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Mr. Napleton is a name partner of Motherway & Napleton. He was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois and is a product of the south side of Chicago. He graduated from Brother Rice High School in 1981 and Loyola University Chicago in 1985. He went on to attend Loyola University Chicago’s Law School (J.D. 1988) during which time he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Judge James E. Murphy of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division. During law school, he also worked as a law clerk for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office in Markham, Illinois.. On June 1, 1987, Bob started his career at Motherway & Glenn as a law clerk for Nick Motherway and Bob Glenn. In November 1988, he began working at the firm as an associate attorney specializing in handling catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases, with a concentration in medical malpractice, product liability, and automobile negligence cases. About 50 percent of his caseload is devoted to the prosecution of medical malpractice cases against local physicians and hospitals. Bob is an active member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the Illinois State Bar Association, where he served as a member of the Board of Governors from 1994 to 2000. He has been a member of the Board of Managers of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association since 1997.. In 2000, he was named by his peers as one of the “40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch.” He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, whose membership is by invitation only and is limited to no more than 1% of the bar. In 2009, 2013, 2014 and 2015, Bob was named to the Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyers® list.. Bob has obtained numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements, including a record $14.6 million jury verdict in Livingston County, Illinois, a record $15 million medical malpractice settlement against Cook County Hospital, and a record $27.6 million jury verdict in Cook County in a lawsuit against Joseph T. Ryerson & Sons, Inc. arising out of a truck crash on Interstate 80.  With interest and costs assessed against Ryerson, the total amount received by the plaintiffs was Thirty-Four (34) Million Dollars which ranked as the #1 personal injury settlement in Illinois according to the Chicago Lawyer Magazine’s 2015 Annual Settlement Survey.  His most recent verdict was a medical negligence verdict in the amount of $7.8 million against a local anesthesiologist.

Mr. Eliasik is an experienced trial lawyer who has negotiated large settlements and tried numerous cases to juries. Before devoting himself exclusively to representing the injured, Mr. Eliasik performed years of trial work on behalf of one of the largest insurance companies, gaining insider experience on how “the other side” operates. Since leaving the defense side of the bar, Mr. Eliasik has devoted himself exclusively to helping the injured receive just compensation for over a decade, earning a reputation for results.

Melanie K. Fairman practices in all areas of personal injury law on behalf of plaintiffs, with an emphasis on medical malpractice, products liability, vehicular collisions and general negligence.  One hundred percent of her practice is devoted to litigation, including both trial and appellate work.

Mark Sargis has practiced environmental, zoning and land use law since 1986, representing corporate clients, small businesses, financial institutions, and individuals. He focuses his practice in Illinois and neighboring Midwestern states, dealing with federal and state law, as well as local ordinances and regulation.

Lead a team of 13 attorneys providing professional service helping people get Social Security disability benefits for every type of physical or mental impairment.. While there has been a lot of misinformation to the effect that these benefits are too easy to get, the opposite is true. One example - just agreed to represent a decent man who has struggled with Tourette's for years, super anxious, involuntarily swears early and often , can't be around people ,nonexistent stress tolerance, gets written up and loses jobs where he was sheltered by a friend. The level of disability is not a close call and yet I know and had to tell him it will take 24 months. And SSA has already denied him once. How does he survive ? Trust me, we are passionate because we see what the system does to people .

Kenneth M. Bloom is a partner at Latimer LeVay Fyock, LLC. Mr. Bloom, a CPA as well as an attorney, is rated among the top six percent of Illinois estate planning attorneys, as selected by his peers and the American Research Corporation, and has received the highest rating of distinction by the Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory. Ken is listed in the Who’s Who in American Law as well as the National Register of Who's Who in Executives and Professionals. In addition, Ken was named to the exclusive roll of 2007-2015 Illinois Super Lawyers. Ken lectures extensively and is regularly published in several journals including those published by the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Chicago Bar Association, as well as the Chicago Tribune. In addition, Ken has attended the Stetson University Law School’s Special Needs Trust Symposium for many years and is active with the Special Needs Alliance, an invitation-only national group of attorneys dedicated to meeting the estate planning needs of the disabled.

