Crystal Lake Lawyers

Neda Nozari is an attorney and mediator with her office based in Evanston, Illinois. Neda’s experience includes but is not limited to the practice areas of business, employment, real estate, fair housing and education. She has experience mediating a vast range of legal, personal and organizational issues. She is a highly skilled negotiator and a trained and proficient facilitator of communication.

She graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelors degree in Political Science and later from The John Marshall Law School with a Juris Doctorate. Her greatest skill is being able to understand the needs and interests of parties and to...

I have been licensed and practicing law in Illinois for thirty years, primarily in domestic relations, real estate and criminal defense. In addition, I am an Illinois licensed real estate broker.

John Lara handles a wide-range of legal matters including civil litigation, real estate, estate administration, and bankruptcy.

As a civil litigator John zealously advocates for our clients. He engages in complex litigation including, contract disputes, forcible entry and detainer actions, foreclosure defense, collection matters, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suits, administrative hearings and various tort proceedings.

John facilities commercial and residential real estate transactions while aggressively negotiating favorable terms and conditions for our clients.

John is an integral part of Fornaro Law and embodies the firm’s “never give up” attitude. John graduated from Benedictine University and then earned his Juris Doctor from the John...

I became an injury attorney because I witnessed firsthand how the legal system can fail hardworking people. My grandfather, a WWII veteran and small business owner, lost the business he built over 40 years due to environmental regulations he couldn’t have foreseen or afforded to remedy. Watching him struggle through that injustice during my high school years inspired me to fight for others facing similar challenges. Since earning my law degree over 25 years ago, I’ve dedicated my career to helping injury victims get fair treatment from insurance companies. While clerking in the City of Chicago’s Torts Division and working under...

Andrew Burkavage concentrates his legal practice on personal injury, defective products, mass torts, and medical malpractice cases. Mr. Burkavage served as a law clerk for the United States Court Of Appeals for the Third Circuit and for an Illinois non-profit legal organization. Mr. Burkavage received his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame and his law degree from Loyola University Chicago’s School of Law. While in law school, Mr. Burkavage was an Associate Editor for Loyola’s International Law Review, studied abroad in Beijing, China, received an International Law Certificate and was named...

Chicago attorney focusing on helping people who have suffered injuries in truck or motor vehicle crashes. I also represents individuals involved in workers compensation claims, people who have not been treated fairly by their own insurance company, and people who have been wrongfully or unlawfully fired by their employers.

John A. Culver has over a third of a century of experience as a trial lawyer in the areas of medical and professional negligence, health care and products liability, as well as all variety of torts including wrongful death, catastrophic injury, premises liability, auto and other accidents. John also is National Counsel for a Chicago-based power press manufacturer, as well as General Counsel for Ultimate Chicago, which operates Ultimate Frisbee leagues and tournaments.

Globally aware and community focused, attorney Mary K. Neal has a talent for language and penchant for logical reasoning that makes immigration law a natural fit for her legal practice. The Law Office of Mary K. Neal is dedicated to assisting clients overcome life's obstacles to build a better future for their families here in the United States. The firm is available to serve the legal needs of Rogers Park, West Ridge, and greater Chicago. For immigration matters, the firm accepts clients from all states where such representation is allowed by law. Individuals and families can face many problems as a result...

Ms. Cornelison is a certified mediator; collaborative and cooperative divorce lawyer; and divorce trial lawyer with over 13 years of courtroom experience.

Bart Torvik is a skilled personal injury and foodborne illness attorney, with years of experience in litigation. After graduating at the top of his class from the University of Minnesota Law School, he clerked for Judge James M. Rosenbaum, the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. Following this position, Bart worked at a large Minnesota firm where he handled every aspect of litigation, from initial consultations to jury trials. In 2010, Bart moved to Evanston, Illinois after his wife Laura became a Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. In...

Douglas Boodt, Attorney I established my general practice law firm in 1999 to provide professional and committed legal representation to individuals and their families in the legal fields of Estate Planning, Wills & Trusts, and Business Law. Concentrating in providing help with wills, trusts, powers of attorney, business law matters and estate administration. I have assisted hundreds of clients in reaching their goals and giving them peace of mind by handling their legal affairs with integrity, respect and intelligence. For years, my clients and their families have been pleased with my professional representation of them. I thrive on providing exceptional...

Working to help clients protect their property and deal with difficult financial situations

Back in 2013, I started working in Real Estate litigation helping people in bad home loans control their investment in Cook, Kane, and DuPage Counties. Then, we helped hundreds, if not a thousand people control their finances on their own terms and helped them secure and protect their family’s real estate in Chicago.

After 4 years of doing only foreclosures, we expanded, mostly through luck, into Real Estate Law as a whole. We found we could deliver better results to our clients by having all the real estate sales, law, and title service under one roof. At this point,...

John Botti is honored to help clients through challenging times in their lives. John Botti guides clients through difficult and complex legal matters with honesty, compassion, knowledge, and dedication to their cause. As a felony prosecutor, John worked closely with victims of crimes and fought to protect their rights and obtain justice in the courtroom. He uses this perspective to create exceptional attorney-client relationships. This serves him extremely well when he represents divorce clients as well as those people seriously injured as a result of someone else’s misconduct. John has tried hundreds of cases before judges and juries and...

