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Jeffrey Dorman
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 51 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Consumer, IP and Securities
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Jeff is Consumer Law, Securities Law, Stockbroker & Investment Fraud, and Arbitration & Mediation. He has unique experience with a background in law, as well as econometrics, mathematics, and computer programming. Jeff holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Michigan and an LL.D. in Antitrust from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Additionally, he received a M.S. (ABD) in Industrial Organization and Econometrics from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jeff's academic and professional training have facilitated many successful outcomes in complex litigation cases. With more than 40 years of experience, Jeff is committed to providing exceptional legal...
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Frank G. Cortese
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
Georgetown University Law Center
Frank G. Cortese is a Graduate of Georgetown University Law Center. He has successfully represented over 7,000 clients in Bankruptcy throughout the Chicagoland area. With over 23 Years experience, you can be confident that he will successfully guide you through the Bankruptcy process. Mr. Cortese concentrates in Bankruptcy Law and will represent you in filing your Bankruptcy. At The Cortese Law Offices, P.C. you will be represented by an experienced attorney and not an inexperienced associate.
Chicago Bankruptcy Attorney Frank G. Cortese has been helping individuals and families facing financial crises throughout the Chicagoland area including Cook, DuPage, Kane and Will...
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Tracy A. Robb
Chicago, IL Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals and Products Liability
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Tracy Robb joined Curcio Law Offices in 2001 and was named managing partner in 2016. She concentrates her practice predominantly on appellate law.
Tracy has also established herself as a strategist for brainstorming with the trial team at the firm. She provides support at the trial court level with her research and writing skills which has served as the foundation for victory on many dispositive motions including motions in limine successfully barring defendants’ key evidence and experts from the trial. Ms. Robb has successfully defended the firm’s verdicts appealed by the defense firms and insurance companies both at the appellate...
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Elise A. Waisbren
Chicago, IL Lawyer
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
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Raffy A. 'Rae' Kaplan
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Bankruptcy and Consumer
The John Marshall Law School
Ms. Kaplan graduated from Boston University in 1996 having received her bachelors degree in political science, and attended the John Marshall Law School.
Ms. Kaplan graduated from law school with a 3.5 GPA and after passing the bar in 2001, began practicing law with her father, Melvin J. Kaplan, renown bankruptcy lawyer for over 58 years and author of two books including, Chapter 13 How To Get Your Creditors Off Your Back Without Losing Your Shirt.
Ms. Kaplan has helped thousands of Chicago families save their homes, cars, and get a fresh start for over 15 years.
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Katrina Taraska Simon
Chicago, IL Attorney with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Products Liability
Widener University Delaware School of Law
Unique to Ms. Taraska’s chosen career in personal injury law, she was the victim of a propane gas explosion, in which a commercial building collapsed on her, her mother, brother and a close family friend. The explosion left Taraska with extensive second and third degree burns early in her life. She was hospitalized for 3 months, during which she underwent skin grafting of her arms, legs, hands, and chest. Incredibly, a year prior to the explosion, Ms. Taraska’s father and a reconstructive surgeon opened the only downstate burn unit in Peoria where she was successfully treated despite the severity of...
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Mark P. Munninghoff
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Mr. Munninghoff graduated cum laude from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2011 after completing his undergraduate studies at the University of Notre Dame in 2007. While at Chicago-Kent, Mark was repeatedly named to the Dean’s Honor List. In addition, Mark was a member of Chicago-Kent’s Moot Court Competition Team and competed in several Moot Court competitions. In addition, Mark received multiple CALI Excellence for the Future Awards.
Since being admitted to practice law in Illinois, Mark has practiced in many areas of personal injury litigation including medical malpractice, premises liability and automobile and trucking negligence cases. Mark has successfully represented injured...
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Michael J. Cox
Chicago, IL Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
DePaul College of Law
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Jason P. Wapiennik
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 15 years of experience
International
Ave Maria School of Law
Jason Wapiennik was in the field of Customs law even prior to his graduation from Ave Maria School of Law in 2008. From January 2007 until September 2009, he clerked for Edmund Maciorowski, P.C., a customs law firm and since leaving there, has been in private practice at Great Lakes Customs Law. Before attending law school, Jason began his undergraduate education at Purdue University and later transferred to Loyola University Chicago. At Loyola, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science graduating magna cum laude, and with departmental honors in political science. He is a member of Alpha Sigma...
