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Margaret Melaniphy
Park Ridge, IL Lawyer
Business
University of Illinois - Chicago John Marshall Law School
I am a proactive and results-driven attorney at Bellas & Wachowski, where I represent businesses and consumers in a variety of legal matters. My background in civil litigation is extensive, and I am committed to delivering favorable outcomes through innovative legal strategies that protect my clients' interests and foster their success.
My practice covers medical negligence defense, personal injury defense, and professional liability defense, providing me with a comprehensive view of complex legal challenges. I am also adept at offering compliance counsel and representing clients in regulatory hearings. My sharp negotiation skills and meticulous preparation position me as a formidable ally...
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Robert S. Shulman
Northbrook, IL Attorney
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims and Workers' Comp
The John Marshall Law School
Bobby Shulman is the co-managing partner of Stein & Shulman and specializes in representing individuals who have sustained serious personal injuries. Bobby has achieved more than 30 million dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients over his 20 plus years of practicing law. His practice area specialties include auto accidents, slip and falls, bicycle accidents, medical and nursing home negligence, and work-related injuries.
The majority of Bobby’s litigation files involve the retention and usage of expert witnesses, especially in the premises liability area where expert testimony is critical to framing the theory of liability and proving your case. His background...
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Patrick Quinn
Park Ridge, IL Attorney with 19 years of experience
(847) 232-7180
350 S. Northwest Highway
Suite 300
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
The John Marshall Law School
Throughout much of Pat's career, he has worked defending insurance companies against personal injury, wrongful death, and healthcare negligence cases. This experience gives Pat a unique perspective, since he knows the "tricks of the trade" which insurance companies use as they value a personal injury claim and defend against a case. With this knowledge and understanding, Pat will ensure you are not taken advantage of in these situations, allowing you to achieve maximum compensation for the damages you have suffered.
Pat has been a trial lawyer for more than a decade and has tried numerous cases to verdict. Pat first developed...
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Nancy Shepard
Northbrook, IL Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Northwestern University School of Law
Nancy Shepard has spent almost her entire legal career protecting the rights of injured workers before the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. She has won won numerous appeals at the Commission, Circuit Courts and the Illinois Appellate Courts and prides herself on providing expert guidance for her clients. Nancy works tirelessly to fight for maximum compensation for her clients.
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Gary R. Thompson
Gurnee, IL Attorney with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Northeastern Illinois University
Born and raised in Chicago, Mr. Thompson earned his B.A. from the University of Iowa in 1984. In 1987 he graduated with his J.D. at the Northern Illinois University in Chicago. He is fluent in Spanish.
Mr. Thompson has 18 years of experience litigating Personal Injury claims, Workers' Compensation, Criminal Law, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy & Traffic cases. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Admission to Federal Trial Bar, and is a board member in good standing with multiple charitable organizations.
Mr. Thompson has been married for thirteen years and...
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Rafael J. Guzman
Gurnee, IL Lawyer
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
The John Marshall Law School
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Richard A. Greenswag
Northfield, IL Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment and Real Estate
University of Iowa
Rick was affiliated with and became a partner in the law firm Chandler & Greenswag, P.C. from 1979-1993. Thereafter, he operated the Law Offices of Richard A. Greenswag, P.C. from 1993 until he then became a founding member of Kaplan & Greenswag LLC until March of 2011 when Greenswag & Associates, P.C. was formed.
Rick is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Rick is also a member of the Board of Directors and is President of PADS Crisis Services, Inc., a charitable organization serving the needs of the homeless in...
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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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Nicole Sommerfeld
Highland Park, IL Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
The John Marshall Law School
Nicole Sommerfeld has focused her law practice on workers’ compensation and personal injury law ever since passing the Illinois bar exam and getting licensed in 1994, so she now has over 25 years of experience on the job.
Nicole grew up in the Chicago area, attending Highland Park High School. She went to college at University of Wisconsin - Madison and earned her juris doctorate from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago.
When she first started practicing law it was a family affair, going to work at her father and brother’s law firm where she focused on helping workers...
