matters.
He admits to practicing in Illinois and maintains memberships in several local and state bar and professional groups. Lohse is a member of the Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association, the Lake County Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. Those affiliations keep him connected to peers and current developments in Illinois real estate law and practice.
Colleagues describe his approach as practical and direct. He breaks complex transactions into clear steps for clients and aims to anticipate common pitfalls in title, survey and zoning matters. On dispute matters, Lohse draws on negotiation techniques from his legal education to seek resolutions without needless escalation, while remaining prepared to pursue litigation when a client’s position requires it.
Lohse runs a practice under the name Lohse Law, operating an office in Chicago. The firm handles residential and commercial closings, drafting and review of deeds and easements, landlord-tenant issues and related contract work. Clients include individuals buying or selling property and small businesses dealing with lease or development questions.
Outside of case work, he stays involved in the legal community through the organizations he belongs to and through regular attendance at continuing legal education programs. That ongoing involvement informs how he handles evolving issues such as zoning changes and title insurance concerns. Lohse currently practices real estate and property law at Lohse Law in Chicago, where his work centers on transactional matters, title issues and negotiation of property-related disputes.
