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Whether my clients require someone to represent them in matters involving medical malpractice, an automobile accident, or some other type of personal injury matter, I believe in providing each person with the highest quality of legal representation.. For over 25 years, I’m honored to have built my reputation and, then, developed my practice based on the referrals of other lawyers and clients. I’ve focused my career on listening to the needs and wants of my clients. I’ve been described as friendly, personable and direct and I do my utmost to provide clear and objective counsel. I have received many honors and awards throughout my career, most notably the Martindale-Hubbell’s “AV® Preeminent™” rating, which is the highest peer review rating in professional ethics and legal ability. In April 2025, I was voted into membership of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), one of the most exclusive organizations of trial lawyers in the United States. For the sixth consecutive year, I have been included in the newest edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, which is universally regarded as a definitive guide to legal excellence providing lists in over 78 countries. For fifteen (15) years, I have been named one of the Illinois Super Lawyers® for medical malpractice and personal injury.. I have handled constitutional and appellate litigation in the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Illinois, and other courts throughout the country.. My skill as a Trial Lawyer has led me to a number of positions teaching both law students and attorneys. In addition to my active personal injury practice, I am an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, teaching trial advocacy. I previously taught legal writing skills at the John Marshall Law School. I have, also, served as an instructor with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) and its deposition program. In November 2006, I was invited to and participated in NITA’s Pacific Teacher Training class on teaching advocacy skills in San Francisco, California. I was an instructor with the CBA College of Trial Advocacy and an instructor for the Federal Trial Bar Training Course on the art of expert examination at trial.. I represent plaintiffs in all sizes of cases. If you’ve been injured by a medical professional, have been involved in a motor vehicle accident, or have been subjected to excessive force, police brutality, or have had your civil rights violated, I will fight hard to seek damages for your injuries - so you can focus on healing.. Please contact me if you have been injured.

Vice President / Associate General Counsel / Litigation & Employment Department. Baxter Healthcare Corporation. Lead litigation and employment department of 10B Fortune 500 corporation located just outside of Chicago, IL.. Handle all aspects of litigation and financial reporting consistent with U.S. GAPP and local laws.  Manage and empower team and colleagues to ensure best in class results for our business.. Drive for results through critical and strategic thinking, creative solutions, and ensure compliance and ethics in decisions made.. Strong advocate and mentor.

The Rogers Law Group focuses exclusively on home preservation and assisting distressed homeowners through foreclosure defense, loan modification, bankruptcy, and short sales.. Prior to forming his own law firm in 2009, Rick was Director of Global Real Estate for Abbott Laboratorires, a Fortune 100 Worldwide Healthcare Corporation. His entire professional career has been spent in real estate.. Rick is a member of The National Association of Consumer Advocates, The National Association of Bankruptcy Attorneys, The National Association of Realtors and Realtor Association of North West Chicagoland, and has been an active Real Estate Broker for over 20 years. Since 2003, his law and real estate practice has been devoted exclusively to mortgage default and foreclosure matters.. Rick is a former instructor for the Max Gardner Bankruptcy Bootcamp. He has consulted with the Illinois Attorney General's office regarding settlement with the major mortgage servicers. He has spoken to homeowners at numerous public forums about loan modification and foreclosure.. Rick's MBA, his Real Estate Broker License, a decades long career in real estate, a decade long career in the foreclosure arena, and his particular expertise in NPV analysis, (an important financial tool used for evaluation of foreclosure options)are the foundation of the firms loan modification model.

Susan Lampert has concentrated her law practice on divorce and family law for over 25 years. She has successfully handled hundreds of complex family law matters, including maintenance, income determination issues, business valuations, dissipation claims, tracing of marital and non-marital assets, as well as child custody, visitation, child support, removal disputes, domestic violence orders of protection and pre-nuptial agreements. Ms. Lampert is a member of the Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Lake County Bar Association, North Shore Law and Exclusive Professional Women’s Networking Group. The attorneys of Susan Lampert & Associates are all experienced in all matrimonial and family law matters. We work as a team to provide quality legal representation at reasonable rates. Our clients are treated with professionalism, competence and courtesy.

Stuart A. Reid is an experienced family law attorney and mediator with offices in Deerfield, Illinois. From 1997 until April of 2004, Mr. Reid practiced family law with Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck, the nation’s largest family law firm. While with Schiller, DuCanto & Fleck, Mr. Reid handled hundreds of family law matters ranging from straightforward post-decree child support adjustments to complex, multi-million dollar divorce trials. In April of 2004, Mr. Reid opened The Law Offices of Stuart A. Reid in Lake Forest, Illinois, with the goal of continuing to provide high quality legal services to individuals involved in family law disputes while also developing the mediation and collaborative components of his practice. In May of 2009, The Law Offices of Stuart A. Reid, P.C. moved to an expanded facility in Deerfield, Illinois to better serve clients in Lake, Cook, McHenry and DuPage Counties.. Mr. Reid is a 1988 graduate of Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois, a 1992 graduate of the University of Iowa and, in 1997, graduated from the University of Iowa Law School with High Honors. Mr. Reid was on the staff of the Iowa Law Review.. Mr. Reid’s practice is focused in the area of Lake, Cook, McHenry and DuPage County family law matters including matrimonial law, divorce/dissolution of marriage, child support, child custody, visitation/parenting time disputes, spousal support/maintenance and allocation of college expenses. Mr. Reid has successfully litigated numerous cases involving complex executive compensation packages, analysis of unreported income, business valuations, domestic violence and parentage matters. Mr. Reid is a frequent lecturer on family law topics including motion practice, stepparent visitation rights and the utilization of Section 529 college savings accounts in marital settlement agreements.. Mr. Reid is a member of the Lake County and Illinois State Bar Associations. He has served on the Executive Board of the Lake County Bar Association as both Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. Reid moderated the 2001 Lake County Bar Association New Attorneys Seminar. Mr. Reid has also served on the Illinois State Bar Association Young Lawyers and Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Councils.

