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Second generation family attorney. Classically trained. Also obtained a master's degree in family law.

Sarah D. Zigulich is the Founding Member and Principal of SDZ Law, LLC. She restricts her practice exclusively to the area of family law, including traditional contested litigation, appeals, negotiation, mediation, alternative dispute resolution, and collaborative law.. Prior to founding the firm, Sarah established herself as an associate attorney at a large Chicago family law firm. She counsels clients in all areas of matrimonial and parentage law, including divorce, child custody (allocation of parental responsibilities and parenting time), spousal support (maintenance or alimony), child support, child relocation, debt and asset distribution, pension division, orders of protection, prenuptial, postnuptial and cohabitation agreements, and numerous other financial and emotional decisions surrounding family law litigation, negotiation, and mediation. Sarah has extensive experience guiding clients through high-conflict parenting relationships, while her unique background gives her a foundation of unparalleled knowledge in handling complicated financial issues related to high-net-worth individuals, including business valuations, preserving non-marital assets, tracing concealed accounts, and analyzing complex compensation benefits.. It is vital to Sarah that her clients have the tools and information to make impactful decisions during their litigation. She takes the time to specifically discuss the process, advantageous strategies, and potential outcomes with her clients. She has been consistently recognized by her peers in the field, including being selected as a 2019 Rising Star by Super Lawyers, a 2019 Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers, receiving the award of the Top 40 Under 40 by The National Advocates in 2017, and being granted the “Clients’ Choice Award” by Avvo in 2015.. Sarah is the Co-Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Alliance for Women Committee and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and Illinois Bar Association. She earned her law degree from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois. While in law school, she was a member of The John Marshall Law Review and belonged to the Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society. Sarah graduated cum laude from Loyola University Chicago with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a double minor in Sociology and Women’s Studies. Prior to practicing, Sarah was a legal extern to a judge presiding in the Domestic Relations Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County.. In addition to her legal training, Sarah obtained her Divorce Mediation Certificate from Northwestern University in 2013.

RONALD M. WILLIS is a 1972 graduate of Northwestern University School of Law.  He has broad experience in traditional labor law matters including organizing strategies, contract negotiations, litigation before the NLRB involving representation and unfair labor practice matters, arbitration and contract interpretation issues.  He has experience appearing before courts and administrative agencies involving contract enforcement issues, collection of employer contributions, employee benefit claims and the duty of fair representation.  He has represented labor organizations in both the private and public sector and has served as General Counsel for the Chicago and Central States Joint Board, UNITE.  He is admitted to practice in the United States Courts of Appeals for the Seventh and  Tenth Circuits and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (trial attorney), and the Illinois Supreme Court.  He became a partner in the firm in 2006.

Rob L. Kohen has been a member of the Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. legal team since 2014. He focuses his practice in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, car accidents, truck accidents, bicycle accidents, construction negligence, and medical malpractice.. Mr. Kohen has obtained a number of noteworthy settlements in his time with the firm. In 2020, Mr. Kohen obtained a $20.5 million settlement on behalf of a man who was paralyzed and later died after the driver of a semi-truck fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into his home. The same year, Mr. Kohen obtained a $15 million settlement for a motorcyclist who lost his leg in a car crash.. In one of his first trials with the firm, Mr. Kohen was part of a trial team that won a $15.3 million jury verdict on behalf of an Army veteran who was injured at Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center. He also took a heavily disputed liability and causation case to trial that settled on the day of closing arguments for the $300,000 policy limits.. In recognition of his outstanding legal work, Mr. Kohen was recognized in the 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. In addition, he has been named a Rising Star by Illinois Super Lawyers every year since 2018. Mr. Kohen has also been recognized as an Emerging Lawyer by Law Bulletin Media, an honor given to the top 2% of lawyers in Illinois who are under 40 years old or have practiced 10 years or less.. Prior to joining Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., Mr. Kohen served as a law clerk at another prominent Plaintiff’s personal injury law firm in Chicago for two-and-a-half years.. Mr. Kohen is a graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law. At Chicago-Kent, he competed in the American Association for Justice’s Student Trial Advocacy Competition as a member of the law school’s nationally ranked Trial Advocacy Team. He also earned the CALI award for achieving the highest grade in an individual class. Since his graduation, Mr. Kohen has been invited numerous times to speak to current Chicago-Kent students on the topics of medical malpractice and personal injury law.. In his free time, Mr. Kohen is a highly accomplished athlete. Currently, he is ranked in the top 5 percent overall as an All WORLD Ironman Age Group Athlete. Since 2011, he is a six-time Ironman 70.3 finisher, three-time USA Age Group National Championship finisher, two-time Ironman finisher and two-time marathon finisher.. Additional credentials and distinctions include: membership in the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, American Association for Justice, the Chicago Bar Association and the Chicago-Kent Alumni Association.