Juliet was born in Vereeninging, South Africa. Juliet attended the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in English and International Relations.  Juliet completed a year of study towards an LLB in Roman/Dutch law at the Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit in Johannesburg where she studied in the Afrikaans language.  She obtained a J.D. from the University of Dayton in 1998.. Juliet is an experienced civil litigator and her practice is in the Circuit Court of Cook and the collar counties and in Federal Court.  Juliet was named in Illinois Super Lawyer, and Super Lawyer Corporate Counsel for 2009, 2010, and 2011 for business litigation. Juliet also appeared in the 2012 Super Lawyers Business Edition for litigation.  Juliet was named as one of Illinois’ top lawyers in the February 2011 edition of Chicago Magazine.  Juliet has litigated cases involving contract disputes; the Residential Real Property Disclosure Act; specific performance of contracts; construction defects; the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Practices Act; equitable mortgages and condominium disputes. Juliet has litigated complex litigation actions involving RICO and fraud suits involving millions of dollars.. Juliet is also experienced in criminal law and has litigated cases ranging from first degree murder, reckless homicide, aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated DUI to simple DUI cases.  Juliet has litigated Operating Under The Influence (“O.U.I.”) cases involving boats and snowmobiles.  She has represented clients in the trial and appellate courts, including the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.. Juliet is the past Chair of International and Immigration Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association.  She is currently the Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) coordinator for the International and Immigration Law Section Council.  Juliet is also the secretary of the Traffic Law Section Council of the ISBA.  Juliet is a past member of the Civil Practice & Procedure Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association.  Juliet is a frequent speaker at seminars for CLE. In addition, Juliet has authored several articles published by the Illinois State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Jeremy M. Barr is a 2009 graduate of Chicago-Kent College of Law. He joined Dowd, Bloch, Bennett & Cervone as a law clerk in 2009 and became an associate at the firm in 2010.. He has experience in traditional labor law, fund representation, and employment discrimination law. His practice with Dowd, Bloch, Bennett & Cervone focuses primarily on fund representation, particularly the collection of contributions and withdrawal liability matters.. He is admitted to practice before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Northern District of Illinois and the Supreme Court of Illinois.

Jennifer Danish is the Managing Partner of Bryant Legal Group PC. Her practice at the firm concentrates on matters involving ERISA governed benefits, short and long term disability policies, individual disability income policies and False Claims Act litigation.Jennifer counsels and represents policyholders on all aspects of disability coverage, from the filing of initial claims, to internal appeals, to litigating denials in state and federal court. She is intimately familiar with insurance industry operations and uses this knowledge to help her clients collect the benefits they are entitled to. As a Chicago insurance lawyer, Jennifer also provides strategic and practical advice to both individuals and businesses seeking to purchase insurance products.