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Robert Milla
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Immigration
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Milla & Associates, LLC is a full-service immigration law firm, experienced at providing personal and professional legal services for family, employment, federal litigation, and removal defense cases. We can help keep your family united, bring your loved ones here, fight for your rights in court, and pursue employment in the United States. ROBERT C. MILLA has been an immigration attorney since 2006, dedicating his career to helping clients fulfill their family and employment goals in the United States. Mr. Milla’s approach has always been to invest the head and heart to provide 100% effort. Mr. Milla’s personal background has...
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Donna Pugh
Chicago, IL Attorney
Real Estate
Loyola University Chicago
Donna J. Pugh is a zoning and land use attorney in the Chicago office of Foley & Lardner LLP where she focuses her practice on obtaining governmental approvals related to land use and zoning on behalf of her retail, health care and corporate clients. With her approach of bridging the gap between client, civic and municipal needs, Ms. Pugh has an exceptionally high success rate of securing necessary entitlements for land development projects in the Chicago area.
Ms. Pugh served as 2009-2010 Chair of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Section of State and Local Government Law.
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Peter Francis Geraci
Addison, IL Lawyer with 51 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy and Consumer
DePaul College of Law
Over 15,000 5-Star reviews from our satisfied clients! Since 1977, Geraci Law has helped over 100,000 people get debt-free by filing Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy. FREE LAWYER CONSULTATIONS, low/no attorney fees down to file. Over 35 offices near you, open late and weekends. Call today to talk, or meet with a lawyer for free. Find out why so many people Trust Geraci Law!
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Marcia A. Franklin
Northfield, IL Attorney with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment and Real Estate
American University Washington College of Law
Marcia worked with the Federal Communications Commission as an attorney in the Mass Media Bureau and as Branch Manager in the Common Carrier Bureau from 1982 through 1987, and at MCI Telecommunications as a senior attorney from 1987 through 1994. Thereafter, she worked as a consultant until joining Kaplan & Greenswag LLC in January 2007.
Marcia is admitted to practice in Illinois and the District of Columbia and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. Marcia also serves on the Northbrook Plan Commission.
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Dean Richard Hedeker
Lincolnshire, IL Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Dean Hedeker is a leading Chicago-area authority on estate and tax planning, business law and investments. A long-time resident of north suburban Lincolnshire, Dean has more than 25-years experience helping business owners and families grow, protect and pass on their hard-earned money through tax planning, estate planning and investment management services.
Dean is among a rare breed of professionals because he possesses wide-ranging experience and certifications in the fields of law, estate, tax and financial planning and accounting. Over the past 10 years alone, Dean has created more than 2,000 estate plans and every year he handles more than 300 complex...
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Matthew Topic
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and IP
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Intellectual Property & Government Transparency | FOIA & Media Law | Small Business Attorney
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Christopher J. Zaruba
Wheaton, IL Lawyer with 16 years of experience
(630) 462-9500
1776 S. Naperville Road, Building B
Suite 202
Wheaton, IL 60189
Appeals
The John Marshall Law School
Christopher J. Zaruba joined The Stogsdill Law Firm, P.C. in June of 2014. Prior to that, Chris was an Assistant State's Attorney at the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office from 2009-2014. Chris began his career at the State's Attorney's office handling traffic and misdemeanor offenses, including DUI's, orders of protection, and domestic batteries. In 2012, Chris received the Outstanding Misdemeanor Prosecutor of the Year award. He was promoted to the Felony Juvenile Division where he worked closely with DCFS in handling cases involving abused or neglected children. After working in the Juvenile Division, Chris was again promoted to the Felony...
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Ben Schneider
Warrenville, IL Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Business and Consumer
University of Illinois - Chicago John Marshall Law School
Ben Schneider is a client focused which means that it is important to him to cultivate a personal relationship with each of his clients. By doing this, he is able to give each new client’s case individual attention and analyze every legal issue thoroughly and completely.
