Robert Baum's Email & Phone

Current Responsibilities Robert H. Baum has been with The Inland Real Estate Group, Inc. and its affiliates since 1968 and is one of the four original principals. He is a Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President and General Counsel of The Inland Real Estate Group, Inc. In his capacity as General Counsel, Mr. Baum is responsible for the supervision of the legal activities of The Inland Real Estate Group, Inc. and its affiliates. This responsibility includes the supervision of the Inland Law Department and serving as liaison with outside counsel. Career Summary Following his graduation from Northwestern University School of Law in 1967, Mr. Baum took a teaching position in the Chicago Public School System where he met the three other teaching associates who together with him became the founding principals of Inland. In 1968, he began his practice of law in Chicago with Shulman and Baum, a labor law firm. In January 1973, Mr. Baum joined Inland on a full-time basis as its General Counsel, a position he has held since that time. Mr. Baum has served as a member of the North American Securities Administrators Association Real Estate Advisory Committee and as a member of the Securities Advisory Committee to the Secretary of State of Illinois. He is a member of the American Corporation Counsel Association and The Private Company General Counsel Group. He has also been a guest lecturer for Northwestern University School of Law and the Illinois State Bar Association. Mr. Baum has been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, as well as the bars of several federal courts of appeals and federal district courts and the State of Illinois. He is also an Illinois licensed real estate broker. He has served as a director of American National Bank of DuPage and Inland Bank & Trust and currently serves as a director of Inland Bancorp, Inc., a bank holding company. Service Mr. Baum is a past member of the Men's Council of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. He currently is a Governing Member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and is a Sponsor of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Mr. Baum also is a member of the Board of Directors of Wellness House, a charitable organization that helps cancer patients improve the quality of their lives by providing programs emphasizing emotional support and information as a vital complement to medical treatment, all for no charge.