General Counsel

Sunil Puri
Founder and President

Pankaj Mahajan
Director of Retail Development

Bharat Puri
Director of Finance &
Commercial Development

Doug Beale
Chief Financial Officer

Marc Strauss
General Counsel

Mr. Strauss joined First Rockford Group in 2001 and is responsible for all of First Rockford Group’s legal matters. He attended Northwestern University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Master’s Degree in management and J.D. Mr. Strauss is a member of the Rockford Area Association of Realtors and the Illinois State, Chicago, Wisconsin and DeKalb County Bar Associations; is Chair of the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees; and Chairman of the State Universities Civil Service Merit Board. He is a licensed Illinois and Wisconsin real estate broker and is admitted to practice law in Illinois, Wisconsin, the US Tax Court and federal courts (including the federal trial bar).