Richard L. Pullano’s extensive litigation career began in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office where he served as Prosecutor in the Felony Trial Courts and the Gang Crimes Unit. Since 1987, he has worked exclusively in the personal injury field. Mr. Pullano has handled every type of case including transportation liability, medical negligence, product liability, premises liability, aviation liability, construction negligence and general negligence.. In 2013, Mr. Pullano secured a record-breaking $14 million settlement for the victim of a horrible tow truck accident on Chicago’s south side. The settlement is higher than any previously reported in Illinois for a plaintiff over 60 years old who was rendered a paraplegic because of an accident.. Read more here:

RESULTS MATTER.  Shammas Law Office has a 99.5% win percentage and has obtained millions of dollars in settlements and jury verdicts for its clients.  Michael's results, and his aggressive and passionate representation have earned him several awards and honors from the legal community, as well as high praise from his clients and opposing attorneys.  Contact Michael for a free consultation at.

Recognizing that, regardless of whether you are a stay at home parent, a business-person or a professional, experiencing any legal process in your personal life is unnerving, Anita Ventrelli focuses her practice on getting to know each client as an individual and tailoring communications and the case strategy to his or her needs and goals which can sometimes be moving targets.  Anita, a partner in the firm, represents professionals, athletes, executives, entrepreneurs, and those who value their wealth, lifestyle, and well-being.  Although she is an experienced litigator, she is equally comfortable devising smart settlement solutions for her clients.  She utilizes her analytical skills to master both facts and finances for an optimum position for her clients at trial or settlement.Anita prides herself on giving each client an honest assessment of how the process will work for him or her.  She educates clients on their available options and the consequences of those options.  As a result, her clients are confident in the plan of action they choose to pursue their goals.  Knowing that their lawyer is planning for their interests, investigating all options, and keeping their cases focused, helps Anita’s clients reduce their stress and stay strong throughout the process.Anita’s peers respect her courtroom results and have recommended her for inclusion amongst a group of elite family law practitioners.  Since 1997, she has been a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.  In 2003, the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin named her one of  “40 Attorneys Under 40 Illinois Attorneys to Watch.”  Since 2005, she has been recognized as an Illinois Super Lawyer.  Anita has also been included in the Leading Lawyers Network and the Best Lawyers of America. Anita is also On the Board and Faculty of the American Bar Association/National Institute of Trial Advocacy Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute.

Practice Dedicated Exclusively to Employment Law on Behalf of Employees.. Lori is an experienced trial attorney practicing since 1982. She is an arbitrator and mediator of employment disputes and represents employees in cases arising under local, state, and federal antidiscrimination laws and in matters involving the Family and Medical Leave Act, noncompete agreements, severance agreements, employment contracts and employment torts.. Ms. Ecker has litigated over 100 cases, but much of her time is spent in alternative dispute resolution of employment cases as an advocate and also as a mediator and arbitrator. Ms. Ecker is a member of the Association of Attorney-Mediators. She received her formal training as a mediator with the DePaul University Mediation Training Certificate Course. She is listed as a court-certified mediator for the Circuit Court of Cook County’s Court-Annexed Major Case Civil Mediation Program, and she is listed on the American Arbitration Association’s National Employment Arbitration Roster.. Ms. Ecker is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation. She is listed in Who’s Who in American Law and Martindale-Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. She was selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, as an Illinois Super Lawyer, a Leading Illinois Attorney, and a member of the Leading Lawyers Network. Ms. Ecker is often interviewed as an authority on employment law by national and regional media, such as Fortune Magazine, CBS Chicago, WMAQ-AM, WBEZ-FM, and the Chicago Tribune. A frequent lecturer, Ms. Ecker has spoken and written on a wide variety of employment law topics, including mediation, arbitration, litigation strategy, employment torts, sexual harassment, sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination, age discrimination, leaves of absence, and retaliation.. A graduate of Lake Forest College, Ms. Ecker received her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law. She is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois, the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois and the Northern District of Indiana. She is a member of the U.S. District Court Trial Bar.. Ms. Ecker is Employee Co-Chair of the Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee of the ABA’s Section of Labor and Employment Law. She is a Co-Chair of the Section’s Membership Development Committee, a member of both the National Employment Lawyers Association and its local affiliate, NELA/Illinois, of which she is a past President and a founding Executive Board Member; a past member of the Labor & Employment Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association; and a member of the Chicago Bar Association, for which she served as Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Committee during the 1997-98 bar year. Ms. Ecker is also a member of WPATH.

