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Steven F. Pflaum is a partner in Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP and chair of the firm's Pro Bono Committee.  His practice includes a wide variety of complex civil litigation matters, includ­ing commercial, constitutional, media, airport, and land use cases. A substantial portion of his practice involves appeals in state and federal courts across the country. Areas of particular concentration include representing hospitals in property tax exemption and other controver­sies, defending and counseling print, online, and broadcast media entities with respect to defamation and related claims, and representing municipalities in disputes regarding so-called “locally undesirable land uses” such as airports, music amphitheaters, jails, or landfills.. Steve serves as a neutral or as counsel in alternative dispute resolution proceedings conducted by various courts, self-regulatory organizations, and ADR providers.. Steve serves as an expert witness or as counsel with respect to professional ethics and liability issues.  He is a founding member and current chair of the Illinois Judicial Ethics Committee, a former member and two-term chair of the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Professional Responsibility, and a faculty member of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission’s Illinois Professional Responsibility Institute.. Steve is President of the Appellate Lawyers Association, an organization of lawyers who practice in the courts of review and of judges who serve on those courts. Steve is also a member of the Chicago Bar Association, for which he served as General Counsel from 1996 to 2009 and sat on the Board of Managers from 1993 to 1995. Steve is also a member of the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys, Chicago Council of Lawyers, American Bar Association and the State Bar of California.

Rob Michaels is an experienced commercial litigator at one of Chicago's leading litigation boutiques, representing individual, corporate and governmental clients in mediation, arbitration, trials and appeals.  Creative yet rigorous, thorough yet efficient, and always responsive and practical, Rob has successfully handled numerous complex, challenging matters, delivering results and value to his clients.  In addition to defending clients, Rob has extensive experience representing them as plaintiffs, investigating and prosecuting claims on behalf of companies that have been wronged by their employees, vendors, customers or others, and on behalf of receivers and trustees of insolvent companies and financial institutions.  Rob also has a history of community involvement, spending more than five years as a litigator and project director at a prominent non-profit and presently volunteering at a direct-service legal aid organization.

Mr. Ball is a dedicated and skilled attorney who represents clients in civil litigation, real estate transactions/disputes, corporate law, and personal injury cases.  He has a proven track record of success and is committed to achieving the results his clients are entitled to.  He is one of the leading attorneys in Illinois and was named an Illinois Rising Star Attorney by Super Lawyers Magazine from 2016 - 2022 for his superior litigation and trial advocacy work.. Drew is a founding partner of Ball & McCann, P.C., a boutique law firm located in downtown Chicago, Illinois.  The attorneys at Ball & McCann, P.C. make your matters - a top priority.

Jack Lydon concentrates his practice in commercial litigation in state and federal courts.  He principally represents financial institutions, mortgage lenders, businesses and individuals in litigation including operations, class action defense, mortgage repurchase, consumer protection, TILA, RESPA, FCRA, ECOA, fair housing, collection, regulatory and probate matters. He also represents various not-for-profit corporations.. Jack is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association and served as the law to clerk the late Hon. Arthur L. Dunne in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Jack lives in Chicago’s Ravenswood Community and is active in a number of community organizations. He is the past president and director of the Neighborhood Boys and Girls Club. He is a director of the Ravenswood Lake View Historical Association and members of the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago, Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee and the Irish American Heritage Center.

For over thirty years I have engaged complex problems facing individuals and small businesses.  Over time I have helped hundreds of people and enterprises solve litigation problems, enforce their rights, or defend themselves in court.

ALAN J. BRINKMEIER has written numerous articles for the DuPage County Bar Association in the  DuPage County Bar Association Brief, Illinois Bar Journal, Chicago Bar Association Record and the Aviation Litigation Reporter and other publications.  He practices in the areas of aviation law, products liability, insurance, municipal liability, civil rights and appellate practice. He is a frequent lecturer as well.. Mr. Brinkmeier received his B.A. degree from Elmhurst College and his J.D. degree from DePaul University. He is a member of the Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois State and American bar associations, the Defense Research Institute and the Appellate Lawyers Association.  He was appointed and has served continuously for well over a decade as a Commissioner for the City of Elmhurst Zoning & Planning Commission. He has also served since the mid-1990s as a trustee for the Elmhurst College Board of Trustees.