Firm: Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
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Firm: Kujawski & Nowak Pc
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
Contact: +1 (618) 448-5129
Firm: Larson Law Group LLC
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
With over 35 years of business experience to the table, I have found much success by never turning down a challenge. I founded my law firm with a simple belief: “every case is winnable.” That, and taking words of his mentor to heart: “Don’t tell me how we can lose, that’s the other side’s job. Tell me ways we can win.” Armed with this knowledge, I take on a myriad of cases that most other lawyers would deem unwinnable, expecting every member of my staff to adopt this “can win” attitude.
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Practice Areas: Personal Injury
Contact: +1 (312) 410-8296
Firm: Winstein, Kavensky & Cunningham, LLC
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
John Malvik (Senior Attorney) was admitted to the bar in 1974. He is licensed to practice in the state of Illinois, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. District Courts of Northern and Central Illinois. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Augustana College in English Education and his Juris Doctor from DePaul University College of Law. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Rock Island County Bar Association. He is past Chairman and Newsletter Editor for the Illinois Bar’s Standing Committee on Law Related Education for the Public. John served on the Rock Island County Board (chairing several committees) and the Bi-State Regional Commission, where he served as the Chair of the Finance and Personnel Committees. He formerly taught business law at Blackhawk College and has been a guest lecturer on legal issues at both Blackhawk and Augustana Colleges. He has been selected for inclusion in the Leading Lawyers Network for Illinois, Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in the World and Men of Achievement. John is a recipient of a Letter of Commendation from the Illinois State Bar Association and he is also a court Certified Arbitrator and Mediator. He currently serves as a commissioner of the Quad-City International Airport Authority.
Contact: +1 (309) 539-4180
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
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Practice Areas: Personal Injury
John A. Mennie was named an associate at Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C., in 2016 after working at the firm as a staff attorney since 2014. He concentrates his legal practice on catastrophic personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death and mass tort cases.. In his first trial with the firm, Mr. Mennie obtained a $1.6 million verdict in a wrongful death case, the highest recorded verdict in Stephenson County. In recognition for his outstanding work on the trial, Mr. Mennie was honored with a Trial Lawyer Excellence Award presented by the Jury Verdict Reporter, a division of Law Bulletin Publishing Company.. Mr. Mennie has also obtained a number of noteworthy verdicts and settlements, including an $18.5 million settlement on behalf of a child who suffered serious brain injury due to a delay in the diagnosis and treatment of meningitis.. Mr. Mennie has been named a Rising Star by Illinois Super Lawyers every year since 2017.. Mr. Mennie received his law degree from Western Michigan University’s Thomas M. Cooley Law School and his Bachelor’s degree in History from Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. While in law school, Mr. Mennie served as a legal extern for the Office of the Washtenaw County Public Defender and clerked for a prominent plaintiff’s personal injury firm where he worked on a wide variety of cases including medical negligence, products liability, and whistleblower claims. His academic accomplishments include two awards for the highest grade in Federal Administrative and State Administrative Law.. Additional credentials and distinctions John Mennie holds include: memberships in the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Lake County Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice.
Contact: +1 (847) 499-2006
Firm: The Collins Law Firm
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
John, a trial lawyer at The Collins Law Firm P.C., has dedicated his career to fighting those responsible for injuring his clients. He spends the majority of his practice representing victims of catastrophic injury as a result of other’s negligence. John works tirelessly to get the best outcome for his clients. He has tried cases to verdict in Illinois and handled cases throughout the country. Prior to joining The Collins Law Firm, John defended large multi-national corporations in multi-million dollar litigation, giving him a unique insight into how cases are handled by the companies and individuals responsible for catastrophic injury. His work has earned him numerous honors, including:• Selected by his peers as an Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star, • Named to the National Trial Lawyers. “Top 40 Under 40 Trial Lawyers” list, • Selected for inclusion in the Order of the Barristers• Awarded the R. David Ray Excellence in Trial Advocacy AwardJohn is active in several professional organizations that work to ensure his clients’ access to the courts remains intact, including the American Associate for Justice, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Chicago Bar Association.From his offices in Chicago and the Western Suburbs, John handles cases in Chicago, the Chicago Suburbs and throughout Illinois and the Midwest. When you need a lawyer who's got your back, Better Call Riz.
Contact: +1 (816) 382-6273
Firm: Linn, Campe & Rizzo, Ltd.
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
Contact: +1 (866) 353-3358
Firm: Hipskind & McAninch, LLC
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
I was born and raised in Belleville, Illinois. I currently reside in Highland, Illinois with my wife, Wendy, and two daughters, Hayley and Hadley.. I began my legal career at the St. Clair County Public Defender’s office where I defended a full range of misdemeanor, felony, and homicide cases. As a public defender, I valuable courtroom experience and learned the art of trying a case in front a jury.. After leaving the Public Defender’s Office, I spent over 6 years as a defense attorney in the private sector where I specialized in complex civil litigation at one of the largest litigation defense firms in the St. Louis area. I have conducted hundreds of depositions in over 30 different states, argued in countless hearings, and have represented some of the largest corporations in the United States. I have prepared cases for trial on behalf of numerous corporations in jurisdictions throughout the United States, including assisting a major corporation’s national counsel at trial in New York City, New York.. As a result of these experiences, I saw firsthand how large corporations that put profit before safety harmed people. I experienced firsthand how large corporations and their insurance companies evaluate claims made by injured persons and how they engage in legal gamesmanship to reduce an injured person’s recovery.. As a founding member of Hipskind & McAninch, I focus my practice on representing individuals injured by the tortious acts of others, including cases such as catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, pharmaceutical and medical devices and other mass torts. I also utilize my courtroom and advocacy skills to represent those facing criminal prosecution or family turmoil such as a divorce, child custody issues and other family law matters.. Recently, I was selected as a 2016 Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star - an honor I recieved in 2015 as well. I attended Althoff Catholic High School (1998); Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (2004); Oklahoma City University School of Law (2008).