Paul is a partner in the Chicago and Washington D.C. offices of DLA Piper LLP.  Described by as ‘an outstanding IP litigator,’ the 2010 review noted that ‘even though he is relatively young, has already amassed great experience in many aspects of patent disputes such as depositions, settlement negotiations and trials’. He was named a 2009 “40 under forty” attorney in Illinois by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company in a special supplement to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer magazine, and has been selected as a 2012 Illinois Super Lawyer. A first-chair trial lawyer, he works primarily on complex patent, trade secret, trademark, copyright and other IP-related litigation matters.  He has been trial counsel to clients in jury trials, before the International Trade Commission investigating Section 337 violations, in Federal and state court appeals, in Markman and other evidentiary hearings, before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, in United States Bankruptcy Court, and in mediations and arbitrations. His public representations include appearances for American clients TransData Inc., Innovolt, Inc., KANA Software, Garmin Ltd., International Truck & Engine Co., Sturman Industries, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc., Magellan Navigation, Inc., and BCE Emergis Inc., and Pacific Rim clients DENSO CORPORATION, Fuji Heavy Industries (Subaru), Konica Minolta, Kubota Corp., Minolta Corp., Nichia Corp., Rohm Co., Ltd., Matsui Co., Ltd., Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd., Mazda Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation. He is the co-author of a book on United States Patent Litigation published in Japanese by AIPPI Japan, another book on the America Invents Act published in Japanese by JIII, and a recent article inIntellectual Property Magazine regarding patent reexamination and review.

Paul D. Richter is an experienced trial attorney who has spent nearly 20 years in the practice of personal injury and wrongful death litigation. His career has been dedicated to representing individuals who have suffered serious, life-altering personal injuries caused by the negligence of others, and seeking justice for the families of those victims who have lost their lives due to negligence. Paul has successfully resolved multiple personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits in a host of complex cases, including cases of nursing home abuse and neglect; medical malpractice; commercial and private aviation crashes; accidents involving semi tractor-trailer trucks, watercraft, and other motor vehicles; construction accidents, and negligently manufactured and/or designed products. Throughout his career, Paul’s commitment to fighting for and protecting the rights of his clients has resulted in numerous multi-million dollar results.. Currently, Paul has focused his practice on representing and protecting the legal rights of victims of nursing home abuse and neglect. Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz is an industry leader in protecting the rights of individuals who reside in nursing homes across the state of Illinois. Furthering the firm’s commitment to advocating for this vulnerable and growing population of Illinois residents, Paul is committed to seeking justice for those individuals and their families who have been injured, abused or neglected while in the care of negligent nursing homes or assisted living facilities. Since focusing his efforts in this area, Paul has obtained in excess of $15 million for his clients.. The level of knowledge, skills, and expertise that Paul has attained through his years of practicing in the field of personal injury and wrongful death litigation is demonstrated by the multiple, outstanding results he has achieved on behalf of his clients.. In his almost two decades of experience as a trial attorney, Paul has been a principal member of many notable, record-setting trial teams. Most recently, Paul was a primary member of the trial team that obtained a $7.1 million jury verdict in a case involving the crash of a commercial passenger jet in Lexington, Kentucky. Paul was also a leading member of the trial team that recovered $6.9 million in a case involving a fatal semi-truck crash in Madison, Wisconsin. Additionally, Paul second-chaired a jury trial in Cook County, Illinois, that resulted in a $9.8 million verdict on behalf of a medical student seriously injured due to the negligence of another medical student.. Paul has been publicly recognized on numerous occasions for the quality of his work and his professional success. For consecutive years, he has been named as an Illinois “Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers Magazine, a distinction that is awarded each year to no more than 5 percent Illinois attorneys who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Paul was also recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine as a “Rising Star” among Illinois lawyers, an honor given to no more than 2.5 percent of Illinois attorneys under the age of forty.. Some of Paul’s notable settlements are as follows:. Some of Paul’s notable verdicts Include:

