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The Curious Career of Lema Khorshid
Fuksa Khorshid, LLC
Lema Khorshid is one of the founding partners at Fuksa Khorshid, LLC where she handles a wide range of legal matters for small to mid-sized closely held businesses in Chicago and New York. She frequently assists her clients with corporate transactional and intellectual property matters; and, for the past three years she has been lead counsel on several mergers and acquisitions that have taken her clients all over the globe.
Her proactive and team centric approach to counseling her business clients means empowering them with practical and creative legal solutions that are closely intertwined to their business strategy. Rather than teaching them how to react to a “legal crisis”, Lema encourages her clients to be proactive about their business ventures by developing sound legal and business strategies that work in tandem to help them maximize their profit and ensure their long term success.
Lema is frequently invited to guest speak at Small Business Centers all over Chicago, where she teaches workshops to entrepreneurs on a myriad of legal and business issues that affect their businesses. In 2009, Lema was honored by the Business Ledger for being one of the twenty two influential women in business in Chicago.
Prior to being a partner at Fuksa Khorshid, LLC, Lema spent over six years consulting hospitality, fashion, and entertainment clients on their branding and public relations strategies and initiatives in Chicago. Her clients included several prominent fashion retail establishments, hotels, nightclubs, and restaurant groups such as: The W Hotels, The Park Hyatt Chicago, Le Meridien, The Sutton Place, The Whitehall, crobar, DKNY, French Connection, Guess, Kenneth Cole, Nicole Miller, Thomas Pink, and Bloomingdale’s, to name a few.
Lema sits on the Board of Directors for the University of Illinois Entrepreneurship Advisory Council, The Gateway for Cancer Research, and The Light Project. She has chaired several large scale fundraisers to support arts and cultural initiatives in underprivileged communities; brought awareness to Chicago’s fashion and arts scene; and, raised thousands of dollars to support educational initiatives for entrepreneurs. Since 2006, she founded and chaired the BizOver™, a large scale marketing and networking platform for entrepreneurs.
Lema received two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in Finance and Marketing, with a concentration in International Business and Italian (2000). She received her Juris Doctorate from Loyola University School of Law in Chicago (2004). Lema is proficient in Arabic, French, and Italian.
In her time away from the office, Lema loves international travel, is a self proclaimed foodie, and has a penchant for fashion and film.
Fuksa Khorshid, LLC www.fklawfirm.com
70 W. Erie, 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60654
312-266-2221
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An Increase in Inventory May Help Slow National Home Price Increases
Housing inventory and price growth are interrelated. Many areas of the country are experiencing a rise in home prices due to inventory shortage. In April, 2.29 million homes were available for sale, a 5.9 month supply at the current sales pace. This is a 16.8 percent improvement over March and a 6.5 percent increase over April 2013. Improving levels of inventory, along with an increase in new-home construction, will help with housing... Read More
Survey Reveals the Most Popular Outdoor Living Projects for 2014
More Americans want to improve their outdoor space, according to a 2014 survey of home owners across the U.S. and Canada, conducted by Houzz. The results show that among homeowners planning landscaping projects in their yards this summer, the largest portion (56%) are working toward making their yard more conducive to entertaining. How they plan to do so is enlightening to homeowners with plans of their own, or to those who want to improve their home's... Read More
Why Home Sellers Need a Real Estate Agent to Price Their Home
A quick internet search will reveal dozens of Automated Valuation Modeling (AVM) sites that promise to tell you how much your home is worth. These AVMs use statistical modeling techniques that "value" your home by comparing it with the price of similar-sized homes that have recently sold in your area. Using proprietary software, AVMs crunch publicly-available numbers from the multiple listings service and combine this with regional pricing trends to set a sale... Read More
Melissa Nelson was beyond amazing with not only finding us the perfect home but throughout the whole process and beyond. It took over two years to find the right home for us, not once did Melissa ever rush us or make us feel like a burden. Melissa stuck with us through many houses till we found the one we wanted to make our home. As first time home buyers, we had many questions and had no clue how the home buying process went, Melissa and the rest of the crew helped us every step of the way. She is still answering questions I have even after closing on our home! Melissa was more than dedicated and helpful with the home buying process and there’s nobody else I would have rather done it with. Melissa and the rest of the staff at Wenzel Select Properties are highly recommended with your future home buying/selling endeavors.
