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| Experience | Years |
|---|---|
| Attorney, Law Office of Daniel Lauber | 1985-Current |
| President, Planning/Communications | 1979-Current |
| City planning consultant concentrating in zoning, affordable housing, fair housing, analysis of impediments to fair housing choice, consolidated housing plans, design and implementation of random sample community surveys, housing market analysis | |
| Lecturer, Loyola University of Chicago - Department of Sociology | 1989-1989 |
| Taught undergraduate course, Sociology 125 — Chicago: Growth of a Metropolis primarily to juniors and seniors. Course combined sociology, urban planning, and urban history to expand upon the usual course curriculum offered. | |
| Adjunct Professor of Environmental Science, Governors State University, College of Arts & Sciences | 1979-1980 |
| Guest lecturer for planning courses; conducted research on effects and regulation of condominium conversions and the use of social impact analysis in municipal planning. | |
| Senior Planner, Village of Oak Park | 1977-1979 |
| Researched and wrote award–winning Comprehensive Plan 1979 in compliance with 701 Comprehensive Planning Assistance requirements; prepared grant applications and budgets; prepared zoning ordinance revisions and reports; reviewed zoning applications and proposed ordinances; worked with code enforcement personnel; supervised assistant planners; provided staff assistance to Plan Commission and Village Board of Trustees. | |
| Senor Planner / 701 Program Coordinator, Illinois Dept. of Local Government Affairs - Office of Research & Planning | 1975-1977 |
| Administered 701 Comprehensive Assistance Program for northeastern Illinois; prepared 701 applications and budgets; provided technical assistance by written report and oral presentation to local governments on planning, administration, risk management, home rule, downtown and economic development, annexation, incorporation, code enforcement; conducted workshops on housing; trained and supervised agency staff; prepared articles and grant applications; prepared chapters of the state land–use plan. | |
| Principal Contributing Consultant, American Bar Association Advisory Commission on Housing and Urban Growth | 1975-1975 |
| Researched and wrote zoning hearing examiner portion of "Improving the Administration of Land Use Controls," in Housing for All Under Law: New Directions in Housing, Land Use, and Planning Law, (Ballinger Publishing Company), 1977. | |
| Research Associate, American Society of Planning Officials - Planning Advisory Service | 1972-1975 |
| Researched and wrote Planning Advisory Service reports, magazine articles, and ASPO's comments on federal legislation; answered over 1,500 inquiries from planning agencies and consultants on all aspects of planning and administration. | |
| School | Focus | Degree | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University School of Law - Northwestern University | Law | J.D. | 1985 |
| Honors: Dean's List: Autumn 1984, Spring 1983, Autumn 1983 | |||
| University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign | Urban & Regional Planning | Masters of Urban & Regional Planning | 1972 |
| Honors: Deans list | |||
| University of Chicago | Sociology | B.A. | 1970 |
| Honors: Deans list, 1968-69, 1969-70 | |||
| Location | Year Admitted |
|---|---|
| Illinois | 1985 |
| U.S. Supreme Court | 1995 |
| Activity | Organization | Start Year | End Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | American Institute of Certified Planners | 2003 | 2005 |
| Details: Mr. Lauber is the only person ever elected twice as President of AICP. | |||
| Member, Board of Directors | Oak Park Regional Housing Center | 1995 | 2003 |
| Local Government Committee Member | Illinois State Bar Association | 1993 | 1994 |
| President | American Institute of Certified Planners | 1992 | 1994 |
| Chairperson | American Bar Association | 1989 | 1992 |
| Details: Chair of the Group Home and Congregate Living Subcommittee of the Committee on Land Use Regulation | |||
| Legal Advocacy Vice Chairperson | American Association on Mental Retardation | 1988 | 1991 |
| Details: Region VI Executive Committee | |||
| Chairperson | American Bar Association | 1987 | 1989 |
| Details: Group Home Model Zoning Ordinance Subcommittee of the Committee on Regulation of Land Use Primary author of the ABA's model zoning code for group homes and other community residences | |||
| President | American Planning Association | 1985 | 1986 |
| Details: Mr. Lauber also served as a Director of APA in 1978-1979, 1981-1987, 1992-1994, and 2002-2005. As President, he created APA's Amicus Curiae Committee which continues to write influential briefs for cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal jurisdictions. | |||
| Member, Board of Directors | University of Illinois Alumni Association | 1983 | 1985 |
| Member, Board of Directors | Metro-Help (National Runaway Switchboard) | 1977 | 1979 |
| Award | Organization | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Davidoff Award | American Planning Association | 1998 |
| Paul Davidoff Award from the American Planning Association for demonstrating a sustained social commitment to advocacy planning in support of the needs of society's less fortunate members | ||
| Award of Merit | Illinois Chapter of the American Planning Association | 1991 |
| Award of Merit for Program or Project of Unusually High Merit Performed Under Serious Budgetary, Staff, or Political Constraints Awarded for project to bring the zoning of the state's 110 home rule communities into at least partial compliance with the nation's Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988. Over 85% of the cities complied despite entrenched political opposition. | ||
