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Firm: Stephan Zouras, LLP
205 N. Michigan Avenue Suite 2560 , Chicago , Illinois 60601
Practice Areas: Class Action
I am a founder and principal of Stephan Zouras, LLC, a Chicago-based law firm concentrating in representing people throughout the United States in class and collective wage and hour litigation, biometric privacy, data privacy and cybersecurity rights, consumer fraud, catastrophic personal injury, and other complex litigation.. During my 28 years of practice, I have been appointed lead or co-lead counsel in more than 100 complex wage and hour class and collective actions which have collectively resulted in a recovery of more than $500 million for hundreds of thousands of individuals nationwide. My published cases exceed 250 decisions from jurisdictions in at least 14 states. I have tried over a dozen major jury trials on behalf of plaintiffs and argued as lead counsel in at least 20 appeals in federal and state courts, including four before the Illinois Supreme Court. In addition to my admission to numerous trial and appellate courts, I am a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.. I am frequently invited as a speaker at national class action litigation and trial seminars, have testified before legislative bodies, and worked on legislation designed to protect worker rights.. I have been named an Illinois "Super Lawyer" in every consecutive year since 2009, a distinction given to no more than 5% of the lawyers in the state.. I serve as co-chair of the Consumer Privacy Committee of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA).. In 2023, the Illinois Bar Foundation recently honored me and my firm with its Champion Award, which is given each year to an attorney “whose professional and public careers set an example to which others aspire.”. Also, I regularly mentor younger and aspiring law students.
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Firm: DiCello Levitt Gutzler
Ten North Dearborn Street , Chicago , Illinois 60602
Practice Areas: Class Action
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Firm: Bock, Hatch, Lewis & Oppenheim, LLC
134 N. La Salle St., Ste. 1000 , Chicago , Illinois 60602
Practice Areas: Class Action
Ms. Baltabols obtained her J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2009. Mara is an accomplished consumer lawyer with a wide-range of experience litigating in state and federal court. Mara was named a Super Lawyers Rising Star for civil defense litigation in 2013, and for consumer law in 2016-2018. She was a key attorney in the Hammer v. Residential Credit Solutions, Inc. (2013-cv-06397)jury trial against a major mortgage servicer that resulted in a $2,000,000 verdict upheld on post-trial motions. Mara has a been a featured speaker at the NACBA’s 23rd Annual Convention 2015 discussing effective adversary proceedings and taking your best cases to trial. Mara's focus area is now class actions.
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Firm: Stephan Zouras, LLP
100 N. Riverside Plaza Suite 2150 , Chicago , Illinois 60606
Practice Areas: Class Action
I am a founding partner of Stephan Zouras, LLP. I represent people from all walks of life in class and individual civil litigation. Specifically, I've helped thousands of clients recover damages in cases involving unpaid overtime, employment disputes, business litigation, products liability and personal injury. I have successfully tried cases to verdict including obtaining a $9,000,000 verdict on behalf of 200 employees who were misclassified and denied overtime pay.. I have served as lead or co-lead counsel on numerous complex class and collective action cases involving wage and hour matters and have helped recover damages for tens of thousands of wronged employees. In these cases, I helped establish precedent in wage and hour law, forced major corporations to change unlawful employment practices and helped recover tens of millions of dollars in unpaid wages for clients. I have also led cases that have been featured on Good Morning America, Fortune, ESPN, Fox News, The Guardian, The New York Times, Think Progress, USA Today and Vice Sports.. In addition, for the past six years, I have been recognized by Chicago Magazine’s Super Lawyer Section as a a Rising Star and Super Lawyer, a distinction given to no more than 5% of Illinois lawyers.