June Happenings
Congratulations!!
Maurice H. & Tori H. on the purchase of their new home!
Anthony P. & Amy V. on the purchase of their new home!
Elena B. on the purchase of her new property!
Charles H. on the sale of his property!
Josephine I. on the sale of her home!
Ed H. Chris J. & Kevin M. on the rental of their new home!
Thank you for allowing WSP to assist you
with your most valuable investment.
Lisa M. Wenzel
Managing Broker/Owner
Invite Summer Style into Your Home
Admiring the beauty of colorful flowers, enjoying an ice cream on a hot day, relaxing at the beach―why not bring all of these aspects of summer into your home during the warmer months? You can easily do this by adding home accessories that can be removed when the cooler weather arrives. Here are some ways to invite summer style into your home.
Colorful Florals
Summer is the time when flowers are in full bloom, so bring the outdoors inside with floral home accessories. They will add splashes of color and nature-inspired interest to your home.
In your living room, simply add several throw pillows with... Read More
Tips for Achieving a Healthy Lawn on a Budget
Maintaining a great lawn doesn't need to be expensive - and the reward for just a small investment is a beautiful, environmentally friendly setting for outdoor activities of many kinds. If you're looking to ensure a healthy natural lawn on a budget, consider these four easy tips:
1. Water as needed. On average, a lawn needs about one inch of water per week, from rainfall or irrigation. This will soak the soil to a depth of four to six inches, putting water deep into your lawn's root system. Letting the lawn dry out completely between waterings will encourage the grass to grow stronger, deeper roots as it searches for water deeper in the soil. For best results, water in the early morning when... Read More
Lisa & Freddy Wenzel, 924 Warren Avenue, Downers GroveIL 60515 The material in this publication is provided for your informational purpose only and is not intended to substitute professional advice. If your property is currently listed with a Real Estate Broker, this publication is not intended as a solicitation.
Lema Khorshid is one of the founding partners at Fuksa Khorshid, LLC where she handles a wide range of legal matters for small to mid-sized closely held businesses in Chicago and New York. She frequently assists her clients with corporate transactional and intellectual property matters; and, for the past three years she has been lead counsel on several mergers and acquisitions that have taken her clients all over the globe.
Housing inventory and price growth are interrelated. Many areas of the country are experiencing a rise in home prices due to inventory shortage. In April, 2.29 million homes were available for sale, a 5.9 month supply at the current sales pace. This is a 16.8 percent improvement over March and a 6.5 percent increase over April 2013. Improving levels of inventory, along with an increase in new-home construction, will help with housing... 
More Americans want to improve their outdoor space, according to a 2014 survey of home owners across the U.S. and Canada, conducted by Houzz. The results show that among homeowners planning landscaping projects in their yards this summer, the largest portion (56%) are working toward making their yard more conducive to entertaining. How they plan to do so is enlightening to homeowners with plans of their own, or to those who want to improve their home's... 
A quick internet search will reveal dozens of Automated Valuation Modeling (AVM) sites that promise to tell you how much your home is worth. These AVMs use statistical modeling techniques that "value" your home by comparing it with the price of similar-sized homes that have recently sold in your area. Using proprietary software, AVMs crunch publicly-available numbers from the multiple listings service and combine this with regional pricing trends to set a sale... 
Admiring the beauty of colorful flowers, enjoying an ice cream on a hot day, relaxing at the beach―why not bring all of these aspects of summer into your home during the warmer months? You can easily do this by adding home accessories that can be removed when the cooler weather arrives. Here are some ways to invite summer style into your home.
Maintaining a great lawn doesn't need to be expensive - and the reward for just a small investment is a beautiful, environmentally friendly setting for outdoor activities of many kinds. If you're looking to ensure a healthy natural lawn on a budget, consider these four easy tips:
