Ten Steps to Help Keep Your Employees From Suing You (Or To Help Defend You If They Do), by Margaret Kostopulos

Ten Lessons Learned by a Former Elected Official, by Gregory S. Mathews

Ten Rules to Live by for Public Management Labor Negotiators , by Gregory S. Mathews Donald W. Anderson

Moving Ten (Giga) Steps to the Digital Future , by Adam B. Simon

Ten Things Governmental Officials Should Know About The Illinois Governmental Tort Immunity Act , by Darcy L. Proctor

How Governments Can Win in Cases Before Appellate Courts – 10 Examples , by Ellen K. Emery

Ten Rules About Running for Local Government Office, by Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer

Top Ten Tools for Your Construction Project, by Derke J. Price

Ten Steps to Creating a TIF District, by Paul N. Keller

Ten Things Governmental Officials Don't Know About Workers' Compensation, by Gerald A. Granada and W. Britt Isaly

Ten Things Municipal Officials Should Know About Local Prosecution and Ordinance Enforcement, by Scott Puma and John Christensen

The Zoning Game in Ten Easy Lessons , by David S. Silverman

Ten Ways Municipalities and Park Districts Can Intergovernmentally Cooperate, by Scott A. Puma

Ten Steps to a Closer Relationship Between Municipalities and School Districts, by Margaret Kostopulos

In 2006, our law firm, commonly referred to as Ancel Glink, celebrated its 75th year of existence. The firm was founded by Louis Ancel in the difficult years of the Great Depression, and it has continued to serve governmental bodies through wars, economic upturns and downturns, suburban growth, educational changes, the advent of mandatory collective bargaining and liberation movements of various kinds. Ancel Glink attorneys have written handbooks for municipalities, school districts, park districts, townships, fire protection districts, library districts and entities created by intergovernmental agreements. During all of those years, Ancel Glink attorneys have appeared as speakers at conferences of regional, State and national organizations, at which we described our experiences representing governmental bodies of all types.

While there is always a great deal to cover in the speeches we are asked to give, one of our goals has always been to highlight a few key points which we generally describe in a handout. Rarely will these presentations center on more than ten important points. While it is difficult to highlight even ten points during a 45-minute or one hour oral presentation, the handout we often distribute allows audience members, at their leisure, to go into more depth about these issues of major importance. These articles are the result of gathering and reworking some of those handouts.

Surely the most important ten issues to consider about a particular problem or opportunity will change from time to time, but for at least some number of years, the issues we have chosen to highlight are likely to remain those worth the attention of public officials. The articles in this pamphlet use the top ten format to explore a series of issues. The first twelve chapters concern topics of general interest to all governmental officials, and the last two present an introduction to intergovernmental agreements.