Roanoke Lawyers

Jolianne S. Alexander focuses her legal practice on employment law, offering a distinctive perspective shaped by her extensive background as in-house counsel and her work representing both employees and employers. Her experience includes handling a broad range of complex cases under the Illinois Human Rights Act, Title VII, and various employment-related statutes. Throughout her career, Ms. Alexander has drafted and argued numerous dispositive motions and has independently conducted both jury and bench trials before the Illinois Human Rights Commission and in state court. She has also contributed to trial efforts at the federal level. Her appellate work includes a successful argument...

Mr. Patrick brings years of experience in both law and business, equipping him with the skills needed to build strong cases and negotiate favorable outcomes for his clients. Additionally, he has served as a legal clerk for the Arbitrators of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Founder of Front Door Legal LLC, Justin Strane focuses his practice primarily on commercial and residential real estate transactions, and estate planning. His firm is located in Chicago, and he provides representation to people and businesses throughout the greater metropolitan area. In addition to his real estate practice, Justin handles a variety of other types of business matters for his clients, and he is admitted to practice in Illinois and before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Justin attended the University of Michigan, where he studied political science and music and received a Bachelor of Arts in...

Matthew R. Gebhardt serves as president of The Law Offices of Matthew R. Gebhardt, P.C. He brings decades of courtroom and transactional experience in criminal defense, traffic matters and real estate law. Before founding his firm, he prosecuted cases for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, gaining firsthand knowledge of every stage of Illinois criminal and property litigation. Matthew appreciates how daunting it can be to choose legal representation. He has crafted his website to provide clear, useful information, but he believes that nothing replaces open, ongoing dialogue. From the moment a new matter begins, he makes himself available to clients...

Mark Grzymala is the founder and President of Grzymala Law Offices, P.C. a commercial litigation law firm with a focus on the construction industry based in Skokie, Illinois. He is licensed to practice in the State of Illinois and the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois since 2001. Mark has over 20 years’ experience representing a wide range of clients from the small business owners to Fortune 500 companies. He aggressively represents his clients with a variety of issues including contract disputes and negotiation, construction defect claims, mechanics lien claims, foreclosures, transportation, collections, judgment enforcement, intellectual property issues,...

Howard has showcased over 25 years of prowess in litigation, arbitration, negotiation, and claims review, consistently delivering effective action plans with a sharp focus on success. His track record speaks volumes, with a string of favorable decisions and settlements benefiting his clientele. Howard excels not only as a project manager but also as a team builder and mentor, passionately advocating for each project or case he handles. Moreover, Howard Peritz is an enthusiastic networker and connector, recognizing the significance of fostering connections and bringing people together.

Over a decade ago, I embarked on my professional journey with a steadfast commitment to enhancing the lives of my clients and the community I call home. This unwavering dedication remains the cornerstone of my practice, and I eagerly anticipate many more years of service to my cherished neighbors and friends. My roots trace back to Libertyville, where I completed my educational milestones at Copeland Manor, Highland Jr. High, and eventually graduated from Libertyville High School in 1997. I pursued higher education at Miami University, earning a Bachelor’s of Science in Business with a specialization in Marketing. During my college years,...

Joel Beckwith obtained his undergraduate degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2009, where he studied philosophy and political science. He later attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale where he obtained his law degree. As a student in his third year of law school his legal commentary was selected and published in the Journal of Legal Medicine. He has since practiced in the areas of personal injury, insurance defense, class actions and traffic law. He is an experienced jury trial lawyer. Mr. Beckwith is licensed to practice law in both Illinois and Missouri, and is a current associate attorney at Rynearson,...

If it's experience, knowledge of the law, aggressive strategies, accessibility and affordability you are looking for in a Chicago criminal defense attorney, you will find all of those attributes and more at the law offices of Hal M. Garfinkel. For nearly 20 years Mr. Garfinkel, a former prosecutor, has been making waves as a participant in many high-profile Illinois criminal cases. He can get results for you, too, whether your current legal situation involves a homicide charge or a DUI arrest. This respected, veteran lawyer is Midwest-raised and educated, knows the people of the region and speaks their language. His former experience...

Since my time in law school I have dedicated my legal career to serving, protecting and enforcing the rights of individuals harmed through the carelessness of others. I have tried cases throughout the counties of southern Illinois, before the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission and argued successfully before the Illinois Appellate Courts. Regardless of the size of any given case, my full attention, effort and care is put into all the work I do. I understand that whatever situation the client comes into our office with, it is very important and the source of significant stress and anxiety. I ensure...