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Michael H. Wasserman
chicago, IL Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Chicago, Illinois Real Estate Lawyer
I help clients purchase and sell homes, condos, coops and apartment buildings in Chicago and surrounding communities. I am a sole practitioner. My client matters get my personal attention, as opposed to a secretary, paralegal or clerk's. Support staff is nice, but when someone hires me to do a job, I am going to see that it gets done.
I am especially focused on residential properties with 1-4 living units.
I help first time home buyers; buyers who are new to the Chicago area and more seasoned / sophisticated buyers and sellers as well.
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Michael D. Baker
Chicago, IL Attorney with 36 years of experience
Immigration
Washington University School of Law
Concentration in Immigration and Naturalization Law: Asylum, Business and employment-related Immigration, Consular Processing, Criminal and Deportation/Removal Defense, Detention, Domestic Violence and Immigration, Family Immigration, Federal Litigation, Naturalization; Criminal Defense, Post-conviction relief, sealing or expungement, DUI and license suspension, traffic citations and license reinstatement; firm also practices in Injury and Workers' Compensation cases.
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Melvin L. Sims III
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate
Howard University School of Law
Attorney Melvin L. Sims III is a Commercial and Residential Landlord-Tenant & Real Estate Attorney, a Realtor and a Title Agent with 18 years of experience in the practice of law. Mr. Sims' Landlord-Tenant practice focuses on defending and prosecuting Commercial and Residential Landlord-Tenant actions, including Evictions, Lease Terminations, Lease Arbitrage, as well as pre-litigation Commercial and Residential Lease Dispute Resolution throughout Northern Illinois.
Attorney Sims' General Real Estate Practice includes representing both Sellers and Buyers in Commercial and Residential Conveyances through Closing, with an emphasis on Multi-Family assets of 10 units or more. Attorney Sims also provides Title...
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Stacy Bardo
Chicago, IL Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationConsumer
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Stacy founded Bardo Law, P.C. in 2015 to provide effective, zealous legal representation to consumers, while maintaining empathy and compassion for her clients. Prior to Bardo Law, P.C.’s inception, Stacy was an attorney at the Consumer Advocacy Center, P.C., where she exclusively practiced consumer law. Stacy has been principally involved in more than 275 cases for the victims of harassing debt collection practices, consumer fraud, bait and switch advertising, predatory lending, automobile financing and odometer fraud, wrongful repossessions, unfair mortgage foreclosures, incorrect credit reporting, and violations of the federal Truth in Lending, Telephone Consumer Protection, Fair Debt Collection...
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Joseph D. Parente
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability and Workers' Comp
Loyola University Chicago
Joseph D. Parente is a Chicago personal injury attorney with extensive litigation experience. He has represented injured persons in the Chicago area for many years, including injured members of the Cook County Forest Preserve, the Fraternal Order of the Police, Electrician’s Union, Carpenter’s Union, Plumber’s Union, and Pipefitter’s Union.
Personal injury attorney Joseph Parente earned his law degree from Loyola University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois. Attorney Parente was awarded his Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude from the Loyola University in Chicago.
He has represented injured persons in the Chicago area for many years, including injured members of the...
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Julia Williams
Chicago, IL Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Insurance Claims
University of Maine School of Law
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Brian LaCien
Chicago, IL Attorney with 23 years of experience
(312) 509-8900
Three First National Plaza, 70 W Madison St Suite 2250
Chicago, IL 60602
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
DePaul College of Law
Brian LaCien, a founding partner at Smith LaCien LLP with Todd A. Smith, leads a Chicago-based personal injury law firm dedicated to serving clients throughout the metropolitan area. Brian specializes in cases involving aviation negligence, class actions and mass torts, medical malpractice, wrongful death, premises and product liability, professional negligence, and trucking litigation.
With over 25 years of experience, Brian has a proven track record of resolving complex injury cases through both negotiation and litigation, working tirelessly to secure fair compensation for Illinois residents impacted by catastrophic injuries due to negligence. His commitment to exceptional representation and aggressive advocacy consistently yields...
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Nicole Marie Soltanzadeh
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate
The George Washington University Law School
Nicole M. Soltanzadeh is a principal at The Law Office of Nicole M. Soltanzadeh, where she advises clients in estate planning, estate and trust administration, and real estate negotiations. She works with clients of large, medium, and small estates, providing each client with high-quality and practical representation.
