University Park Employment Lawyers
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Bridgette A. Kolb
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Workers' Comp
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Bridgette A. Kolb joined Katz Friedman in 2014. Her practice is focused on protecting the rights of workers in Workers’ Compensation, Labor, and Employment law.
Bridgette represents clients in Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Disease cases. She is a zealous advocate who is dedicated to obtaining the compensation that injured workers and their families deserve. Bridgette has successfully represented clients with a wide variety of injuries, including injuries to the back, neck, and shoulders as well as burns, infections, and significant injuries to eyes. She has represented injured workers’ in claims against United Continental Holdings, American Airlines, Ford Motor Company, PepsiCo, DHL,...
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Carol Coplan Babbitt
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Employment, Arbitration & Mediation and Consumer
DePaul College of Law
I am a Chicago based litigation attorney who has been practicing law since 1988. I opened my own law firm in 1997 and I have been a successful solo-practitioner ever since. I take a tenacious, results driven, approach to all matters in my practice which makes me a strong advocate and assists in my proven record of success. Because I am a solo-practitioner, I will be directly and personally involved in your legal matters from its inception through its conclusion and together, I believe we will achieve a positive resolve to your legal problems.
The focus of my practice is litigation...
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Edward Fox
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfEmployment, Civil Rights, Medical Malpractice and Nursing Home
Southwestern Law School
Ed Fox received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois in 1976 and obtained his law degree from Southwestern University in 1985. For the past 20 years, the first 10 in Los Angeles and the second 10 in Chicago, Ed has worked for those whose rights were violated by those in a position of trust or authority, such as nursing homes, police officers and employers.
In 1996, Ed came to Chicago, his original hometown, and began practicing here. In 1999, he started his firm, Ed Fox & Associates, Ltd. with one other lawyer.
Ed's work philosophy is to litigate his cases...
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Ryan F. Stephan
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Employment and Medical Malpractice
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Ryan Stephan is a founding partner of Stephan Zouras, LLP. Ryan represents people from all walks of life in class and individual civil litigation. Specifically, Ryan has helped thousands of clients recover damages in cases involving unpaid overtime, employment disputes, business litigation, products liability and personal injury. Ryan has successfully tried cases to verdict including obtaining a $9,000,000 verdict on behalf of 200 employees who were misclassified and denied overtime pay.
Ryan has also served as lead or co-lead counsel on numerous complex class and collective action cases involving wage and hour matters and has helped...
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Gail Schnitzer Eisenberg
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney
Free ConsultationEmployment and Business
Northwestern University School of Law
Gail Schnitzer Eisenberg focuses her practice on employee’s rights. She approaches each matter with a pragmatic, empathetic lens rooted in legal analysis. Gail assists clients in a range of employment disputes related to race, gender and other forms of workplace discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Gail has experience with all phases of litigation and administrative proceedings as well as employment contracts, training, handbooks, and severance agreements.
Leading Lawyers has named Gail an Emerging Lawyer in Employment Law and Super Lawyers named Gail as an Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star in Employment Litigation, one of less than 2.5% of Illinois attorneys under...
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Arik D. Hetue
Burr Ridge, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business and Estate Planning
The John Marshall Law School
After 8 years defending employers with a respected Chicago defense firm, Arik started Hetue Law, P.C. with a mission of helping people navigate the legal issues surrounding starting and growing their businesses as an outside general counsel, and protecting their finances and families via proper estate planning.
Arik is a skilled business law attorney, with experience in risk management, HR planning, business entity formation, corporate dispute resolution, technology planning, technology licensing agreements, and has enjoyed outside general counsel status to a variety of small businesses and technology start ups. He is also an experienced estate planning attorney,...
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Katrina Taraska Simon
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Widener University Delaware School of Law
Unique to Ms. Taraska’s chosen career in personal injury law, she was the victim of a propane gas explosion, in which a commercial building collapsed on her, her mother, brother and a close family friend. The explosion left Taraska with extensive second and third degree burns early in her life. She was hospitalized for 3 months, during which she underwent skin grafting of her arms, legs, hands, and chest. Incredibly, a year prior to the explosion, Ms. Taraska’s father and a reconstructive surgeon opened the only downstate burn unit in Peoria where she was successfully treated despite the severity of...
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Julie Owen Herrera
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Civil Rights
University of Illinois College of Law
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Hilary Elizabeth Wild
Wheaton, IL Employment Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
(630) 653-1577
1776 South Naperville Road
Suite 104 A
Wheaton, IL 60189
Free ConsultationEmployment
University of Colorado Law School
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Timothy J. Coffey
Wheaton, IL Employment Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Employment
The John Marshall Law School
Timothy was born and raised in the southwest side of Chicago. He attended St. Laurence High School, and graduated from Northern Illinois University.
