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Firm: Law Office of Adele D Nicholas

5707 W Goodman St. , Chicago , Illinois 60630

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Firm: Leahy Eisenberg & Fraenkel, Ltd

33 W. Monroe , Chicago , Illinois 60603

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Insurance , Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Litigation

Firm: Miller Shakman and Beem LLP

3600   180 North La Salle Street , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Business Formation,Civil Rights,Corporate ,Health Care & Hospitalization,Legal Malpractice

Firm: Kelleher & Holland, LLC

102 S. Wynstone Park Drive , North Barrington , Illinois 60010

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Criminal Defense , Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Personal Injury

Donald J. Morrison was born in Park Ridge, Illinois on April 5, 1969. He was the youngest of eight children of Donald T. Morrison and Catherine E. Morrison, and has lived his entire life in the Lake County area. Mr. Morrison received his secondary education at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois, where he graduated in 1987. He attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. While at Indiana, Mr. Morrison majored in Finance and received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration in 1991. After his graduation from Indiana University, Mr. Morrison attended the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Morrison served as an editor of the John Marshall Law Review and received his Juris Doctorate degree with Honors from John Marshall in 1994. He was then admitted to practice law before the Illinois Supreme Court and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. In 2003, he was admitted as an attorney in the Supreme Court of the United States of America. Upon his admission to the Illinois bar in 1994, Mr. Morrison became an Assistant State's Attorney in the Lake County State's Attorney's Office. While at the State's Attorney's Office, Mr. Morrison was a prosecutor in the Criminal Division. Mr. Morrison successfully prosecuted all types of traffic, DUI, misdemeanor, and felony cases, including homicides, sexual assault cases, gang related crimes, and white collar crime cases. He was assigned to five First Degree Murder cases, tried all five cases to verdict, and obtained First Degree Murder convictions on all five cases. While he was at the State's Attorney's Office, Mr. Morrison tried over 60 jury trials and approximately 80 bench trials to verdict. Upon leaving the Office in 1999, Mr. Morrison was presented with the Prosecutor of the Year Award by the Lake County Children's Advocacy Center. In 1999, Mr. Morrison became an associate with the law firm of Morrison & Morrison, P.C. and became a partner in 2002. He brought his experience as a felony prosecutor to the law firm of Morrison & Morrison, P.C. and opened up the practice to now include criminal litigation as well as civil litigation. He has successfully obtained acquittals, dismissals, and reduce charges in all types of criminal cases including crimes of violence, drug charges, sex cases, and DUI’s. Mr. Morrison now concentrates the majority of his practice in plaintiffs personal injury, product liability, and medical malpractice litigation. For the past 15 years, he has had significant experience on both the plaintiff and defendant side of complex product liability and medical malpractice lawsuits. He has obtained several multi-million dollar verdicts and settlement for plaintiffs in personal injury, product liability, and medical malpractice lawsuits. Specifically, he recently handled a $2.5 million medical malpractice verdict, a $2.48 million personal injury settlement, a $2 million auto accident settlement, a $1 million product liability settlement, a $790,000 medical malpractice verdict, and a $272,000 slip and fall verdict. Donald J. Morrison has also successfully defended physicians and hospitals in medical malpractice cases and successfully defended manufacturers in product liability cases. He is also proficient in commercial litigation and construction litigation. He personally tried a case which resulted in a $4.75 million verdict in favor of his client in a construction/ commercial litigation case. He has written and lectured extensively in the areas of civil litigation and trial advocacy. He is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Illinois Bar Association. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Lake County Bar Association and currently serves as the Chairman of the Lake County Bar Association Judicial Selection and Retention Committee. He will be sworn in as Second Vice President of the Lake County Bar Association in June of 2014.