Bridget Lawler is an experienced and knowledgeable Attorney at Lawler & Lawler Injury Law Firm. Her practice areas include Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation, as well as Motor Vehicle Accidents, Slip and Fall Accidents, Dog Bites, and Wrongful Death.

Bridget received her B.A. from St. Louis University, and her J.D. from Southern Illinois University Law School. She was admitted to practice law in Illinois in 2000 and in Kentucky in 2001. Bridget is a member of the Illinois State Bar, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Inns of Court. In addition, she was Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell in 2017....

Attorney Michael Sheldon started his legal career as a law clerk with Burger Law in 2019 while pursuing his Juris Doctor degree at St. Louis University School of Law. In 2021, Michael received his Missouri law license and has since specialized in personal injury claims, including product liability, premises liability, dog bites, medical malpractice and workers' compensation. He has gotten great results in multiple bench trials and has recovered innumerable large settlements for his clients. He firmly believes that those injured through the negligence of another receive full compensation and a lasting sense of justice. Before joining Burger Law, Michael worked...

Attorney Robert A. Clifford founded his Chicago law firm, Clifford Law Offices, in 1995 with the goal of protecting the rights of innocent victims living throughout Illinois and across the country. At the time of the firm's founding, Mr. Clifford had already built a reputation as one of the country's most respected personal injury lawyers, and his reputation for excellence has only grown over the past 20-plus years.

Mr. Clifford began his legal career in 1976 after earning his law degree from DePaul University College of Law and receiving his approval to practice law in the state of Illinois. In...

James F. DiQuattro is an accomplished Chicago-based criminal defense attorney. With a wealth of experience spanning more than a decade, he skillfully navigates through a wide range of misdemeanor and felony charges at both the state and federal levels. He possesses extensive proficiency in various legal domains, including DUIs, drug possession, internet sex crimes, and domestic violence, among others. In 2019, James F. DiQuattro founded the Law Offices of James F. DiQuattro, aiming to provide personalized and aggressive legal representation to clients. To schedule your consultation with the Chicago, IL criminal defense attorney, call 312-627-9482 or fill out his online contact...

I have been practicing law since 1995. I established my own firm in 2008 to better address the unique needs of the individuals and businesses I represent. I have considerable experience in the area of real estate law including the following:

Construction and mechanics lien litigation as well as drafting
mechanics liens and bond claims;

Representation of buyers and sellers of residential real estate,
working closely with my clients' and their brokers and lenders...

My career began as a Ralph J. Bunche Fellow for Amnesty International which brought me from Miami to Chicago. In Illinois I became involved in the International Human Rights/Civil Rights cases which lead write a manual to encourage the use of International documents in local courts. After joining specialty law firms in Employment discrimination, Section 1983, business, I became a Federal Panel Attorney litigating full time. Subsequently I opened TEIL Firms After 12 years of practice and enjoy the growth of employees and successful clients who consult with me on a variety of national and international business transactions involving...

Sara Dady has been practicing family based immigration including visas for victims of domestic violence and other crimes, citizenship, asylum law as well as deportation defense for over 13 years. She owns Dady Law Group LLC in Rockford, Illinois and is a board member of Justice for Our Neighbors of Northern Illinois (JFON) which provides high quality, free immigration legal services. In 2018 she made an unsuccessful but satisfying bid for Congress. She is a 4-H alumna and actively volunteers with U of I Extension in Winnebago County. Sara graduated with a BA in Classical Studies and Political Science...

Martin began his career as an Assistant State's Attorney and prosecuted a tremendous number of cases in just shy of 5 years spent in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. In 2004, Martin entered private practice and now has spent over 16 years defending cases in Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane and McHenry counties. Armed with trial experience and aggressive negotiating skills, Martin will accomplish the legal goals you seek. Call today 773-655-5544 and you will speak to me directly - no secretary, no answering service - you get to the Attorney directly!! I provide criminal, DUI, and traffic...

Mr. Shestokas earned his B.A. in Political Science from Bradley University in 1975 and his Juris Doctor from The John Marshall Law School, cum laude, in June of 1987. He also studied law at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Mr. Shestokas is the author of Get Your Illinois Suspended License Back. He has appeared in court on cases involving suspended/revoked driver's licenses more than 10,000 times as a prosecutor or a defense attorney. He is the feature writer in the area of Law, Crime & Justice for the online magazine, Suite 101. David J. Shestokas concentrates...

