Role & Authority
Development-era legal counsel to the Declarant (Prestonfield L.L.C. / Concord Homes, Inc.), based in Schaumburg, IL. Drafted the foundational governance documents: incorporator’s counsel for the articles-of-incorporation-2003 (attorney Elizabeth A. Kowalczyk), and preparer of record for special-amendment-1-2004 and special-amendment-2-2006 (attorney Brian Meltzer). Also the likely preparer of the original declaration-2004 and bylaws-2004, though no ingested source explicitly names the firm on those two documents. Superseded as HOA counsel by kovitz-shifrin-nesbit at some point after 2006; KSN was in turn replaced by costello-sury-rooney as current counsel.
Current Members / Status (as of 2026-07-15)
Former. No longer HOA counsel — role ended sometime after the 2006 Special Amendment No. 2 and before the 2017 fence amendment draft (prepared by Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit). Exact transition date not confirmed in any ingested source.
Related Topics
hoa-legal-structure, amendment-process, declarant-and-turnover
Meeting History
No meeting minutes reference this firm directly — all references come from source documents it prepared (Articles of Incorporation, Special Amendments 1 and 2) rather than board meeting records.
Open Questions
- The exact date Meltzer, Purtill & Stelle was replaced by Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit as HOA counsel is unconfirmed — see kovitz-shifrin-nesbit and vendor-contracts Open Questions.