Attorney Robert Schaller has practiced law for more than 35 years. He is licensed to practice in the State of Illinois. Attorney Schaller is the founder of the Schaller Law Firm, P.C. and concentrates his legal practice on clients who need relief from IRS back-taxes. Schaller directs the National Offer in Compromise Academy, which offers online educational courses. Robert Schaller received his B.S. in Accountancy in 1982 from the University of Illinois at Champaign – Urbana. He earned his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law in 1985 and served on the College’s Law Review. He studied for an...

Fred is a fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estate Counsel, an honor bestowed upon very few attorneys. He focuses in the areas of estate and tax planning, trust, estate and probate administration, and business structuring and counseling. Fred enjoys helping people accomplish their personal goals. He has an extensive background assisting clients in the transfer of small businesses and farms during their lifetime or at death while minimizing taxes and expenses. Many of his estate plans are sophisticated and involve using wills, trusts, limited liability companies, family limited partnerships and other closely held entities. He has...

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Terry Heady has over 24 years of experience fighting for the rights of accident victims in the Chicagoland area. Mr. Heady has vast experience with many different types injury cases including car and motorcycle collisions, trucking accidents, construction site injuries, nursing home cases, medical malpractice cases and wrongful death cases. He has been named as one of the top 100 Trial lawyers in Illinois by the National Trial Lawyers for the years 2014 through 2020. Mr. Heady also represents employees who have been wrongfully terminated and victims of sexual harassment, race discrimination, violations...

William R. Pokorny represents management in a wide range of labor and employment matters. He concentrates his practice on litigation and counseling in areas including discrimination, disabilities, ERISA and employee benefits, employment contracts, covenants not to compete, wrongful discharge, wage and hour law, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and labor relations. He represents employers before state and federal courts as well as administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Illinois Human Rights Commission. Mr. Pokorny has experience with a wide variety of clients, including manufacturers, utilities, hospitals and healthcare providers, insurance companies, financial services...

David B. Menchetti is Of Counsel to Willens Law Offices, P.C. and concentrates his practice in the representation of injured workers throughout Illinois before the Workers' Compensation Commission, the Circuit Courts and the Illinois Appellate and Supreme Courts. He has been designated as one of the Best Lawyers in America and has been selected by his peers as a Leading Lawyer and a Super Lawyer. He is also listed in Who's Who in American Law. He has authored the chapter on "Penalties" in the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Workers' Compensation Notebook and has lectured on many accounts about workers' compensation issues. He serves...

Bruce Lewitas has litigated financial services disputes for three decades, beginning his career as an Enforcement attorney for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and thereafter serving as both in-house and outside counsel representing both individuals and broker-dealers. Bruce has overseen thousands of matters involving customer disputes, employment matters, regulatory inquiries and internal investigations.

At Lewitas Hyman PC, our core values include putting the client first and providing cost-effective counsel coupled with professional and aggressive advocacy.

Mr. Jordan W. Emmert is an accomplished attorney and the owner of Small Business Legal Solutions LLC, a virtual business and employment law firm serving small and medium sized business clients throughout Illinois.  Mr. Emmert solves business problems, and is often hired to act as outside general counsel and handle the legal side of his clients' business operations.  Mr. Emmert has extensive experience in business and employment law, assisting clients from start up through exit. His practice encompasses choice of business entities, commercial transactions, contracts, corporate governance, employment compliance, and dispute resolution. 

Lance R. Minor is a lawyer with over twenty years of experience representing clients in both personal and business matters in the federal and state courts located in the Chicago area. Mr. Minor's practice primarily consists of sophisticated civil lawsuits involving both personal and business matters. He has trial, appeal, and arbitration experience in state and federal courts. Mr. Minor was named to Illinois SuperLawyers for 2012.

Daniel Rubinow is a veteran in the field of regulation and litigation relating to business licensing matters. Prior to founding the License Law Group, the majority of Daniel's legal career was spent prosecuting business licensees before the City of Chicago’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, the City’s License Appeal Commission, and the Cook County Circuit Court. His experience with the City exposed him to countless complex and unique licensing issues which he now draws upon to help business owners in their endeavors. Prior to forming the License Law Group, Daniel also joined the Casino Law Group, focusing...

Mr. Galer is licensed to practice law in the states of Illinois and New York and the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois. He completed his law studies at The John Marshall Law School (Chicago) and American University (Paris Program), then received his Master of Business administration in International Marketing and Finance from DePaul University (Chicago). Following law school, and prior to establishing The Galer Firm, P.C., Mr. Galer worked as a litigator in New York City.

John F. Kinney is an attorney at Parr Richey Frandsen Patterson Kruse. Mr. Kinney's practice areas include Real Estate Law, Business Law, Personal Injury, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, General Civil, and Litigation. He received his J.D. from Georgetown University in 1973. Mr. Kinney is dedicated to providing skilled and knowledgeable representation for your legal needs.