In the United States, the tax code is the most extensive and intricate set of regulations, followed closely by the immigration code. Attorney Metcalf, a former tax lawyer with a background in accounting, brings 30 years of experience in immigration law. At Metcalf & Associates, P.C., we manage immigration cases across all relevant courts and administrative bodies, including the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Board of Immigration Appeals, U.S. Courts of Appeals, and even the United States Supreme Court.

We are rooted in Montgomery County with two offices to better serve the area. Our firm handles many cases in the surrounding counties (Macoupin, Bond, Fayette, Christian, and Shelby County) as well. We have experience handling many areas of law, including personal injury (car wrecks/dog bites/slip or trip & falls/wrongful deaths/malpractice), traffic/DUI/criminal defense cases, bankruptcy, family law (custody/child support/adoption/divorce), estate planning (wills/POAs/trusts), and estate administration (non-probate and probate), and general civil practice. I grew up Nokomis (Montgomery County), where my family and I reside. My degrees are from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Thomas M. Cooley...

Philip A. Nicolosi provides guidance to startups, small and closely held businesses, medium sized businesses, non-profit organizations and individual business owners with a variety of matters. Mr. Nicolosi provides his client’s with the benefit of almost 15 years of experience, well-grounded upon core business organization, corporate, transactional, financial and e-commerce related legal matters. He is a trusted adviser to his clients and is routinely relied upon to provide sound and invaluable legal counsel for their businesses, both during the startup phase and continuing through each phase of growth. Mr. Nicolosi's ability to strategically plan for the long-term growth and preservation...

I am a litigation attorney and the owner of Litico Law Group, located in the suburbs of Chicago. Before establishing my own practice, I worked as a commercial litigation associate in both the Chicago and New York City offices of an elite law firm. My practice at Litico Law Group primarily focuses on representing individuals and businesses in financial disputes, both before and after litigation has commenced. The core areas of my practice include partnership disputes, trust disputes, and breach of contract cases. At Litico, we are particularly skilled in handling partnership and shareholder disputes. We have a thorough understanding of...

When faced with the hard times and decisions that come with a family law matter, the most comforting aspect is having an attorney that cares about the situation and how the best way it can be handled. Andrew Rankin always has the best interest of the client in mind, and manages the family law situation with authentic care. Drew is originally from Highland, Illinois. Drew is a Partner at Stange Law Firm, who manages the East Region of the Firm, including all of the Illinois offices and the Arnold, Missouri office of the firm. Drew has been with Stange Law Firm...

Sam Neschis works with businesses and business owners in a variety of industries. Sam began his career at the New York County District Attorney’s Office, where he gained valuable trial and investigative experience. He has been practicing corporate and commercial law in Chicago since 2002 representing businesses and individuals in a wide range of areas including shareholder and partnership disputes, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, theft of trade secrets, general employment matters, restrictive employment covenants (including non-competition and non-solicitation matters), commercial fraud, and unfair competition. He also represents clients in real estate, trust, and probate...

Since 1991 Steve's practice has grown tremendously. Steve practices in foreclosure defense, estate planning, real estate and mortgage loan modifications and his practice has grown to include several lawyers and support staff. (Steve's partner Gary Newland and his team practices in personal injury_ Due to Steve's experience and expertise he is often asked to speak at bar association seminars to other lawyers on areas of law that he practices in. Steve has also volunteered his services to the foreclosure court help desk at the courthouse to assist individuals who are facing foreclosure. Due to Steve's success...

Gary Newland is an experienced trial attorney evidenced by the hundreds of cases he has successfully won at trial. Many of Gary's cases have been covered by USA Today, Forbes, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, NBC, The Daily Herald, Oprah Winfrey, and the list goes on. Many of the clients Gary represents are referrals from other attorneys who are aware of his skills and reputation in the community. He has been an invited guest lecturer to the Bar Association and other legal organizations as well as an author of published articles on legal issues. He has been a member of the...

A top-ranked Criminal Defense firm.

Lindsay Rakers is a personal injury attorney located in St. Louis, Missouri. She handles injury cases all over the State of Missouri and in Metro-East Illinois. Lindsay handles the following cases: automobile accidents, truck accidents, pedestrian accidents, motorcycle accidents, bus and taxi accidents, dangerous property, burn injuries, animal attacks, defective products, dangerous drugs, medical malpractice and nursing home neglect.