James C. Nieland has practiced law in Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska, accomplishing extensive legal successes in the areas of family law and business litigation. Mr. Nieland has successfully represented clients in extremely complex and sophisticated family law matters, including divorce and child custody, throughout his legal career. He has a winning track record representing parties in dissolution of marriage actions where the correct identification and distribution of marital property was at risk, and in defending fathers being prosecuted in support enforcement actions by state authorities. His tenacious representation of clients at the appellate level on issues involving custody modification to permit out-of-state removal, and termination of parental rights, has made him greatly respected by his peers. While practicing law in Nebraska, courts there appointed Mr. Nieland as an attorney and guardian ad litem in many life-altering cases involving child abuse and neglect, given his passion for safeguarding children.. Notably, while practicing in his native Iowa, Mr. Nieland prepared a persuasive and successful pre-trial brief in a highly complex case resulting in his client being awarded a $10 million verdict that the Iowa Supreme Court sustained on appeal.Additionally, Mr. Nieland is dedicated to volunteer service beyond the legal profession, by serving on the board of directors of a local Nebraska chapter of the American Red Cross. There, he oversaw relief efforts to assist individuals, families and businesses in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa devastated by extensive flooding of the Missouri River in 2011.. Mr. Nieland obtained his Juris Doctor from the College of Law at the University of Iowa and served as a distinguished editor of its international law journal, Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems. Before his appointment as editor, Mr. Nieland published Executive Suspension of National Elections: Sacrificing an American Dream to Avoid a Spanish Nightmare?, 15 Transnat’l L. & Contemp. Probs. 389 (Fall 2005). He further served as a student member of the College of Law’s Academic Standard of Review Committee.Prior to law school, Mr. Nieland obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Knox College, where he majored in English and Spanish

IRA N. HELFGOT is a sole practitioner in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, including the following types of disputes, employment, mechanic's liens, contracts, mortgage foreclosure, partition, brokerage commission, partnership, corporate, injunctions, commercial forcible entry and detainer, sale of businesses, class actions, fraud, consumer fraud, and commodities and securities fraud, business collections, including collections for law firms, and professional liability law. Ira has published extensively on debtor-creditor issues and professional liability law topics for among others, IICLE, the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, and the Illinois Creditors Bar Association and has lectured on debtor-creditor issues for the Illinois Creditors Bar Association and the Illinois Credit Union League. Ira is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, formerly serving on its Committee on Judicial Evaluations and as a CLE Coordinator for the Commercial Banking, Collections & Bankruptcy Section Council, the Decalogue Society of Lawyers, where he formerly served as a member of the CLE Committee and as a member of the Board of Directors, and the Illinois Creditors Bar Association, formerly serving as president and as a member of the Board of Directors. Ira is also currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Lawyers’ Assistance Program, pursuant to an appointment by the Illinois Supreme Court and has been elected as president of the Board of Directors.

In 2018, Mr. Brooks was selected by Leading Lawyers in the areas of personal injury law and civil rights litigation. From 2013 through 2018, Mr. Brooks was selected to the Illinois Super Lawyers list in the area of personal injury law. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is an exclusive, unbiased rating service of outstanding attorneys from business and consumer practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The honor is limited to no more than 5% of the attorneys in the State of Illinois who have distinguished themselves and demonstrated excellence in the practice of law. In 2015 and 2017-2018, Brooks was selected among the Nation's Top One Percent by the National Asociation of Distinguished Counsel.  During the years 2008-2009, he was selected by the American Trial Lawyers Association as one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers."  As an advocate of victims' rights, Mr. Brooks has been successful in obtaining verdicts and settlements for his clients in excess of $45 million dollars.. Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Brooks began his legal career on the south side of Chicago where he joined the Law Office of Benjamin E. Starks. In 1986, he furthered his litigation skills at the Cook County Public Defender’s Office representing indigent clients.  After serving for several years in the Felony Trial Division, in 1991, Mr. Brooks made a transition from criminal practice to civil litigation when he joined the City of Chicago Law Department.  While at the City, he quickly moved through the ranks holding the position of Assistant Corporation Counsel, Chief Assistant and then the position of Deputy Corporation Counsel.. Prior to taking on the role of Managing Partner for The Cochran Firm Chicago, Mr. Brooks was partnered with the firm of Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith, & Montgomery, and formerly associated with the personal injury firm of Costello, McMahon & Burke, Ltd., handling cases involving construction negligence, police misconduct, products liability and medical negligence.

Illinois personal injury attorney Mark G. Bergal has dedicated his professional life to defending the rights of his clients, offering expert legal counsel to Chicago area citizens. Driven by a will to succeed, Mark G. Bergal possesses a successful winning record that reflects his personal never-say-die attitude.. He brings this attitude into the courtroom with him for each case because he wants to provide you with the personal that you need for the most positive outcome possible for your legal case. With a J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law and a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin; Attorney Bergal has the right education and experience to help you win your case.

