Biography
Mr. Kruse is a partner practicing in the areas of real estate, real estate and other secured lending, bond financing and healthcare. Mr. Kruse's lending experience includes serving as counsel to institutional lenders in connection with a variety of loan transactions, including construction, permanent and mezzanine loans for real estate projects, loan participations and syndications, commercial loans and loan workouts and restructurings. Mr. Kruse represents owners and developers of real estate projects in connection with structuring project ownership, purchase and sale transactions, development and financing. Mr. Kruse serves as underwriter’s counsel, credit enhancer’s counsel and bond counsel in bond financing transactions. His health care experience includes counseling hospitals, long-term care facilities, physicians and other health care providers in connection with legal health care issues.Education
J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, cum laude (1968)
Order of the Coif; Board of Editors, Northwestern University Law Review
B.A., Northwestern University, with distinction (1965)
Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
- Illinois
Courts
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California