Before going to law school, Timothy was working as an Illinois Certified Public Accountant (CPA), having received his certification in 1989. He spent four and a half years working for Arthur Andersen & CO., Chase Manhattan Bank and Shand Morahan & Company.
Timothy went to John Marshall Law School, graduating and being admitted to the Bar in May 1994 (Cum Laude) and was a staff member of the Journal of Computer and Information Law. He opened his own law...
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Terry J. Smith
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 40 years of experience
Employment
Cornell University
Terry J. Smith is a partner with Smith O'Callaghan & White. He has represented employers in all aspects of labor and employment law for more than 25 years, representing and regularly advising corporate defendants in litigation involving labor and employment matters in federal and state courts, and administrative agencies, throughout the United States. Prior to founding a boutique firm, Mr. Smith was a partner in one of the largest law firms in Chicago.
He has been named an Illinois Super Lawyer for 15 consecutive years (2007-2021), representing the top 5% of all attorneys in the State of Illinois. Mr. Smith...
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Jillian Tattersall
10.0 (4 Peer Reviews)
Park Ridge, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Employment, Business and Civil Rights
Harvard Law School
Jillian Tattersall’s practice focuses on labor and employment law.
Before moving to Chicago, Jillian worked as an associate in a New York City law firm, representing clients in all aspects of employment law and civil rights litigation. Prior to that, Jillian clerked for United State Magistrate Judges Blewitt, Mannion, and Smyser in the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Jillian graduated from The George Washington University before attending Harvard Law School where she served as the Senior Executive Editor for the BlackLetter Law Journal.
Jillian comes to Bellas & Wachowski following several years working as a freelance attorney with a focus on the nonprofit arts...
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Steven Richard Saks
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 16 years of experience
Employment, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
DePaul College of Law
Experienced trial lawyer with multiple $1,000,000+ first chair jury verdicts and numerous $1,000,000+ settlements. I treat every case as if it's the most important case I have - because it is the most important case you have.
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Bill Boznos
Naperville, IL Employment Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business and Estate Planning
John Marshall Law School
William P. Boznos is the founding attorney of Boznos Law. He brings a unique 360 degree perspective to its advice and advocacy. He has served as in house senior counsel for a Fortune 500 Company for over a decade. In addition, he has served as Director of Human Resources and Vice President of Human Resources for both privately held and large publicly held companies for years, including Harrah’s Casinos, the largest gaming operation in the world. This unique background gave him an unprecedented access to company CEO’s, human resources departments, and the corporate insight you need. He has represented both...
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Lori D Ecker
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Employment
DePaul College of Law
Lori Ecker provides knowledgeable representation to clients who have been subjected to sexual harassment, a hostile work environment, discrimination because of race, religion, age, gender, pregnancy, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or who have suffered retaliatory or wrongful termination. She has the experience and resources to represent employees in disputes involving the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, whistleblower retaliation, Workers’ Compensation retaliatory discharge claims, and unemployment compensation, among others. Ms. Ecker is particularly skilled in all matters relating to employment contracts, including severance agreements, executive compensation contracts and non-compete agreements.
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Michael T. Sanderson
Wheaton, IL Employment Law Attorney with 7 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Family, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Michael T. Sanderson joined Mirabella, Kincaid, Frederick & Mirabella, LLC in August of 2021, where he practices in the areas of family law, civil litigation, employment law, personal injury law, including medical malpractice cases, and Veteran’s rights. Prior to joining MKFM, Michael worked as an Assistant Regional Counsel for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, where he defended the agency in claims of employment discrimination and medical malpractice as well as administrative actions involving nursing homes and medical providers/suppliers.
Michael began working in family law while still attending law school through his work with several Chicago-based law firms. He...
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Lawrence Joseph Disparti
Chicago , IL Employment Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Employment, Personal Injury, Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp
Stetson University College of Law
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Chicago personal injury, disability, workers’ compensation and employment lawyers. Disparti Law Group has recovered over 1 Billion dollars for our clients and named one of the most influential law firms by Trial Lawyer Magazine. Our top-rated lawyers have represented those injured in car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, slip & fall, work injury and social security disability. No fee unless we win. Have you been injured? Call now Chicago (312) 600-6000. Tampa (727) 600-6000.