Firm: Hinshaw and Culbertson LLP

222 North La Salle Street   300   , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Medical Malpractice,Municipal ,Professional Malpractice,Real Estate

The Transportation Building   203 North La Salle S , Chicago , Illinois 60601

Practice Areas: Civil ,Civil Rights,Contracts,Corporate ,Criminal Defense ,Estate ,Estate Planning,Guardianship and Conservatorship,Leases and Leasing,Probate ,Trusts,Wills

Firm: The Gierach Law Firm

400 East Diehl Road , Naperville , Illinois 60563

Practice Areas: Administrative , Banking & Finance, Business & Commercial, Civil Rights, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Elder , Employment & Labor , Franchise , Land Use & Zoning, Landlord & Tenant, Probate , Taxation - State & Federal, Trusts, Wills, Commercial

Denice A. Gierach is a business and estate planning lawyer with more than 30 years of experience representing business owners in the formation, franchising, and dissolution of businesses; contract negotiation and reviews; business litigation; partnership disputes, succession planning; commercial real estate; and aiding individuals in matters of advanced estate planning, and charitable giving.. She also leads her firm’s YourOGC program providing Outsourced General Counsel services to small and medium size businesses to assist them in preventing legal issues, providing proper planning for reaching goals, and insight into issues preventing them from further success.. As a Certified Public Accountant with a master's degree in Management from Northwestern University, Ms. Gierach also practices in the areas of Income Taxation, Federal Estate Taxation, and varied Real Estate Law.. She is also an experienced Estate Planning attorney who specializes in complicated, and high-end estates. She provides full planning services including wills, trusts, powers of attorney, business succession plans, and other needed items that help avoid probate and unnecessary taxes, as well as making sure clients wishes are fulfilled properly.. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND. Ms. Gierach began her career in accounting working for several CPA firms in Chicago. She then worked for a law firm in Chicago for almost 10 years at the start of her legal career. For almost 20 years, she practiced as Gierach & Associates and then founded the Gierach Law Firm to provide better service to her clients.. Ms. Gierach has provided a wide array of legal services to individuals and small and mid-sized companies. As the previous owner of several businesses herself, including a manufacturing company and real estate development company, she provides a well-rounded view to clients about business issues across many areas.. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, DuPage County Bar Association, and Arizona State Bar Association. She is licensed to practice in both Illinois and Arizona and practices before the Illinois circuit courts, Illinois Appellate Court, Federal Tax Court, Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court.. The Chicago area-based newspaper The Business Ledger, named Denice Gierach as one of 20 "Influential Women in Business.”. PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS. Ms. Gierach has contributed to several publications over the years including the Naperville Sun and The Business Ledger. She also is a requested guest on many podcasts and has produced dozens of informative YouTube videos, as well as blog posts. (Links can be found on the Gierach Law Firm website.). COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES. As an engaged member of her community, Ms. Gierach was an active member of the Exchange Club and Rotary Club of Naperville for many years. She also previously served as the Director for the Heritage YMCA, as President and Director of the Naperville Area Humane Society, and as Director and Chair of the Board for the DuPage Community Foundation. She is a current member of the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce.

Firm: Thomas, Mamer and Haughey, LLP

East Main Street , Champaign , Illinois 61820

Practice Areas: Civil ,Civil Rights,Insurance ,Professional Malpractice

Firm: Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin and Tominberg, Ltd.

515 North State Street   2800  60 , Chicago , Illinois 60610

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Corporate ,Labor

Firm: Law Firm of David G. Sigale PC

55 W 22nd Street , Lombard , Illinois 60148

Practice Areas: Premises Liability, Toxic Substances, Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Civil Rights