| Award of Merit | Illinois Chapter of the American Planning Association | 1983 |
| Award of Merit for Oak Park Comprehensive Plan 1979 | ||
| Position | Years |
|---|---|
| Member, American Bar Association | 1983-Current |
| Member, Chicago Bar Association | 1986-Current |
| Member, American Planning Association | 1985-Current |
| Member, American Institute of Certified Planners | 1979-Current |
| Title | Publisher | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Focus on Community Residences / Group Homes | American Bar Association Annual Conference | July, 2009 |
| As part of the session entitled "LULUs: Locally Unwanted Land Uses," Mr. Lauber explained the maximum regulation local zoning can impose on community residences and how to win zoning approval for them. | ||
| Bringing Sense to American Housing Policy | Keynote Address to the 2005 Annual Conference of the National Association of Housing Cooperatives | September, 2005 |
| Published in Cooperative Housing Bulletin, Nov./Dec. 2005, Vol. XXI, No. 6, pp. 1, 4, 15 | ||
| Strategies for Change | HUD, Fannie Mae Foundation, Fair Housing Council of Oregon | May, 2005 |
| Speaker and panelist in the session "Strategies for Change," at "A Dream Deferred: Residential Segregation in Oregon," sponsored by HUD, Fannie Mae Foundation, Fair Housing Council of Oregon, et al. | ||
| The Struggle for Fair Housing: Weighing Our Progress | Fair Housing Center of West Michigan | April, 2004 |
| Spoke on regulation of group homes for people with disabilities and on how to achieve stable, racially-integrated communities. | ||
| Making Real Efforts Toward Affordable Housing in Your Community | University of Wisconsin's 32nd Annual Planning and Zoning for Community Land-Use Management | 2002 |
| A 90-minute course for the University of Wisconsin's 32nd Annual Planning and Zoning for Community Land-Use Management conducted in Charlotte, NC; Madison, WI; and Albuquerque, NM (Spring, 2002) | ||
| Fair Housing 1968–1998: Promises Kept, Promises Broken | University of Miami School of Law | February, 1998 |
| Speaker on the Fair Housing Act's application to zoning for group homes and on achieving stable, racially-diverse communities. | ||
| Myths of Fair Housing | Fair Housing Conference | April, 1998 |
| Plenary Session Speaker, "Myths of Fair Housing," at "Fair Housing Conference," sponsored by U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, Municipality of Anchorage, and Alaska Chapter of the American Planning Association, Anchorage, AK. Conducted plenary session as a two–hour workshop. (April 1998) | ||
| A Real LULU: Zoning for Group Homes and Halfway Houses Under the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 | The John Marshall Law Review | 1996 |
| Winter 1996, pp. 369–407 The article provides a detailed interdisciplinary analysis of how community residences for people with disabilities should be regulated under zoning in compliance with the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988. | ||
| Must Zoning Accommodate Group Homes? | Fair Housing Legal Support Center, John Marshall Law School | April, 1995 |
| Fair Housing Enforcement: A Focus on Special Issues Affecting the Disabled, Families with Children, and the First Amendment, Fair Housing Legal Support Center, John Marshall Law School (Chicago, April 28, 1995) | ||
| Recommendations to the Illinois General Assembly on Zoning for Community Residences | Illinois Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities | January, 1991 |
| This 44-page report dentifies proper zoning techniques and reviews the results of a state project to bring the zoning ordinances of 110 home rule municipalities into compliance with the 1988 amendments to the Fair Housing Act | ||
| Community Residence Location Planning Act Compliance Guidebook, | Illinois Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities | May, 1990 |
| This 47-page guide explains how group homes operate, whom they house, the 1988 amendments to national Fair Housing Act, and court decisions under the 1988 amendments. Suggests four zoning approaches that comply, to varying degrees of certainty, with the Fair Housing Act. Identifies zoning approaches that certainly violate the act. Appendix includes executive summary and bibliography from Lauber's 1986 study on the impacts of group homes on the surrounding neighborhood. | ||
| Federal Statutory and Regulatory Changes in Fair Housing Amendment | Association of State Mental Health Attorney Annual Conference | October, 1990 |
| Condominium Conversions: A Reform in Need of Reform | Rowman and Allanheld | 1984 |
| Chapter 16 of Land Reform, American Style, Frank J. Popper and Charles Geisler, editors One of the few thorough analyses of the causes of "condomania," its impacts, and how to prevent adverse effects. The warnings issued in this chapter have been proven true. | ||
| The Hearing Examiner in Zoning Administration | American Society of Planning Officials | 1975 |
| PAS Report No. 312 This guide to using zoning hearing examiners is still being used by cities and counties to set up their hearing examiner positions and guide the conduct of zoning hearings. | ||
| Recent Cases in Exclusionary Zoning | American Society of Planning Officials | June, 1973 |
| Reprinted as chapters on exclusionary zoning in Management & Control of Growth: Issues–Techniques–Problems–Trends (Urban Land Institute, 1975, Vol. I), and in Land Use Controls: Present Problems and Future Reforms (Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University, 1974). | ||
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