Patrick Wartan concentrates his practice in the areas of food and beverage, general corporate and securities matters, and commercial real estate. Food and BeveragePatrick is the chair of Taft’s Food and Beverage Practice Group. He has extensive experience in counseling multi-unit restaurant / bar operators on matters relating to financing arrangements, liquor licensing, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and general corporate governance. With a background in the foodservice industry, he works with his clients to foster their growth by strategically overseeing all aspects of their operations to ensure that they are on path to success. His business acumen and operational knowledge allow him to be a partner to his clients rather than just a legal advisor. Patrick has handled food and beverage matters in jurisdictions ranging coast to coast. In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor at Kendall College and teaches a course on Hospitality Law. He serves on the advisory council of the Illinois Restaurant Association.General Corporate and SecuritiesPatrick serves in a role as outside general counsel to businesses of all sizes. He advises and represents a wide variety of businesses in a full range of legal matters, including, business formation, funding, acquisitions, business transactions, employment concerns, contract disputes, commercial litigation and negotiations. In addition, Patrick is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent and teaches a legal writing course. Patrick was named a Rising Star by Illinois Super Lawyers in 2016 and 2017. He was elected to serve on the General Assembly of the Illinois State Bar Association and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, State Bar of California, and American Bar Association.About TaftWith 9 offices, over 400 attorneys, and a proven track record of experience since 1885, Taft offers breadth and depth of legal services coupled with a trusted business perspective to help our clients reach their goals.

Patrick A. Salvi concentrates his legal practice in cases concerning serious personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death and mass torts. Mr. Salvi has achieved record breaking jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients throughout the state, including serving as lead counsel on a trial team that won an Illinois record high $148 million jury verdict and a Lake County record $33 million jury verdict.. In 1982, Mr. Salvi founded the law firm of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. (originally the law offices of Patrick A. Salvi) in Lake County, Illinois. He is the sole owner and Managing Equity Partner of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard. Today, the firm has 19 lawyers and is supported by more than 35 staff members in Chicago and Waukegan offices, including paralegals, nursing consultants, IT professionals and administrative assistants. Mr. Salvi and his law firm have obtained more than $2.3 billion in verdicts and settlements on behalf of injury clients, including more than 350 multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements.. Mr. Salvi is a nationally recognized attorney who has been listed as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” since 2005. In 2023, Mr. Salvi was honored with the Illinois Bar Foundation’s Distinguished Award for Excellence, which recognizes an individual who has made remarkable contributions to the legal community throughout their career. In 2021, Mr. Salvi became the 26th individual to be presented with the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s prestigious Leonard M. Ring Lifetime Achievement Award, which honors a trial lawyer who has devoted their life and legal practice to the work ethic and high professional standards of the award’s name bearer.. In 2021, Mr. Salvi was one of only eleven attorneys throughout the country to be named to Law360’s “Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar” list. In 2017, Best Lawyers® named him the Plaintiff’s Personal Injury “Lawyer of the Year” in Chicago. He received The Jury Verdict Reporter and Law Bulletin Publishing Company awards for Trial Lawyer Excellence in 2011, 2012, 2018 and 2022.. Additionally, Mr. Salvi’s peers have selected him to the Illinois Super Lawyers Top 10 List every year since 2014 (out of 96,000 Illinois lawyers and all categories of law). Leading Lawyers Magazine (Law Bulletin Media) has named Mr. Salvi to three Top Ten Lists every year since 2016:. In 2015, Mr. Salvi was selected to the Leading Lawyers Advisory Board. He has been selected for The Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America every year since 2017, and in 2021, he was inducted into the Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame. Additional honors include:. In 2001, Mr. Salvi was invited to become a fellow in the prestigious International Academy of Trial Lawyers. In 2013, He was appointed to the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions in Civil Cases. Mr. Salvi is a former President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and served a three-year term (2010-2012) as Chairman on the Character and Fitness, 2nd District Committee of the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar. Additionally, Mr. Salvi is a former Chairman (2011-2023) and current member of the Notre Dame Law School Advisory Council and is a former adjunct faculty member at the University of Notre Dame Law School. He currently serves on the American Association for Justice Leaders Forum.