David G. Sigale has counseled and represented corporate and individual clients in Chicagoland and the United States. He practices general and appellate litigation with a focus in Gun Law, Civil Rights, Business Litigation and General Tort.. David G. Sigale made history as co-counsel in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case McDonald v. City of Chicago in June, 2010, which struck down Chicago's home handgun ban and protected Second Amendment rights across the United States.  He was also co-counsel in the cases of Ezell v. Chicago (striking down Chicago’s range ban) and Moore v. Madigan (striking down Illinois’ ban on carrying firearms). Currently in Culp v. Madigan, he is challenging the Illinois non-resident CCL ban. He has also fought for Second Amendment rights for lawful resident aliens, those in public housing, foster parents, and those in U.S. Territories.  He regularly assists with FOID and CCL issues.  Mr. Sigale is currently general counsel for the Illinois State Rifle Association.. Mr. Sigale has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement award from America's Top 100 - Top 100 Attorneys.  He was selected to the Illinois Super Lawyer list from 2012-2016, for which only 5% of Illinois attorneys are chosen annually. He was given the Second Amendment Foundation’s Bill of Rights award in 2016 and 2011, and the CCRKBA’s Gun Rights Defender of the Year award in 2014. He is a member of the National Trial Lawyers: Top 100, and the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, Top 1% .   He is the past Chair of Programming for the DuPage American Inns of Court.. Mr. Sigale knows that whatever your legal situation, your attorney needs to be personally committed to your interests. The Firm serves the Chicago metropolitan area, representing corporate and individual clients in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will Counties, and reviews legal matters in other locations on a case-by-case basis. The Firm focuses on your needs and goals, in order to guide you through your legal concerns in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

Firm: Wexler Toriseva Wallace LLP

One North Lasalle Street Suite 2000 , Chicago , Illinois 60602

Practice Areas: Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Antitrust & Trade Law

Firm: Thomas, Mamer & Haughey, LLP

30 East Main Street Suite 500 , Champaign , Illinois 61820

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

Firm: Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC

20 S. Clark Street, Suite 1500 , Chicago , Illinois 60603

Practice Areas: Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy, Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Civil Rights, Communications & Media , Consumer Protection, Insurance , Real Estate , Securities , Toxic Substances, Debt Collection

Daniel A. Edelman is a member  of the firm of Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC.  He is a 1976 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School.  From 1976 to 1981 he was an associate at the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis.   In 1981 he became an associate at Reuben & Proctor and was made a partner there in 1982.  From the end of 1985 he has been in private practice in downtown Chicago.  Virtually all of his 14-attorney firm’s practice involves litigation on behalf of consumers, including individual and class actions under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, and Truth in Lending Act, and debt collection defense.  Mr. Edelman argued for the consumer in Heintz v. Jenkins, 514 U.S. 291 (1995), establishing  FDCPA coverage of attorneys.. Mr. Edelman is the author or coauthor of numerous publications on class actions and consumer protection law, including Predatory Mortgage Lending (Ill. Inst. for Cont. Legal. Educ. 2008), author of Chapter 6, “Predatory Lending and Potential Class Actions,” in Real Estate Litigation (Ill. Inst. For Cont. Legal Educ. 2008), Chapter 4-1, “Truth in Lending Act,” in Illinois Causes of Action (Ill. Inst. For Cont. Legal Educ. 2008), Predatory Lending and Potential Class Actions, ch. 6 of Illinois Mortgage Foreclosure Practice (Ill. Inst. For Cont. Legal );  Predatory Lending and Potential Class Actions, ch. 5 of Real Estate Litigation (Ill. Inst. For Cont. Legal ); Illinois Consumer Law, in Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act and Related Areas Update (Chicago Bar Ass’n 2002); Predatory Lending Litigation in Illinois (2001); Consumer Class Action Manual (2d-5th editions), National Consumer Law Center 1990-2002; Payday Loans:  Big Interest Rates and Little Regulation, 11 L.Rptr. 14 (1999); Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Update --  1999, Chicago Bar Ass’n 1999; An Overview of The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, in Financial Services Litigation, Practicing Law Institute (1999); Consumer Fraud and Insurance Claims, in Bad Faith and Extracontractual Damage Claims in Insurance Litigation, Chicago Bar Ass'n 1992; Chapter 8, "Fair Debt Collection Practices Act," Ohio Consumer Law (1995 ed.); Fair Debt Collection:  The Need for Private Enforcement, 7 L.Rptr. 89 (1995); The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act:  Recent Developments, 8 L. Rptr. 303 (1996); Residential Mortgage Litigation, in Financial Services Litigation, Practicing Law Institute (1996); Automobile Leasing:  Problems and Solutions, 7 L.Rptr. 14 (1994); Current Trends in Residential Mortgage Litigation, 12 Rev. of Banking & Financial Services 71 (1996); Applicability of Illinois Consumer Fraud Act in Favor of Out-of-State Consumers, 8 L.Rptr. 27 (1996); Illinois Consumer Law (Chicago Bar Ass'n 1996).  He has testified before the Federal Trade Commission and legislative committees on consumer related issues.. Mr. Edelman is licensed in Illinois state court and in all federal courts in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan, as well as others.