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Firm: Spesia & Taylor
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
John Spesia is a lifelong resident of Will County. He graduated from the University of Denver Law School with high academic honors as a member of the Order of St. Ives. Upon graduation, Spesia was selected to serve as a Law Clerk to a Federal District Judge in Chicago, where he had hands-on training in Federal Court procedures and trial matters.. Since joining Spesia & Taylor in 1991, he has focused his practice on negligence cases, including automobile, trucking and motorcycle collisions; medical and dental malpractice; and nursing home abuse, recovering millions of dollars on behalf of victims of negligence. He has tried injury cases in Cook, Will, Grundy, and McDonough Counties, as well as in California. He secured a $4.1 million jury verdict on behalf of the family of a 44 year old woman killed in an automobile collision caused by a county sheriff's deputy. The verdict was the largest in the history of the six counties that make up the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Illinois. A few of his other accomplishments include a $4.5 million settlement, a judgment for more than $3.1 million on behalf of the widow of a businessman killed in a trucking collision, and an $800,000 settlement for a 68 year old automobile crash victim. Spesia also recovered over $1.1 million for a motorcycle passenger severely injured in a collision. In addition, he recovered over $1 million for a 40-year-old victim of medical malpractice and won a $700,000 jury verdict in another medical negligence case.. Spesia has briefed and argued cases in the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth District Appellate Courts and twice argued landmark cases in the Illinois Supreme Court, including a recent case in 2009 that resulted in a recovery of over $900,000. Along with Kent Slater, a retired Justice of the Third District Appellate Court, Spesia has won multiple appeals in the Third District Appellate Court.. Watch this video featuring John Spesia arguing a case in front of the Illinois Supreme Court:. Over the years, Spesia has also been involved in litigation to acquire property using eminent domain authority for multi-billion dollar pipeline projects and has tried pipeline eminent domain cases in circuit courts across Illinois, including in Will, Kankakee, Livingston, McLean and DeWitt Counties. Mr. Spesia has represented numerous pipeline companies, including Enbridge Energy, Alliance Pipeline, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Kinder Morgan, Enterprise Products and Explorer. He is well versed in property rights issues and the prosecution of eminent domain matters.. Along with the Spesia & Taylor litigation team, Spesia recently filed seventy-six pipeline eminent domain cases across Illinois. As a result of an efficient and effective discovery and trial strategy, access for purposes of construction was achieved on all of the pending cases within fourteen months. All of the cases filed across seven counties were resolved by summary judgment or trial within nine and fifteen months from the date they were filed. In the cases resulting in final judgment orders, Spesia and his team limited the judgments to only $1.2 million where landowners and their counsel had demanded more than $59 million in damages. During the same project, Spesia was involved in a landmark appellate case that resulted in the pipeline company acquiring access to construct its pipeline prior to a resolution on just compensation – the first time in the history of Illinois that this has ever been done.. During his career, John has been named one of “40 Under 40” Illinois Attorneys to Watch and elected one of Illinois’ SuperLawyers®. He has received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell American Law Directory, the highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards.
Contact: +1 (815) 552-0878
Firm: Glen Lerner - Injury Attorneys
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
Jonathan Faust is the Managing Attorney of the Chicago and Merrillville accident and injury law firms of Glen Lerner Injury Attorneys. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Ball State University in 2004. Jonathan earned his Juris Doctor degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, where he was also a member and Associate Editor of the Indiana Law Review.. Jonathan has dedicated his legal career to making a difference in the lives of victims of neglect. Over the past 5 years, he has personally helped hundreds of accident and injury victims recover millions of dollars from insurance companies for medical expenses, lost wages and other damages.. Jonathan was born and raised in Lafayette, Indiana. He is a lifelong supporter of Purdue University athletics and a loyal member of the John Purdue Club. He and his wife Megan, live with their three children in Northwest Indiana. Jonathan is licensed to practice law in Indiana and Illinois.
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Firm: Law Offices of Jonathan S. Lustig, P.C.
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
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Firm: The Law Offices of Frederick W. Nessler & Associates, Ltd.
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
Jonathan Nessler is a trial attorney practicing in Springfield, Illinois.. Attorney Nessler is the managing attorney at The Law Offices of Frederick W. Nessler & Associates, Ltd. As managing attorney, he has learned a great deal about managing a law firm, marketing a law firm and practicing law during unprecedented technological changes in the field.. Attorney Nessler writes reviews on basic legal concepts, law firm management, and technology in the context of law at . The basic legal reviews are great for anyone interested in learning basic legal principles. The principles discussed in the reviews on law firm management and technology in the context of the law often extend to the operation of any small business.. EDUCATION:. Bachelor of Science – ACES - University of Illinois, 2004. Juris Doctorate - University of Illinois, 2007. MEMBERSHIPS:. Illinois State Bar Association. American Bar Association. Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association. ADMITTED TO PRACTICE:. Supreme Court of Illinois. United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS:. Barrister member of Lincoln-Douglas American Inn of Court. November 2011 - Present. Vice Chair – Law Practice Management Committee – American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division – 2011. Chair – Law Practice Management Committee – American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division – August 2013 – August 2014. The National Trial Lawyers: “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” – 2014 – Present
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Firm: Rscc Group, Inc.
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
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Firm: Bekkerman Law Offices LLC
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
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Firm: John P. Sackmann Attorney At Law
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
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Firm: Law Offices of Jonathan P. Remijas
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
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Firm: Zurich Na
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
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Firm: Crowder & Scoggins, Ltd.
Practice Areas: Personal Injury
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