I've dedicated my entire career to helping people, since joining the law firm started by Ike Skelton more than 30 years ago.  I'd love to talk with you about your potential lawsuit.  My firm's case evaluations are always free, with no obligation.  I have seven kids and enjoy sports and travel.  I am active in the Catholic church and am a proud sponsor of many educational organizations, from law school to elementary.

I'm a criminal defense lawyer. I represent clients in military, federal, and Illinois courts. My practice concentrates on the most serious cases, such as allegations of white-collar crime, sexual assault, and computer crimes involving children.. I'm a founding member of one of the nation's most prominent military law firms, Gagne, Scherer & Associates LLC. I've been involved with criminal law since law school in the mid-1990s. I served in the Air Force twice, first as a Russian Linguist and then as a JAG. I've done trials throughout the United States and in several countries overseas.. I have been a baseball analyst and researcher since the early 1990s, affiliated with STATS, Inc., Baseball Prospectus, The Hardball Times, Bill James Online, and the Society for American Baseball Research. I have contributed to books by Rob Neyer and Will Carroll.. My undergraduate degree is in English with a concentration in creative writing. In addition to my interest in baseball, I'm an avid reader of fiction, poetry, Shakespeare, and true crime. With the exception of my military service, I'm a lifelong Chicagoan. My office is on the Northwest Side, 17 miles from U.S. Cellular Field, 10 miles from Wrigley Field, and 6 miles from O'Hare Airport.

I win my injured client's cases.   At trial, my win rate is 3 times higher than other attorneys.  My client's give me a Google 5 star rating.  I have won numerous multi-million dollar jury verdicts and settlements for injured clients totaling more than $300 million.  My cases include auto and trucking accidents, medical negligence and wrongful death.. I wrote the only book on Jury Selection for Illinois trial lawyers.. I have received numerous awards and top ratings from professional organizations for my achievements.  He is also a frequent invited lecturer on legal topics and author of many legal articles.

I was born in Wisconsin and have lived in Chicago since the 1970s.. I graduated the University of Wisconsin and then I worked in the area of child abuse for eight years for the department of Children and Family Services before I decided to go to law school.. I worked as an attorney for the Legal Aid bureau in Chicago, doing divorce and providing services for an underserviced population from 1990 to 1995.. In 1995, Marta and I decided to open up our own practice. Since that time, Marta and I have had the practice. We now have an office at 161 N. Clark, #4700 in Chicago and an office at 1000 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois.. I am also certified as a Mediator and am on the Mediator List for Judges to refer cases to.

I started my professional life in 1979 with a social work degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I soon felt that, as a social worker, I was not going to be able to make a lasting difference in people's lives.. I graduated from The John Marshall Law School in 1983 and participated in the DuPage County Medical Society mini-internship program. This experienced confirmed for me that medical malpractice law was what I wanted to do, and I've been working exclusively in medical malpracticein the Chicagoland area since am a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association, as well as a member of the referral panel for medical love the work I do and am devoted to securing the best possible verdict or settlement for my clients and their families. I have achieved a favorable financial outcome in 95% of the cases I've handled. While every case is unique and results can vary, I believe my high success rate is due to the fact that I am very selective about the cases I handle and dedicate myself to each client and family I advantage of working as a sole practitioner is that my clients are never just a number to me. I provide personal attention and continuity over the life of your legal case and beyond. Resolving a medical malpractice lawsuit can take years. I am with you through the entire process. You will notbe handed off from one attorney to another or find that you cannot reach me when you have a need. I am here for , for many of my clients, I remain a legal advocate and a friend. I provide legal guardianship services for disabled persons or children who have received financial settlements but are unable to manage their financial clients have experienced some of the most difficult situations anyone can imagine. They have demonstrated courage, strength, and persistence in surviving medical challenges, facing loss and grief, and seeking recovery. When I think of my clients, I think of that amazing quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt that I chose for this Web site:. You gain strength, courage and confidenceby every experience in which you reallystop to look fear in the face.You are able to say to yourself:'I have lived through this horror.I can take the next thing that comes along.'You must do the thing you think you cannot do.~ Eleanor Roosevelt

