Winnetka Lawyers

Occurrences with family and friends have cultivated Gabe’s deep-seated devotion to helping the injured. The son of a doctor and occupational therapist, Gabe received his parents’ work ethic, moral compass, and sense of duty towards the sick and injured. He began putting those traits to good use at UW-Madison. After graduating from college in 2014, Gabe landed a job as the Director of Business Development at Horwitz, Horwitz & Associates. He didn’t yet realize his capacity for law, but during this role Gabe witnessed the vast effect that a personal injury attorney can have on injured clients. Gabe continued to work full...

When contacting a lawyer about a tax issue, you want to know you are talking to a person who is both knowledgeable and caring. Kelly Hanley is that lawyer. She loves her current role where clients get to speak to her first and throughout their case. That means no big staff or paralegal screening the personal side of the work. Prior to finding her perfect fit at The Tax Defenders, Kelly worked for some of the most respected organizations in the country. In her years as a practicing attorney, Kelly has worked for Aon, Met Life, KPMG and DLA Piper. With...

I am a native of Chicago. I majored in History at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY, and went to I.U. Bloomington Law School. I have practiced immigration law since 1991 in Chicago and Milwaukee.

As a trial attorney with 40 years of experience, John Ellsworth, founder of Ellsworth Law Group, has dedicated his firm to serving the public good by preventing the IRS from running over people, sometimes by good old fashioned accountability in court. Mr. Ellsworth knows from experience that imposing tax rules against IRS agents improves society by making it difficult for the IRS to violate the rules that are meant to protect us. Those Tax Court case results constitute consequences for unreasonable and sometimes flagrant conduct. John graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and went on to earn a Juris...

Daliah Saper is a member of the Illinois Bar and both the General Bar and Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She has handled many high profile cases (including one she argued before the Illinois Supreme Court) and is regularly interviewed on national tv, radio, and news publications including ABC News, Fox News, CNBC, , The Chicago Tribune, WGN Radio, and NPR. She has received the honor of being named to the Super Lawyers list for fourteen consecutive years, is repeatedly recognized as a leading Media and Entertainment lawyer by Chambers and Partners,...

Ryan June is a Partner with Castañeda + Heidelman LLP, a boutique firm with a national presence serving nonprofits and companies. Ryan’s practice focuses on trademark, copyright, dispute resolution/litigation, and investigations. Before joining C+H, Ryan was Assistant General Counsel for a global higher education and media nonprofit. There, Ryan’s experience included oversight of and counseling on intellectual property licensing, expansion, and enforcement for the organization's IP assets, including a NYT bestselling book and internationally recognized brand that has sold more than 20 million copies and become a household name. Ryan started his legal career in the general commercial litigation and...

Mr. Acosta graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a B.S. in Anthropology in 1996. He immediately went on to graduate from John Marshall Law School where he obtained his J.D.. Prior to, and 6 months after graduating from law school, Mr. Acosta worked for the Cook County State’s Attorneys Office in Chicago, Illinois where he gained valuable experience on how the Criminal Justice System works, including the procedural aspects of the criminal justice system. Mr. Acosta also prosecuted dozens of drug cases as well as gun cases and many other types of felony offenses. After working for the...

Ellis Sostrin has been protecting the rights of injured workers as a Trial Attorney for over 40 years. He received his undergraduate training at the University of Illinois, Champaign and attained his Juris Doctorate degree at DePaul University, College of Law, Chicago in 1972 as one of the youngest lawyers in the State of Illinois. Ellis then began his legal career as an Assistant Attorney General between the years 1972 to 1975. Thereafter, he joined Sostrin and Sostrin, one of Illinois’ oldest and most respected personal injury and worker’s compensation firms. He has served as the...

Tom Seymour joined the practice of Sostrin and Sostrin in 2014. Prior to becoming an associate, Tom worked in Finance for over a decade for Smith Barney, Morgan Stanley and most recently Mayer Brown LLP managing Financial Reporting and Budgeting. Tom has been awarded the prestigious Cali Award for Future Excellence in Worker’s Compensation. His practice concentrates in representing clients in personal injury, social security disability and employees in workers’ compensation cases before the Workers’ Compensation Commission, Illinois Circuit, Illinois Appellate and Social Security Administration. Tom earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Drake University in...

Herb Blum has concentrated in Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability in excess of 36 years and has been associated with Sostrin & Sostrin since 1979. He consistently represents injured workers before the Workers’ Compensation Commission, Illinois Circuit, Illinois Appellate and Illinois Supreme Courts in addition to representing disabled people in claims for Social Security Disability before the Social Security Administration. Prior to representing the injured and disabled, Herb worked as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois Labor Division and as a managing in house counsel for Wausau and Nationwide Insurance Companies. He has...

Stevens & Associates is a law firm maintaining licensure in New York, Illinois, Washington D.C., as well as England and Wales. We strive to deliver dependable, timely, professional and better than cost-effective service. With over 20 years of experience, we engage in commercial transactions, entity structuring and governance, fiscal matters, tax planning, business litigation, and best practices analyses. Please contact the firm or refer to our website for a plenary description of our scope of practice. We seek to join sound professional advice with good, practical business sense. Attorneys of the firm welcome the continuing opportunity to...