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Olga S. Dmytriyeva
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, IP and Real Estate
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Olga is an experienced litigator, representing individuals and businesses in business disputes, tort litigation and complex commercial litigation matters. She has seen cases through to successful resolution in trials, arbitrations, mediations, settlements and appeals. Her experience includes handling a wide variety of cases including, breach of contract, employment disputes, personal injury, insurance disputes, copyright, patent and trademark infringement, corporate governance and shareholder disputes, and more. Olga is a highly responsive, efficient and result-oriented attorney who strives to develop creative solutions to her clients’ legal problems.
Previously, Olga devoted her practice to international law, using her knowledge of common law and civil...
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Pasha Vaziri
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business and Personal Injury
The John Marshall Law School
I graduated from the University of Kentucky as a philosophy and political science double-major. I then worked in the financial services department of a Fortune 500 company for two years prior to attending The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. After obtaining my Juris Doctor, I worked as an associate attorney at a general civil litigation firm with a focus on personal injury and insurance law. There I settled countless cases for my clients, both individual and corporate. As a litigator, I obtained favorable outcomes through mediation, arbitration hearings, and bench and jury trials. Building on that experience, in 2014...
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Marcia Gerber Cotler
10.0 (1 Peer Review)
Northbrook, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 35 years of experience
Employment
Georgetown University Law Center
Marcia Gerber Cotler, Principal and Founder of Cotler Law LLC, received her Juris Doctor of Law from Georgetown University Law Center (cum laude) in 1989. In addition to her J.D., Ms. Cotler holds two certifications in mediation, one from the Center for Conflict Resolution (2002) and another from DePaul University College of Law (2004).
Ms. Cotler has both litigated and settled hundreds of cases for clients ranging from multi-national corporations to individuals. She practices before the state courts of Cook, Lake and DuPage County Illinois, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Illinois Human Rights Commission, the United States District Court...
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Martina Sherman
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
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Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Martina Sherman is a shareholder at DeBofsky Law where she represents individuals in ERISA and insurance benefit disputes. Ms. Sherman has experience in employment and Social Security law as well, which enables her to provide clients with a comprehensive approach to benefit problems. Ms. Sherman represents clients at all stages of litigation, from consultation and pre-suit appeal to the trial and appellate levels. She has extensive federal court experience and has argued successfully before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ms. Sherman is a frequent speaker on employee benefits at national conferences of the American Bar Association (ABA), and she is...
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Michael P Tomlinson
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Employment, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Business
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
For nearly seven years, Michael P. Tomlinson practiced law at a large national law firm. During that time, Mr. Tomlinson represented clients in all types of complex commercial litigation, including the following types of cases:
Restrictive covenants (non-competition and non-solicitation)
Trade secret misappropriation
Securities litigation
Securities enforcement actions
Labor and employment law
Statutory fraud (e.g., the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act)
Class action defense
Uniform Commercial Code
General contract and tort law
Qui tam actions
White collar crime
Mr. Tomlinson also has experience in conducting internal investigations on behalf of both securities and health care clients.
In addition to the litigation-related services listed above, Mr. Tomlinson provides advice to his...
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Richard J. Miller
Schaumburg, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Employment, Business and Divorce
The John Marshall Law School
Richard J. Miller was born on July 1, 1966, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Arizona State University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance. After graduating from ASU he relocated to Southern California whereby he worked as a top finance executive in the high technology business during the .com boom. While living in California, Mr. Miller received an MBA degree in Finance from California State University located in Long Beach. Mr. Miller received his JD degree from John Marshall Law School and was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 2007. Additionally, Mr. Miller was admitted to the Federal...
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Samantha A. Guttenberg
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 5 years of experience
Employment, Insurance Defense, Medical Malpractice and Nursing Home
DePaul College of Law
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Michael J. Merrick
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 32 years of experience
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Creighton University School of Law and University of Nebraska College of Law
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Kirsten M. Dunne
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Appeals, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Notre Dame Law School
Ms. Dunne is an appellate lawyer at the law offices of GWC Injury Lawyers LLC and is based out of our Chicago location. An accomplished lawyer, Kirsten's legal ability it an asset to our law firm and the clients that she helps to protect. If you or someone that you love requires the assistance of a proven, experienced personal injury attorney, contact Ms. Dunne today at (312) 464-1234 or toll free at (800) 464-4772.