I serve as legal advisor and trial counsel to companies and individuals in commercial matters, including:. -Contract enforcement. -Shareholder disputes. -Fraud, business torts, and deceptive practices. -Warranty matters. -Property and land use litigation. -Will contests. -Mediation & arbitration. I've represented clients in many sectors including manufacturing & steel, financial, telecommunications, consulting, construction & building materials, accounting, and education, in addition to non-profit organizations.  I have obtained injunctions for clients and successfully appealed cases and defended appeals in the state and federal courts.

I have been handling civil jury trials for 40 years.  The highest level of compliment that I have received over these years has come from clients that express their gratification of the work that I have done on their behalf.  I have a collection of notes and letters from individuals who have gone out of their way to thank me and my staff for a job well done. Those notes and letters remain the highest level of praise for my devotion to clients and in helping them solve their issues and concerns. I truly cherish those compliments.. Whether I am helping someone on the phone solve an issue or doing pro bono work, I sincerely enjoy helping people.  In my practice I come in contact with people from all walks of life.  This includes experts in technical and sophisticated areas of science or medicine. I have represented truck drivers, factory workers, house wives, the unemployed, the disabled, children of all ages, engineers, cab drivers, bike messengers and business executives and professionals. I believe that I treat all of my clients with respect and show each of them that I am responsible, reliable, honest and forthcoming.  I am also tenacious and hardworking when it comes to the cases I handle for my clients.

I have been a trial attorney exclusively representing injured victims and their families in personal injury and wrongful death cases since 1997.  The cases I litigate include, but are not limited to, motor vehicle liability, medical malpractice, product liability, nursing home neglect and abuse, construction site injuries, premises liability, dram shop and defamation.

I have been a general commercial trial lawyer for 37 years.  I have tried well over 100 cases to final adjudication in state and Federal courts and in numerous arbitration forums throughout the Country.  I keep my clients well-informed of the progress of their cases and what they should expect in terms of legal expense for each phase of their case.. I enjoy spending time on philanthropic pursuits, including serving on the boards of several not-for-profits.. I am nationally-ranked amateur Olympic-distance athlete who has been honored to compete on the US Triathlon teams in International competitions and have competed in the US National Triathlon Championships for the past two years.. I am married to my lovely wife Melanie and have 5 adult children all of whom give me great joy.

I am a wage-hour expert who serves as the head of Seyfarth Shaw's Chicago office Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group and co-chair of the national group. I have as defended more than 125 actual or putative wage and hour collective/class actions. I also regularly advises companies on compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage-and-hour laws, including the performance of exempt status reviews and pay practice assessments. I write extensively on the FLSA and comparable state laws and drafted comments to the U.S. DOL on proposed FLSA exemption changes on behalf of the Society for Human Resources Management. I am one of three authors of the only treatise focused on wage and hour litigation, ALM’s more than 1,000-page Wage and Hour Collective and Class Litigation.

I am a litigator representing entrepreneurial clients in a variety of commercial, intellectual property, and information privacy disputes. I also counsel clients on a variety of matters including tortious interference, shareholder disputes, corporate formation and breach of contract. I enjoy advancing creative solutions to help clients navigate both the litigation and transactional aspects of their businesses.. I have experience resolving conflicts pre-suit as well as guiding clients through active litigation. I manage all stages of litigation, including fact and expert discovery, drafting and arguing dispositive motions, preparing and submitting clients for deposition, trial and appeal.