Firm: Cdw

200 N. Milwaukee Ave. Legal Department , Vernon Hills , Illinois 60061

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Class Actions, Construction , Corporate , Employment & Labor , Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

Firm: Feldman, Wasser, Draper & Benson

1307 South Seventh Street , Springfield , Illinois 62705

Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Construction , Litigation

Firm: Kavanagh, Scully, Sudow, White & Frederick P.C.

301 SW Adams St. , Peoria , Illinois 61602

Practice Areas: Administrative , Agricultural , Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy, Civil Rights, Communications & Media , Condemnation & Eminent Domain, Constitutional , Construction , Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Education , Election Campaign & Political , Environmental , Franchise , Government Agencies, Government Contracts, Internet , Land Use & Zoning, Landlord & Tenant, Sexual Harassment, Transportation , Trusts, Wills, Real Estate, Real Estate, Real Estate

Brian Mooty is a member of the law firm of Kavanagh, Scully, Sudow, White and Frederick P.C. Brian was admitted to the practice of law in Illinois in 1986. He concentrates his practice in real estate law and represents both buyers and sellers of residential and commercial real estate. Brian also assists many clients with commercial real estate issues including sales and acquisitions, leasing, property tax assessments and exemptions, development, subdivisions, zoning, environmental problems and status of title and title insurance. Brian's real estate practice also includes public housing and the development of mixed finance affordable housing and local government law. Brian's firm is an agent of the Attorneys Title Guarantee Fund and he has personally acted as title agent on numerous transactions and has issued many real estate title commitments and title policies as a title agent. He has an extensive practice assisting landlords with leasing and evictions. Brian also represents condominium and homeowners associations.

Firm: FirmEquity

444 North Wabash , Chicago , Illinois 60611

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998, with a B.A. in Sociology, (with high honors in the major); Behavioral Science and Law, (with honors in the major); and a Certificate in Integrated Liberal Studies. After graduating from college, I stayed in Madison, where I served as a public school teacher for students with profound disabilities. After teaching for three years, I decided to pursue law school to address many of the social issues I observed as an educator. In 2004 was awarded a law degree from Case Western Reserve School of Law, with a Certificate in Civil Litigation.. During law school, I was a student mentor in Big Buddies, where I mentored and tutored a middle school student from East Cleveland and was also an instructor for the Street Law Program. I served as a clinical intern with the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center. During the summers of 2002 and 2003, I was a legal extern for the U.S. Department of Education in the Office for Civil Rights. In my final year of law school, I was a judicial extern for the Honorable Judge John M. Manos in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. I was also president of the Jewish Law Students Association and a Trustee on the Board of Trustees for the Hillel Foundation of Case Western Reserve University.. After becoming licensed, I began my legal career as an Assistant Public Guardian for Cook County, where I represented abused and neglected minors in Circuit Court. In 2007, I transitioned into the private sector and worked for a boutique employment law litigation firm in Chicago. I represented clients in state and federal court, the EEOC, the Illinois Court of Claims, the Illinois Department of Human Rights and the Human Rights Commission, and the Chicago Commission on Human Relations. I also worked on a number of large commercial litigation cases. In 2012, Billy and I formed FirmEquity.. I am a pro bono attorney for Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law,The Pro Bono Center for Disability and Elder Law, and serve on the board of Keshet, an organization devoted to providing recreational and educational opportunities for children with developmental disabilities.

Firm: Rammelkamp Bradney, P.C.

232 West State Street   PO Box 550  6 , Jacksonville , Illinois 62651

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Education ,Insurance ,Labor

300 South Wacker Drive 3400 , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Education ,Labor

Firm: Pedersen and Weinstein LLP

West Washington Street , Chicago , Illinois 60606

Practice Areas: Arbitration & Mediation,Civil Rights,Contracts,Corporate ,Discrimination,Sexual Harassment