Tina T. Tran (known to her close friends as Ty) is a second-generation Vietnamese American. As an ardent social justice advocate, Tina is committed to providing accessible, affordable, and affirming legal support and advocacy to people of all backgrounds and circumstances. She prides herself on giving her clients the fresh start they deserve, whether that be through filing for Bankruptcy, or through the Expungement and Sealing of criminal records. Tina grew up in the California Bay Area, and she learned early on about the wide discrepancies between people of different economic or racial backgrounds and their access to the...

Keith is a partner at the firm. Since becoming an attorney, he has almost exclusively represented minor children injured as a result of obstetrical or neonatal malpractice. Keith is licensed to practice in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Minnesota. In 2012 and 2013, he was instrumental in the firm obtaining three of the four largest verdicts in medical malpractice cases in Maryland history – a $55 million dollar verdict against Johns Hopkins Hospital, a $21 million dollar verdict against Harbor Hospital, and a $15.6 million dollar verdict against a nurse midwife and a hospital in Prince George’s County, Maryland....

Stephen M. Komie is the founder of Komie and Associates, and he has over 40 years of experience successfully representing clients in state, federal, and international trials and appeals. Mr. Komie is best known for high profile cases such as his defense of Sandra Fabiano for child abuse and John Carroccia for murder, which were widely reported in the Illinois media. He has helped numerous clients achieve victory in criminal and civil trials across Illinois and the United States.

Mr. Komie provides his clients with dedicated, tenacious defense against criminal charges, and he has won many landmark decisions, including the 1995...

Chicago tax attorney Jonathan Decatorsmith has been practicing tax law for more than 30 years. Prior to joining Chicago-Kent, Decatorsmith was a senior trial attorney and internal instructor with the Internal Revenue Service for 11 years. He has tried more than 50 cases before the United States Tax Court, U.S. District Court, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, and Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal. He previously served as an adjunct professor at DePaul University in Chicago and the University of Minnesota.

Steven A. Sigmond has been representing injured people in and around Chicago for over 30 years in personal injury cases, workers compensation cases and social security disability claims. After graduating from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1985, Steven A. Sigmond returned to his hometown of Chicago, where he spent the next four years working with law firms in and around the city, gaining important professional experience. In 1989, Mr. Sigmond founded his own practice, the Law Office of Steven A. Sigmond. Since then, he has represented thousands of clients in personal injury and workers compensation...

Business and Class Action Attorney – Righter of Wrongs

Alexander Loftus specializes in litigating business, intellectual property, commercial, employment, and class action cases and is passionate about fighting for the little guy in a failed business transaction.

Alexander has resolved a wide range of significant cases through mediation, arbitration, and trial, including claims arising from breach of contract, fraud, professional malpractice, defamation, business divorce, and shareholder derivative lawsuits. Alexander has handled appeals before the Seventh Circuit, Illinois Appellate Courts, U.S. Supreme Court, and represented Amicus Curiae before the Illinois Supreme Court. He is also admitted to practice in Illinois State Courts, Illinois...

Leopold & Associates diligently protects the rights of accident victims throughout the Chicago area. Our injury attorneys are dedicated to assisting individuals who have been harmed due to medical malpractice and motor vehicle collisions. A native of Chicago’s South Side, Valerie Leopold is proud to help members of her community in their times of need. She has over 30 years of legal experience in personal injury law and has stood up for numerous victims seeking compensation from health care providers, pharmaceutical companies, automobile manufacturers, and other major corporations.

Howard Abrams is the founding partner, specializing in personal injury, at the Law Office of Howard S. Abrams in Chicago, Illinois. As founding partner, Mr. Abrams handles and oversees a wide variety of plaintiff’s personal injury and professional negligence matters, pre-litigation and through trial. He has been the lead trial attorney in over 50 jury and bench trials, and has successfully resolved numerous cases through mediation and arbitration.

“While I do whatever it takes to resolve a case in the shortest amount of time possible, I realize that going to trial is sometimes the only way to recover maximum results for...

We represent the rights of consumers in all forms of consumer rights litigation, including lemon law, breach of warranty, debt collection violations, credit reporting issues, unauthorized robocalls and telemarketing calls, consumer fraud and related issues. We also handle employment litigation, including wage and hour cases, overtime pay issues, wrongful termination, discrimination and sexual harassment. Many of the firm's cases are brought as class actions and we handle personal injury cases as well.