Our Team

George Lattas

Principal Attorney

George Lattas is the founder and Principal Attorney of The Lattas Law Office, a boutique law firm focused exclusively on commercial real estate, corporate, finance, and commercial transactions. For more than 17 years, George has represented real estate owners, investors, developers, businesses, entrepreneurs, professionals, family offices, lenders, and capital providers in sophisticated transactions throughout Illinois and across the country.

George’s practice is concentrated in commercial real estate, private credit, and business transactions. He regularly represents clients in the acquisition, disposition, development, financing, and leasing of commercial real estate; the formation, governance, acquisition, and sale of businesses; and the negotiation of complex commercial agreements. His real estate practice spans retail, office, industrial, multifamily, mixed-use, and other asset classes, with clients ranging from individual entrepreneurs and closely held businesses to institutional investors, national companies, family offices, and investment funds.

A significant and growing component of George’s practice involves private credit and private debt transactions. He represents lenders, borrowers, investors, and other capital providers in structuring, negotiating, documenting, and closing secured and unsecured credit facilities and other privately negotiated financings. His work includes loan and security agreements, promissory notes, mortgages, guaranties, intercreditor and subordination arrangements, collateral documentation, loan modifications and workouts, and other financing and restructuring matters. George’s experience on both the transactional and workout sides of credit allows him to approach financing transactions with an appreciation not only for how a deal is structured at closing, but how the documents will operate if circumstances change. 

Over the course of his career, George has been involved in transactions representing billions of dollars in aggregate value. His work includes negotiating purchase and sale agreements, commercial leases and lease portfolios, loan and financing documents, operating and shareholder agreements, business purchase and sale transactions, and other agreements central to the ownership, financing, and operation of businesses and real estate. He also has substantial experience representing franchisors, multi-unit franchisee groups, individual franchisees, and franchise developers in connection with their real estate and broader transactional needs. 

Before founding The Lattas Law Office, George served as General Counsel to a commercial real estate development and management company with a portfolio valued at more than $500 million. In that capacity, he worked alongside ownership and senior management on the legal and business issues affecting the company’s portfolio and negotiated transactions involving national companies, established businesses, lenders, investors, and entrepreneurs. His experience as General Counsel continues to shape his approach to private practice: understanding that the best legal advice begins with understanding the client’s business, objectives, economics, and appetite for risk.

George’s perspective is also informed by an unusually broad business and financial background. He earned his undergraduate degree with honors in Finance and Economics from DePaul University and, while an undergraduate, worked as an analyst with GE Real Estate. After earning his law degree, he worked with Deloitte and later developed significant experience in loss mitigation and bankruptcy, negotiating more than 1,500 workouts and other long-term resolutions. George also holds an MBA from DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, where he was a John Nicholson Fellow and concentrated in Strategy, Execution, and Valuation.

In 2013, George founded The Lattas Law Office around a deliberately focused model: all the office does is transactional law. The firm’s attorneys do not litigate. Instead, they devote their practice to structuring, negotiating, documenting, and closing transactions and to helping clients make informed business decisions along the way.

George takes particular pride in the fact that many of the firm’s clients consider him their outside-inside counsel. He approaches those relationships with the familiarity and practical understanding expected of in-house counsel while providing the perspective and resources of outside transactional counsel. The firm’s growth has largely been built on those long-term relationships and on a commitment to accessibility, responsiveness, sound judgment, efficiency, and careful stewardship of its clients’ time and resources.

George has been recognized throughout his career for both his legal practice and his service to the profession. He has been selected to Super Lawyers and previously received seven consecutive selections as a Rising Star. DePaul University College of Law honored him as its Outstanding Young Alumnus, and he has also been recognized by the Hellenic Bar Association. He has appeared on Chicago’s NBC 5 discussing legal issues involving real estate and continues to teach undergraduate courses in Business Law and Business Ethics. 

George has maintained an especially close relationship with DePaul University throughout his career. A triple DePaul alumnus, he earned his undergraduate degree, J.D., and M.B.A. from the University. He later became the youngest Chairman in the history of the DePaul University College of Law Dean’s Advisory Council, following years of service to the College of Law and its alumni community.