Early in her career, Nicole earned substantial experience as a litigator, advocating for her clients routinely in state and federal court, and at the trial and appellate levels. She has skillfully brought hundreds of cases to closure through mediations, settlement conferences, and trials.
Nicole graduated with honors from The George Washington...
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Vitas J. Mockaitis
Chicago, IL Attorney
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
The John Marshall Law School
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Hayley Graham
Chicago, IL Attorney
Workers' Comp
DePaul College of Law
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Gregg Garofalo
Chicago, IL Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationChicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology and Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Gregg focuses his practice in the areas of probate administration and litigation, estate planning, elder law, and real estate. In addition, Gregg is a guardian ad litem appointed by the Circuit Court of Cook County, not only in the probate area, but other divisions including domestic relations division and law division.
Gregg is an active member of the legal community, where he is serving or has served in several leadership roles within the Illinois Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association. Gregg is a past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Probate Practice Committee, where he served two years as Chair....
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Michael J. Merrick
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Employment, IP and Workers' Comp
Creighton University School of Law and University of Nebraska College of Law
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Keith J. Keogh
Chicago, IL Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationConsumer and Employment
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Keith concentrates on complex class action and individual suits involving unwanted robocalls to your cell phones under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Keith has been selected as a Illinois SuperLawyer for 2013-2018 and Rising Stars for 2008-2013. He was also named the 2015 Consumer Attorney of the Year by the National Association of Consumer Advocates. He has extensively lectured on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
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James D Mitchell
Chicago, IL Attorney with 6 years of experience
70 West Madison St.
Suite 4200
Chicago, IL 60602
IP, Patents and Trademarks
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Jay Mitchell is a litigator focusing in complex patent litigation within Arnold & Porter's Intellectual Property & Technology practice group. Leveraging his background in engineering, Jay has represented clients across a range of technical sectors, including telecommunications, secure messaging, VPN technology, computer software, sporting equipment and infrastructure, and materials sciences.
Jay’s practice encompasses all phases of patent litigation, including district court infringement and invalidity lawsuits, post-grant proceedings before the USPTO, and appeals to the Federal Circuit. His practice also extends to advising and representing clients in other matters relating to intellectual property, including trademark infringement, unfair competition, false advertising, and licensing...
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Terry J. Smith
Chicago, IL Attorney with 41 years of experience
Employment
Cornell University
Terry J. Smith is a partner with Smith O'Callaghan & White. He has represented employers in all aspects of labor and employment law for more than 25 years, representing and regularly advising corporate defendants in litigation involving labor and employment matters in federal and state courts, and administrative agencies, throughout the United States. Prior to founding a boutique firm, Mr. Smith was a partner in one of the largest law firms in Chicago.
He has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer for 15 consecutive years (2007-2021), representing the top 5% of all attorneys in the State of Illinois. Mr. Smith...
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Poonam K. Lakhani
Chicago, IL Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Employment
DePaul College of Law
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Alan Sohn
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 56 years of experience
Business
University of Illinois College of Law
Alan Sohn has provided expert legal counsel in the areas of wills and trusts, business succession planning, the organization and representation of privately-held businesses, probate and administration of estates, elder law, and real estate acquisition and leasing.
Alan is conversant with and has utilized S corporations and limited liability companies for business, estate planning and asset protection. Alan has also counseled and assisted his clients in connection with the resolution of family disputes and when necessary represented their interests in the courts and in arbitration proceedings where efforts in resolving such disputes have been unsuccessful.
Having dealt with a...
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Charles W. Siragusa
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 51 years of experience
Real Estate
Northwestern University School of Law
Charles W. Siragusa has represented many individuals who have sold their home, or are buying a home, in the Chicago metropolitan area. He has extensive experience reviewing and modifying real estate sale contracts for sellers and buyers. Federal, Illinois and county laws and regulations must be complied with to close a residential real estate transaction in Illinois; in addition, Chicago, and almost every city, town and village in the Chicago metropolitan area, has its own unique requirements that must be satisfied. Charles W. Siragusa is familiar with all of the legal requirements for closings in Chicago and the cities, towns...