Steffey Law, P.C. was founded by E.A. "Tres" Steffey III who has worked as an attorney in the property tax service field for over a decade. A 2009 graduate of Florida Coastal School of Law, Tres has focused his practice in the Chicagoland area since graduation. As a long time Chicago area resident, Tres has accumulated a vast knowledge and understanding of the local tax codes and requirements.

Andrew Kelleher, a co-founder of Kelleher + Holland, LLC, had a vision of legal services deeply rooted in high-level client services from the very inception of his career. He believes that nothing replaces old-fashioned hard work. That hard work has been focused on putting the client’s best interests first for 25 years. Andy concentrates his practice in trust and estate law, business law, tax law, and asset protection planning for high net worth business owners, executives, and individuals. He enjoys the never-ending challenges of solving complex estate and tax planning puzzles for his clients. Being both an attorney and a CPA,...

Art has represented clients for over twenty years in civil and business litigation matters of all kinds, including breach of contract, tort, healthcare, real estate, condemnation, construction, product liability, employment, bankruptcy, class action, and other commercial litigation matters. Art has advised a wide variety of clients, including individuals, business executives, small and midsize businesses, Fortune 500 companies, hospitals, developers, government entities, and nonprofits.
He has tried cases throughout the country as well as overseas, representing clients in numerous domestic and international arbitrations. Additionally, he has substantial appellate experience, participating in appeals in the Seventh Circuit, the Illinois Supreme Court, the Illinois...

Kevin Rang concentrates on outsourcing and information technology transactions. He represents clients in transactions involving the (1) outsourcing of business process functions, including facilities management for laboratory, warehouse and corporate office space, manufacturing facility maintenance, manufacturing production maintenance, food services, environmental services, employee benefits, revenue cycle management and accounts payable; and (2) the outsourcing of technology functions, including network management, infrastructure, help desk, call center, telecommunications, application hosting and application development and maintenance. He also advises clients on issues associated with software licenses, the purchase and sale of hardware, consulting agreements, alliance agreements, software development agreements, and various technology-related service...

Mr. Sullivan is a defense attorney with extensive experience litigating product liability, toxic tort, asbestos, complex litigation, mass tort, transportation, insurance and general liability claims. Representative matters currently include defending a catastrophic injury case involving a double amputation from a recycling baler, a wrongful death case resulting from maintenance on a street cleaning truck and a breach of warranty action involving fires on two tractor trailers. Joe has been involved in the defense of a wide variety of toxic tort cases for 20 years, including, single plaintiff and multi-plaintiff claims arising from alleged exposure to asbestos, mold, benzene, PCBs...

Duncan Lamphere represents small businesses, closely held companies, business owners, nonprofits, and landowners facing development in rural, exurban, suburban, and urban settings. His practice focuses on helping businesses and other goal-oriented clients achieve the results they need efficiently. Whether the issue involves drafting or negotiating an agreement, resolving a dispute, or navigating the zoning or permitting process, Duncan Lamphere provides experienced representation in a perpetually evolving legal landscape.

Robert Reda obtained his Bachelors Degree in Economics & Political Science, with a minor in Finance from Drake University in Iowa. Mr. Reda attended John Marshall Law School in Chicago where he acquired his Juris Doctorate. He immediately took the Bar Examination, opened his law firm and began practicing law in Chicago, Illinois. As a lawyer with Reda & Des Jardins, Ltd., he manages the firm and represents a myriad of clients within the business community. Robert has formed, merged, divested and dissolved hundreds of companies. He has worked with clients as large as Citibank...

I have practiced intellectual property law since 1982. I represent clients in intellectual property litigation, and in United States and international prosecution matters. My litigation experience involves patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition and trade secrets. Technical expertise includes audio and video circuitry, computer hardware and software, database systems, electronic commerce, electronic discharge machining (EDM), multimedia and digital communications, online auction technology, semiconductor devices, telecommunications, and the general mechanical arts. I have managed corporate transactions involving the transfer of intellectual property and licensing rights, infringement and validity opinions. Construction and management of intellectual property licensing programs, and counseling are also areas of...

Bankruptcy attorney Kenneth S. Borcia has the help you need. For the past 30 years, Ken Borcia has specialized in filing Bankruptcy to help individuals get out of debt. Over the years, our law firm has filed over 15,000 cases. We offer competitive pricing and payment plans for those who are qualified wage earners.

Vincent Paul Petrosino is an attorney at Serpico, Petrosino, DiPiero & O’Shea, Ltd. He is admitted to practice law in the State of Illinois and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Managing partner Dwight C. Adams was first licensed to practice law in 1968. After earning a B.A. in History from Hanover College, Mr. Adams went on to receive his J.D. after graduating summa cum laude from the prestigious Chicago Kent Law School. Since that time, he’s been defending the rights of countless Illinois clients in a variety of criminal and civil cases. Dwight C. Adams is one of a selected group of lawyers who has earned admission to the Federal Bar Association, which entitles him to practice in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. When other firms say that they’ll “fight...

My name is Joseph M. Dooley, attorney at law. I have been practicing law for over the last 20 years and I have represented a multitude of clients who have suffered a variety of injuries. I have represented victims of auto and other transportation accidents, victims of medical malpractice, and victims of defective products.

In my time representing victims of various accidents caused by third party negligence or recklessness, I have noticed one thing which has remained pretty constant from client to client. When a client first arrives in my office or speaks to me on the phone, they are usually...