Beyond his legal practice, George is extensively involved in professional, educational, civic, philanthropic, and faith-based leadership. He serves in senior lay leadership with the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, is active with the Hellenic Bar Association, and has served on the boards and leadership of numerous charitable and community organizations. He also serves as President of the Parish Council of Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Palos Hills.

George is admitted to practice law in the State of Illinois. 

Practice Areas 

• Commercial Real Estate
• Private Credit & Private Debt
• Secured Lending & Commercial Finance
• Acquisitions and Dispositions
• Commercial Leasing
• Real Estate Development and Zoning
• Real Estate Finance
• Corporate and Business Transactions
• Business Formation and Organization
• Business Acquisitions and Dispositions
• Commercial Contracts
• Franchise Transactions

Patricia Antonakos

Sr. Associate Attorney

Patricia Antonakos is a Senior Associate Attorney with The Lattas Law Office, where she concentrates her practice on commercial real estate and commercial transactions. Patricia joined the firm in 2019 and, over the past seven years, has become an integral part of the firm’s transactional practice and a trusted advisor to its clients.

Patricia represents individuals, investors, entrepreneurs, and businesses in a broad range of transactions, including commercial and residential acquisitions and dispositions, commercial leasing, business formations, and other corporate and commercial matters. She regularly manages transactions from initial negotiation and contract through due diligence and closing, working directly with clients, brokers, lenders, title companies, opposing counsel, and other professionals to identify and resolve issues and bring transactions to a successful conclusion.

As a senior member of the firm, Patricia brings both substantial transactional experience and an understanding of the practical considerations that drive a deal. Her approach is pragmatic and business-minded: she recognizes that effective transactional counsel requires more than identifying legal issues—it requires understanding what the client is trying to accomplish and finding an efficient and thoughtful path to get there. Her judgment, responsiveness, and attention to detail have made her an important part of the firm’s longstanding client relationships.

Patricia graduated cum laude from DePaul University College of Law, finishing in the top 15% of her class and earning a Certificate in Business Law. While at DePaul, she was a member of the DePaul Law Review, received the Dean’s Achievement Scholarship, was named to the Dean’s List, and served as a teaching assistant in Torts. Before law school, Patricia attended New York University, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. While in New York, she served as a Pericles Fellow with the Hellenic American Leadership Council, helping organize its New York presence and supporting the organization’s programming and outreach.

Patricia is licensed to practice law in Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. She is active in Chicago’s legal and Hellenic communities and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, and Hellenic Bar Association. She is fluent in Greek.

Practice Areas

• Commercial Real Estate
• Commercial Leasing
• Acquisitions and Dispositions
• Business Formation and Organization
• Commercial Transactions
• Corporate and General Business Matters

Sooha Ahmad

Associate Attorney

Sooha Ahmad is an Associate Attorney with The Lattas Law Office, where she concentrates her practice on real estate, business, and commercial transactions.

Sooha brings to the firm a distinctive background spanning private practice, in-house legal work, financial services, regulatory compliance, and risk management. Before joining The Lattas Law Office, she served in legal and compliance roles with several prominent financial institutions and organizations, including the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Crypto.com/Nadex, and CIBC Bank USA. Her experience includes negotiating commercial agreements, advising on regulatory and compliance matters, conducting complex legal and regulatory analysis, and working with business teams to identify and mitigate risk.

That experience informs Sooha’s approach to transactional practice today. She works with individuals, investors, entrepreneurs, and businesses in connection with residential and commercial real estate transactions, leasing, business formation and governance, and other commercial matters. She approaches each engagement with an understanding that effective transactional counsel requires not simply identifying legal issues, but understanding the client’s objectives and finding practical ways to accomplish them.

Sooha earned her Juris Doctor from Delaware Law School, where she was named to the Dean’s List, graduated in the top third of her class, and received a distinction for pro bono service. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University, where she double majored in Political Science and Journalism and was named to the Dean’s List.

Sooha is admitted to practice law in Illinois and New Jersey.

Practice Areas

• Commercial Real Estate
• Residential Real Estate
• Commercial Transactions
• Business Formation and Organization
• Corporate and General Business Matters

Mia Kanatas

Law Clerk