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Charles Candiano
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
The John Marshall Law School
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Jawad I. Fitter
Chicago, IL Lawyer
Free ConsultationBusiness, Securities and Trademarks
Fitter Law is a Subscription-based Law Firm for Business, founded in 2019 in Chicago, IL. The Law Firm's subscription plans include unlimited legal consultations, unlimited contract reviews, powerful legal resources, insight, guidance, and much more to all clients for one low monthly price.
Attorney Jawad Fitter is the founding member of Fitter Law, LLC. He represents clients in business negotiations, relationship development, and contracting. He has facilitated over $50M Dollars in business transactions.
In addition, he represents businesses and individuals in civil litigation from pre-litigation counseling through trial. Mr. Fitter has represented clients in complex trust litigation, tax litigation, and business...
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Rebecca Weissman
Chicago, IL Attorney
Free ConsultationBusiness and IP
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
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Davina DiPaolo
Chicago, IL Lawyer
Free ConsultationEmployment
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and University of Minnesota Law School
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Philip Dalmage
Chicago, IL Attorney
Free ConsultationBusiness and IP
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
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Katherine Robillard
Chicago, IL Lawyer
Free ConsultationEmployment
University of Illinois College of Law
I am a highly skilled employment litigation attorney based in Chicago, with a wealth of experience in advising employers on a wide array of labor and employment law matters. Known for my strategic thinking, precise legal writing, and tenacious advocacy, I approach every case with an insightful, balanced perspective, shaped by my extensive background in both government and private practice. My clients value my clarity, responsiveness, and my adeptness at handling sensitive employment issues with professionalism and care.
My legal career encompasses roles in both the public and private sectors, providing me with a distinctive viewpoint on workplace legal challenges in...
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KiKi Maria Mosley
CHICAGO, IL Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Immigration
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
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Michael A. Hoffman
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Real Estate and Tax
Chicago Kent College of Law
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Denise Sakuta
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims and Workers' Comp
The John Marshall Law School
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Ryan Zeller
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and IP
DePaul College of Law
Zeller law is an innovative business law firm providing professional, efficient, and affordable legal representation to small businesses, start-ups, professionals, and entrepreneurs throughout Illinois. Our Chicago lawyers practice in the areas of civil and business litigation, corporate and business law, contract law, estate planning, and trademark law.
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Paul Drake
Chicago, IL Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability and Workers' Comp
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Attorney Paul I. Drake is a founding lawyer at Drake & Collopy, P.C. His legal career has been solely focused on advocating for personal injury victims throughout Chicago. He is dedicated to providing nothing short of top-notch service and representation in all legal matters. Over his nearly 20 years of legal service, he has helped individuals obtain tens of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements and continues to provide strong legal counsel throughout the area.
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Michael P Tomlinson
Chicago, IL Attorney with 21 years of experience
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Consumer
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
For nearly seven years, Michael P. Tomlinson practiced law at a large national law firm. During that time, Mr. Tomlinson represented clients in all types of complex commercial litigation, including the following types of cases:
Restrictive covenants (non-competition and non-solicitation)
Trade secret misappropriation
Securities litigation
Securities enforcement actions
Labor and employment law
Statutory fraud (e.g., the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act)
Class action defense
Uniform Commercial Code
General contract and tort law
Qui tam actions
White collar crime
Mr. Tomlinson also has experience in conducting internal investigations on behalf of both securities and health care clients.
In addition to the litigation-related services listed above, Mr. Tomlinson provides advice to his...
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Elizabeth Orr
Chicago, IL Attorney
Free ConsultationChicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Elizabeth practiced civil and criminal litigation in the State of Illinois. She currently works for Lexis Nexis as a Practice Area Consultant in their Legal & Professional Division.
Elizabeth earned her Bachelor's Degree with a double major in Spanish Language and English Literature, and her Master's degree from Cornell University's Africana Studies and Research Center. While in law school, Elizabeth was elected to serve as president of the Justinian Society of Lawyers. Upon graduation, she received Chicago-Kent's prestigious Bar and Gavel Award. She was heavily involved in the nationally-recognized Trial Team, the Public Interest Resource Center, and the Women in...