Ben Schneider acts as the one of the principal bankruptcy attorneys for Schneider & Stone where he focuses on individual Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 filings as well as business Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 filings. Ben also practices in the areas of family law and litigation and is the point attorney for divorce and...
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Bill Boznos
Naperville, IL Attorney with 40 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Employment
John Marshall Law School
William P. Boznos is the founding attorney of Boznos Law. He brings a unique 360 degree perspective to its advice and advocacy. He has served as in house senior counsel for a Fortune 500 Company for over a decade. In addition, he has served as Director of Human Resources and Vice President of Human Resources for both privately held and large publicly held companies for years, including Harrah’s Casinos, the largest gaming operation in the world. This unique background gave him an unprecedented access to company CEO’s, human resources departments, and the corporate insight you need. He has represented both...
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John A. Sopuch III
Naperville, IL Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Real Estate
Pepperdine University School of Law
John A. Sopuch III, a trial lawyer with a history of winning some of the nation’s biggest verdicts, has joined The Collins Law Firm as Of Counsel.
In 2002, the National Law Journal recognized John’s nearly $43 million verdict (in Miami Cigar v. UST, et al., a business fraud case) as among the top 100 verdicts in the nation that year. In 2004, John did it again, with his $30 million verdict in a breach of contract case, Basic Capital Management Inc. v. Dynex Commercial, Inc.
Hailing from St. Louis, MO, John was born on March 21, 1965. Attending prep school at...
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Norman B. Berger
Naperville, IL Attorney
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation and Environmental
DePaul College of Law
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Axel R. Cerny
Winfield, IL Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Real Estate
The John Marshall Law School
Axel R. Cerny grew up in the DuPage County community, attending Wheaton Academy in West Chicago. Following graduation in 2006, Axel attended Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications/ Journalism studies in 2010. From there, Axel returned to the area to study at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. He earned a Juris Doctorate degree in 2013, and after passing the bar exam was promptly hired to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office as an Assistant State’s Attorney. There he worked for two years under DuPage County State’s Attorney, Bob Berlin, prosecuting...
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Brett T. Williamson
Wheaton, IL Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Appeals
The John Marshall Law School
Since joining The Stogsdill Law Firm, P.C. in 2006, Mr. Williamson has worked exclusively in the field of matrimonial law. Mr. Williamson is dedicated to providing his clients, no matter the issue, with the experience and knowledge necessary to bring their case to a positive resolution. Mr. Williamson has successfully negotiated settlements and/or litigated issues involving complex financial matters, custody, support, and division of property. Mr. Williamson has also successfully negotiated custody/financial settlements as they relate to paternity actions.
Mr. Williamson is also the general counsel and associate board president of Griffith Tutoring. Griffith Tutoring is a non-profit organization preparing at-risk...
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Kathryn C Rolewick
Wheaton, IL Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationLoyola University Chicago School of Law
Kathryn C. Rolewick was admitted to practice law by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2013. She had worked as a Trust Administrative Officer for U.S. Trust, Bank of America, N.A. since graduating from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2013. She joined Rolewick & Gutzke, P.C., the firm founded by her father, David Rolewick, in 2016. Kathryn's areas of practice include estate planning, wealth management, probate estates, contracts, and general corporate and business structures.
Rolewick attended Boston College where she graduated cum laude from the Honors Program in 2004. She is a member of the DuPage County Bar Association, the...
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John Dirk Gutzke
Wheaton, IL Lawyer with 41 years of experience
(630) 653-1577
1776 South Naperville Road
Suite 104 A
Wheaton, IL 60189
Business and Real Estate
University of Illinois College of Law
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Michelle T. Chase
Naperville, IL Lawyer with 38 years of experience
(630) 995-3812
552 S. Washington Street
Suite 205
Naperville, IL 60540
Free ConsultationReal Estate
DePaul College of Law
Although I have been in practice since 1987, I actually began my legal career as a clerk in a small Chicago law firm at the age of 15. I worked at this firm through high school, college, and law school and eventually as an associate attorney once I passed the bar. My position as an associate gave me much litigation and negotiation experience which I used in my next position as house counsel for an insurance company. This position increased my litigation skills and also improved my negotiation and client relationship skills. After several years, I left this...
