Thomas M. Tully

Tom Tully is one of Chicago’s most prominent and well-respected attorneys. He founded the firm after a distinguished and varied career in the public sector, where he served as a prosecutor, counsel to and thereafter Chief Deputy Assessor of Cook County, and ultimately elected Assessor of Cook County. Mr. Tully is a member of the Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; the International Association of Assessing Officers; and the Institute of Property Taxation. He is active in the community, serving on the Boards of Directors of Children’s Memorial Medical Center/Children’s Memorial Hospital/CM Foundation; the Western Golf Association; and the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Big Shoulders Fund. Tom earned a B.Sc. from John Carroll University in 1959 and his J.D. from DePaul University in 1963.

Public Service/Honors

• AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for ethics and legal ability
• Attorney and Legal Advisor to the Cook County Assessor (1963-1965)
• Assistant State’s Attorney, Cook County, Illinois (1966-1970)
• Chief Deputy Assessor of Cook County (1971-1973)
• Assessor of Cook County (1974-1978)
• Former Trustee, Armstrong World Industries Asbestos Trust

Military

• Ret. Capt., USAR

Author

• “Property Tax Assessment Appeals in Illinois”