Our firm, Leavens, Strand & Glover, LLC, is an entertainment, media, & intellectual property law firm concentrating its practice on matters involving creative industries and endeavors. Our clients include content providers and creators, media companies, television and radio broadcasters, authors, songwriters, recording artists, musicians, advertisers and brands, television and film writers, independent record labels, distributors, independent film producers and documentarians, web site operators and developers, publishing companies, and film, television and music production companies.. We represent both institutional and talent clients in a wide variety of transactional and litigation matters, including complex contractual negotiations and other strategic transactions, and help craft favorable outcomes to difficult problems. Our combined experiences as private attorneys, pioneer industry executives, and educators allow us to provide our clients with valuable insight and advice on business terms, perspectives, strategies, and opportunities and inform our judgment on important matters of their priority and concern.  Our attorneys have broad and varied experiences, including large national firms and broadcaster and public company general counsel positions, and we take as the hallmark of our practice personalized attention, judgment, experience, expertise, and community service.  Please visit our website at to learn more – we look forward to hearing from you.

Our firm focuses on all areas of immigration law. We work with businesses and individuals to solve all of their immigration related needs. We look forward to assisting our current and future clients.

Noelle C. Cislo is a licensed attorney concentrating in the areas of divorce, including pre-decree and post decres issues, as well as child custody, child support. Noelle is able to demonstrate her passion for family law both in and out of the courtroom. She understands that choosing a lawyer to represent you in one of the hardest times of your life is not always an easy choice, and Noelle is here to listen and zealously advocate on her client's behalf.. Noelle graduated from DePaul University in 2011 where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree, Cum Laude, in Political Science. While at DePaul, Noelle made the Dean’s List and was a recipient of the DePaul Scholars Award for her strong academic achievements.. Noelle received her Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude, from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2014. During law school, Noelle served as a Notes and Comments Editor on the school’s Law Review and wrote an article regarding grandparent visitation rights. Additionally, Noelle was an active member of the Child and Family Law Society, Society of Women and Law, and Phi Alpha Delta.. During law school, Noelle clerked for the Honorable Raul Vega in the domestic relations division of the Circuit Court of Cook County and volunteered with Family Rescue at the Cook County Domestic Violence Courthouse where she dedicated her time to assisting victims of domestic violence obtain Orders of Protection. Noelle’s passion for family law began after her first year of law school when she joined Chicago-Kent’s Family Law Clinic where she was able to obtain hands-on experience by helping low income clients receive the representation that they deserved.. Noelle is an active member of the legal community as member of the Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association and Will County Bar Association.. Noelle serves clients throughout the Cook County, DuPage County, and Will County areas.

My practice focuses on probate and trust administration, probate litigation, trust litigation, fiduciary litigation, and estate/asset protection planning. I advise individuals and families in contested matters with an emphasis on will, trust, and guardianship proceedings. I counsel executors and trustees during the probate/trust administration process and assist them in the preparation of estate and fiduciary tax returns. I also help individuals and families meet their estate and asset protection planning needs.

My name is Jason Ott and I am the owner of Ott Law Group, P.C.   I primarily handle Auto Accident and Personal Injury matters. I have offices in Chicago, Illinois and Valparaiso, Indiana.  I also handle Criminal Defense and DUI matters. I am licensed in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan.. I am passionate about obtaining the best possible results for my clients. My clients are always my highest priority.

Ms. Lothson litigates unfair competition, trademark, copyright, trade-dress, anti-counterfeiting/unauthorized distribution and domain name cases. She also has experience in protecting proprietary rights on the Internet and domestic and foreign domain name disputes.. In addition to her litigation practice, Ms. Lothson counsels clients on brand clearance, pre-litigation policing programs, trademark prosecution and intellectual property portfolio management. Her practice includes the acquisition, maintenance, licensing, enforcement and transfer of intellectual property with an emphasis on the selection and clearance of trademarks. She also has extensive experience in social media counseling with an emphasis on best practices and solutions in response to clients' most commonly confronted social media-related issues.