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Robert D. Boyd
Wheaton, IL Lawyer with 50 years of experience
(630) 462-9500
1776 S. Naperville Road, Building B
Suite 202
Wheaton, IL 60189
Appeals
The John Marshall Law School
Mr. Boyd graduated from John Marshall Law School in 1975 and immediately began working for the DuPage County Public Defender's Office where he remained as a felony trial attorney for 10 years. During that period of time, Mr. Boyd also established a successful family law practice. In 1995, Mr. Boyd joined The Stogsdill Law Firm, P.C. as a trial attorney specializing in complex financial matters and custody trials. He has tried more than 150 domestic relations cases involving issues of business valuations, complex financial structures and custody and modification of custody issues.
Thirty-five years of being an effective litigator and dogged...
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Marilyn A. Miller
Wheaton, IL Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
The Law Office of Marilyn A. Miller represents clients accused of criminal offenses in State and Federal Court. After decades of experience, we are ready to aggressively and effectively handle pretrial negotiations, bond hearings, arraginments. preliminary hearings, bench or jury trials, post-trial proceedings, and crminal appeals in defense of our clients. We are prepared to represent clients charged with all types of felonies and misdemeanors including serious traffic and DUI offenses. We are also available to counsel clients who are in police custody. Our law practice extends from Chicago to the greater Chicagoland area including the...
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Michael T. Sanderson
Wheaton, IL Attorney with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Michael T. Sanderson joined Mirabella, Kincaid, Frederick & Mirabella, LLC in August of 2021, where he practices in the areas of family law, civil litigation, employment law, personal injury law, including medical malpractice cases, and Veteran’s rights. Prior to joining MKFM, Michael worked as an Assistant Regional Counsel for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, where he defended the agency in claims of employment discrimination and medical malpractice as well as administrative actions involving nursing homes and medical providers/suppliers.
Michael began working in family law while still attending law school through his work with several Chicago-based law firms. He...
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David Clark
Wheaton, IL Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
David W. Clark is the founder and owner of the Law Office of David W. Clark, P.C., in Wheaton, Illinois. As a sole practitioner in the firm, Mr. Clark has extensive knowledge in the areas of personal injury, workers’ compensation and general civil and small business litigation.
With more than 30 years of legal experience devoted to personal injury law and those who have been injured in the workplace, Mr. Clark is licensed to practice in all state and federal courts in Illinois, and has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court since 2005.
He is a Board Member of...
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Robert TC Kay
Wheaton, IL Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationAdministrative, Business and Real Estate
DePaul College of Law
Robert T.C. Kay, an established attorney in DuPage County since 1986, is the go-to legal counsel for individuals, businesses, and families across Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Naperville, and various other DuPage County communities. With a wealth of experience across diverse legal domains, he offers clients the advantage of streamlining and simplifying their legal affairs.
Mr. Kay's consultation services encompass a wide range of areas, including Wills, Trusts, and Estates, Business Organization and Operation, as well as Commercial Real Estate Transactions. With over 35 years of expertise, he provides sound advice to individuals, business owners, and government officials.
His focus extends to preserving and...
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Richard Lofgren
Glen Ellyn, IL Lawyer with 39 years of experience
536 Crescent Blvd., Suite 200
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment and IP
The John Marshall Law School
Over twenty eight years of legal experience working with businesses on the issues they face daily during their business cycles. I act in the capacity of an outside general counsel assisting business owners to make smarter decisions, build stronger relationships and make and save money. I stress the importance of recognizing that correct legal answers alone do not necessarily translate into the correct best business decisions. I represent all types of businesses in every stage of their business cycles from start up through eventual sale. Specialties: The Supreme Court of Illinois does not recognize certifications of specialities in the...