Principal areas of concentration include commercial real estate development and leasing, acquisitions and dispositions, construction, general contracts and business law.

My legal experience includes developing patent portfolios for early stage companies, conducting due diligence investigations for acquisition and licensing, conducting clearance and freedom-to-operate opinions for product development and commercialization, conducting patentability searches and opinions on new technologies, and conducting general intellectual property litigation. I advise and counsel clients IP protection/enforcement strategy and on general intellectual property matters to develop a comprehensive and cost-effective intellectual property strategy to be competitive in the marketplace.I draft and prosecute domestic and international patent applications in the fields of biotechnology, nanotechnology, medical devices, and mechanical arts, including genomics, peptides, cardiovascular stents, vascular grafts, diagnostic systems and methods, drug delivery systems, optical imaging systems, ultrasound imaging systems, catheter based imaging systems, vacuum deposition processes, nanoparticles, nanocomposites, MEMS, polymers, oxygenator systems, RFID systems, composite materials, orthopedic technologies, e-commerce, and business methods. I review and prepare license agreements, technology agreements, confidential and consulting transactions, clinical trial applications, and I advise clients on the same.I conduct IP litigation; I draft cease & desist letters; I prepare & analyze claim charts; I conduct mediations and settlement conferences.I oversee, manage, and train associate attorneys, law clerks, and summer interns, and conduct general administrative duties and client development strategies

John Fish specializes in taxation, estate planning and administration of estates.  He has been a sole practitioner since 1992 when he left a downtown firm to open his suburban office.. While not a large portion of the practice, John also prepares estate and income tax returns, and finds that an understanding of taxation is helpful in advising his estate planning clients.. Many of John's clients have significant wealth, while others are of more modest means.  It is his objective, with the help of his paralegals, to provide excellent legal services to every client with kidness and respect.

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I started Berger Legal Consulting in 2018 to utilize my 40+ years of litigation practice at large law firms to provide clients with the best of both worlds - the thorough and reliable representation expected from a large law firm, combined with the speed, efficiency, and substantially lower fees of a small practice. I bring my many years of experience with all forms of legal disputes to analyze problems quickly, to develop an appropriate strategy tailored to a client's particular circumstances and business needs, and to find creative solutions at the earliest stages of a disagreement to avoid needless expense and aggravation.  I am also an approved court-certified mediator with a track record of success helping parties reach a negotiated settlement.

I partner with my clients to help them through a very difficult time in their lives.  Whether it involves procuring their share of the marital estate, or ensuring quality time with their children, I use the skills that I have developed over the years to further my client's best interests.   Children should not be caught in the middle of a divorce or separation, and I use legal tools available to try to prevent this from happenning.. I work not only with divorcing couples, but also couples who have never been married (Paternity actions), as well as same-sex couples.  I personally handle each of my client's cases so they work with me on a one-on-one basis throughout the process.. I am also cognizent of trying to ensure that my clients have sufficient assets left over after the legal process to enable them to begin the next chapter in their lives.  As a result, I am a strong advocate for mediation, when appropriate, as well as the Collaborative divorce process.

I am an entrepreur as well as an attorney.  Over 20 years of business experience and I have accumulated some great skills that I am putting to use for my clients.  Hiring attorneys in the past has really helped me to understand and guide my clients in a way that I know they will appreciate.. I moved to Chicago to attend law school and graduated from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2004. I received my BA in Psychology from the University of Colorado.  I currently reside in Deerfield with his wife, Robin, a dietician with the Midwest Dairy Council and our 3 kids.  I have a set of twins.

I am a dedicated community servant committed to providing affordable, quality and one-on-one legal service to my cleints. I use my years of experience from both military and community service to partner with my clients and help them through some of the most difficult times in their lives. I focus my practice in family law matters, such as divorce, child custody, child support, contempt proceedings, and all other family law matters, here in Lake County, and throughout the Chicago area.. I joined the Law Offices of David Kerpel in February, 2021. I was originally licensed to Practice law in 2014 and am currently licensed in Illinois, Texas, and South Carolina. Prior to joining the Law Offices of David Kerpel I was an attorney with the North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic and worked almost exclusivley with Survivors of Domestic violence. Prior to that I was a Judge Advocate with the United States Marine Corps, where I helped my military cleints with Estate Planning, Divorce, Consumer law, Landlord Tenant issues, and matters concerning Military Justice.

Diana Taylor focuses her practice on solving employment-related disputes for her clients. Whether assisting an employee or employer, Diana seeks to address these disputes from an approachable perspective. However, she has also successfully litigated and defended matters before various state courts, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and employment-related administrative agencies.

A principal at Powers & Moon, LLC, Powers graduated with distinction in 1992 from the University of Iowa College of Law. She has focused her practice on collections and creditor's rights since 1995, with an emphasis on healthcare reimbursement since 1998. Powers has worked extensively with providers nationwide, educating them on Silent PPO access, as well as improper discounts, denials and delays. Powers' efforts have resulted in millions of dollars in recoveries for healthcare providers through insurance appeals and negotiation. Additionally Powers has recouped millions of previously 'written-off' dollars in Silent PPO disputes.