Ms. Kitra Killen is a workers' compensation lawyer and Senior Associate at the law offices of Goldberg Weisman Cairo.. As a proud member of the UAW stemming from her time spent as an assembly line worker at Chrysler while she attended college, Kitra has a unique perspective on the cases that she handles, which has resulted in her obtaining numerous courtroom verdicts and negotiated settlements on behalf of her clients.. Kitra takes great pride in helping injured workers and their families to obtain the justice that they deserve and is a highly valued  leader at our law firm.. If you or a loved one has suffered a serious injury at work that was caused by the negligence of another individual or due to insufficient safety precautions, contact Kitra today at for your FREE consultation.

Ms. Hays' practice includes the handling of complex and multiparty litigation involving estates and trusts, contractual disputes, commercial disputes, construction-related issues, breach of contract actions, and other areas of civil litigation.. Ms. Hays is a member of the Illinois Bar and is also admitted to practice in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and Chicago Bar Association. Ms. Hays was named as a 2011 Illinois Rising Star by Super Lawyers magazine in the field of Business Litigation.

Ms. Buck is a graduate of Chicago-Kent College of Law, where she was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society and the winner of the National Health Law moot court competition. Upon receiving her law degree, Ms. Buck clerked for the Honorable Lee Preston, and gained experience practicing in both the Law Division and Chancery Division of the Cook County Circuit Court.  Prior to joining the Hays Firm, Ms. Buck worked for a mid-sized insurance defense firm in Chicago

Ms. Barnette has tried in excess of 100 jury trials to verdict, and has obtained hundreds of settlements for both individual and corporate clients. Her background working at the Cook County State's Attorney and Cook County Public Defender's offices coupled with her successful civil trial record in insurance defense, has earned her a proven track record and a reputation as a trial attorney who has the vision, steadfast determination and commitment to resolving complex disputes with the highest level of quality and integrity.. Since 2017, Kristin is President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois and has served on the Board of Directors since 2009. She was named one of “40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch” in 2014 by the Law Bulletin. She also currently on the Board of Directors for the Women’s Bar Foundation and Women Everywhere: Partners in Service Project (WE). In addition, Kristin has enjoyed volunteering her time as a Mentor in the Lawyer-to-Lawyer mentoring program, volunteering as a Presiding Judge for the YMCA’s annual National Judicial Competitions, serving as an arbitrator, participating in the Judicial Evaluation Committee for the Bar Alliance, and has taught CLE courses on various topics including jury selection, jury instructions, closing arguments, defense tactics as well as ethics.. in 2004, Kristin received her Juris Doctor from DePaul College of Law, where, in addition to her rigorous course of study, she was actively involved in various initiatives. She was invited to be a research assistant to Torts and Social Policy Professor, Stephen Landsman, which Kristin continued until graduation, and she was also elected to be the DePaul Chapter President of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. She successfully competed to be a Staff Writer for the DePaul Journal of Healthcare Law, ranked among the top in the nation, and was selected to be Editor-in-Chief her second year, managing a staff of over thirty individuals. While still in law school, Westlaw hired her to teach professors and students research applications and strategy. Kristin also clerked at Clifford Law Offices and worked on cases involving medical malpractice and other catastrophic injuries.

Mr. Stephen Thacker is a general practice attorney that joined the law offices of Goldberg Weisman Cairo in 1988. He is now a partner at the firm.. WIth extensive experience in many areas of law including: bankruptcy, divorce, DUI, real estate and child custody law, Stephen has handled the firm's non-injury claims since he began at GWC.. If you require the services of a highly trained attorney with a proven track record of success, contact Stephen today at for your complimentary claim evaluation.

Mr. Santiago Echeveste is a workers' compensation lawyer at Illinois' largest personal injury law firm - Goldberg Weisman Cairo.. Having immigrated from Cuba to the United States in the early 1960's, Santiago decided at a young age to dedicate himself to helping others.. With a proven track record, Santiago is a highly successful attorney that has negotiated numerous settlements and obtain courtroom verdicts on behalf of his clients.. If you or someone that you love has been injured at work due to no fault of their own, contact Santiago today by calling for your FREE consultation.

Mr. Mohip's practice consists primarily of real estate and civil matters.  His academic and professional credentials are impressive--he is one of the few attorneys in the country with a LLM in real estate.  Additionally, Mr. Mohip is a real estate developer and instructor.