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Elizabeth Felt Wakeman
Crystal Lake, IL Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation
Liz has presented seminars to divorce recovery groups, counselors, lawyers, hospitals, doctors, and insurance companies and was an instructor for several years for a personal injury trial practice course presented by the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and classes for medical practitioners to area hospitals and staff regarding how to respond to legal inquiries and how to avoid malpractice. She has also presented seminars for the Illinois State Bar Association including a recent basic family law seminar.
Liz tried several cases to juries including a case that was decisiv with respect to the use accident reconstruction experts, evidence of...
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Anique K Drouin
St. Charles, IL Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation
University of Baltimore School of Law
I have dedicated my practice to family law matters since 2007. I am a certified mediator and a fellow of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and the Collaborative Law Institute of Illinois. I help people who want to work through their uncontested divorce with the guidance of legal counsel so they get it right the first time. I work diligently and efficiently to help my clients obtain the best possible outcome in their cases.
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Gus Kostopoulos
Naperville, IL Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
DePaul University
Gus Kostopoulos is a former prosecutor with over 18 years experience successfully handling criminal defense matters.
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Nirav S Patel
Bloomingdale, IL Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Real Estate
University of Illinois College of Law
Welcome to the Law Office of Nirav S. Patel, P.C. We pride ourselves on being a different type of law firm; the kind of firm that focuses on the needs of its clients and understands their bottom line. We incorporate creative problem solving in order to achieve your goals. Our mission is to provide excellent legal services to each and every one of our clients. We are constantly in the pursuit of perfection while representing our clients. Each of you can expect highly personal service with regular interaction with an attorney.
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Lauren Ann Anaya
Savoy, IL Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration
University of Iowa
Attorney Lauren A. Anaya has over 20 years' experience in the practice of law and is ready to put her experience to work for you. Dr. Anaya began her legal career with the United States Department of Justice after being hired pursuant to the Attorney General's Honors Program, the largest and most prestigious federal entry-level attorney hiring program of its kind. She served with the Executive Office for Immigration Review and subsequently went to work for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in the Office of the General Counsel. She knows immigration law and can assist...
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John L. GreenLeaf Jr.
Decatur, IL Attorney with 46 years of experience
(217) 422-2771
2456 North Main Street
Corner of Melrose and North Main
Decatur, IL 62526
Free ConsultationBankruptcy and Business
The John Marshall Law School and University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
John L. GreenLeaf, Jr. has been in practice over 37 years representing consumers and businesses in Central Illinois. The firm concentrates in all forms of Bankruptcy, Business formation, and the preparation of Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning and administration of Probate Estates and Guardianships.
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Michael J. Smith
Rockford, IL Attorney with 45 years of experience
Real Estate
Southern Illinois University School of Law
Since entering private practice, Attorney Smith has maintained a general practice with a concentration in family law. He has been a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association and Winnebago County Bar Association for over forty years each. Attorney Smith is currently a member of the family law section of each of these associations. He is currently on an advisory panel for the American Bar Association. He has been a presenter to other attorneys locally on family law and child related topics.
For over forty years Attorney Michael J. Smith has provided experienced family law representation. Family law...
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Jason Spangehl
Champaign, IL Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration
University of Illinois College of Law
Jason Spangehl is the Principal Attorney at the Law Office of Jason Spangehl in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. For nine years this practice has exclusively addressed immigration law in one of the fastest growing immigrant academic communities in the United States.
Jason brings nineteen years of experience in education at every level from elementary through post-secondary to his practice, including broad experience as an instructor at the elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels, as a college administrator. He also works as executive consultant to senior administrators and governing boards at Universities across the country through his separate consulting practice, Spangehl Higher Education Associates.
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Jay P Kesan
Champaign, IL, IL Attorney
Patents
Georgetown University Law Center
My academic interests encompass both information technology and law. I am a Professor and H. Ross & Helen Workman Research Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Law. I have a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a JD summa cum laude from Georgetown University.
I have served as a technical expert in numerous patent lawsuits in the communication and computer areas, especially wireless communication, RF, e-commerce, software applications, integrated circuits, microelectronics and semiconductors. I am an inventor and hold 20 U.S. patents and serve on the boards of directors/advisors...