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Justin Randolph
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfEmployment, Civil Rights and Immigration
DePaul College of Law
Justin G. Randolph has been an attorney since 2001. He studied immigration law at DePaul University College of Law in the late 1990s, where he was taught by experts in the field. A clinical asylum course at DePaul gave him his first hands-on experience with highly sensitive and personal cases. Justin worked for boutique law firms after law school, where he handled a wide range of immigration and employment discrimination cases. He established the Law Office of Justin G. Randolph in 2004. In the Chicago area, the firm handled immigration and deportation/removal cases, as well as employment discrimination and harassment...
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Michael H. Traison
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 40 years of experience
Employment, Bankruptcy, Business and IP
Michigan State University College of Law
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Richard Lofgren
Glen Ellyn, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 38 years of experience
536 Crescent Blvd., Suite 200
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Construction and IP
The John Marshall Law School
Over twenty eight years of legal experience working with businesses on the issues they face daily during their business cycles. I act in the capacity of an outside general counsel assisting business owners to make smarter decisions, build stronger relationships and make and save money. I stress the importance of recognizing that correct legal answers alone do not necessarily translate into the correct best business decisions. I represent all types of businesses in every stage of their business cycles from start up through eventual sale. Specialties: The Supreme Court of Illinois does not recognize certifications of specialities in the...
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Peter T. Sadelski
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 3 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Civil Rights
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
Peter T. Sadelski was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Peter earned his bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University in 2018, where he studied political science and legal studies. Peter earned his law degree from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law in 2021. During law school, Peter clerked at the Cook County Public Defendant’s Office and the UIC Pro Bono Litigation Clinic. Peter has been with Ed Fox & Associates since March 2022.
Peter concentrates his practice on civil rights law, mainly focusing on wrongful detentions, false arrests, unreasonable searches, malicious prosecutions, excessive force, due process violations, and other...
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Mark R. McKenna
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationEmployment, Animal, Elder and Workers' Comp
University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, IL
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Marcia A. Franklin
Northfield, IL Employment Law Attorney with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Construction and Estate Planning
American University Washington College of Law
Marcia worked with the Federal Communications Commission as an attorney in the Mass Media Bureau and as Branch Manager in the Common Carrier Bureau from 1982 through 1987, and at MCI Telecommunications as a senior attorney from 1987 through 1994. Thereafter, she worked as a consultant until joining Kaplan & Greenswag LLC in January 2007.
Marcia is admitted to practice in Illinois and the District of Columbia and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. Marcia also serves on the Northbrook Plan Commission.
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Allison Huebert
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Employment, Business, Insurance Claims and Securities
University of Virginia School of Law and The University of Chicago Law School
My practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and arbitration. I represent clients in high-stakes, high-dollar disputes involving breach of contract, employment law, restrictive covenants, trade secrets, insurance coverage, securities disputes, class actions, and whistleblower claims. I have represented both plaintiffs and defendants before state and federal courts, and in domestic and international arbitration proceedings.
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Daniel J. Fisher
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Employment and Immigration
Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
I have nine years of experience as an Immigration Attorney. Additionally, I have a very strong knowledge of employment law and the connection between immigration and Federal and State employment regulations. While I have not counted exactly how many immigration cases I have handled, reviewed, consulted with or been associated with, I estimate that the number is easily in the thousands. Based on this experience there is rarely a situation that I have not seen before. I am AV rated perfect “5.0”, Avvo rated “Superb”, Avvo Client choice awards 2011, 2012, 2013, “Rising Star” Orlando Style Magazine, Lead Counsel Rated...
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Courtney L. Abshire
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney
Employment, Business and Municipal
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
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Douglas Werman
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 34 years of experience
Employment
Loyola University Chicago
Douglas M. Werman is the founder and principal of Werman Salas P.C. in Chicago, Illinois. His practice is heavily concentrated in labor and employment litigation.
A nationally known and recognized trial lawyer, Doug has won or settled more than 700 individual, collective and class action lawsuits throughout the United States resulting in more than $250,000,000 being paid to working people and their families. In a published decision, one federal court recently described Doug and Werman Salas P.C. as “national leaders in advocating the rights of working people in wage and hour litigation.” In another published decision, a different court called him...
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Tami Ann Tolitano
10.0 (2 Peer Reviews)
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfChicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 27 years of experience
Employment, Business, Real Estate and Tax
The John Marshall Law School
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Josh Friedman
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney
Free ConsultationEmployment
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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Ted A Donner
Wheaton, IL Employment Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
(630) 588-1131
Donner & Company Law Offices LLC
1125 Wheaton Oaks Court
Wheaton, IL 60187
Employment, Business, Insurance Claims and Real Estate
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Ted Donner (Attorney) started his legal studies at Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1987 after a ten-year stint as the box office manager of The Second City in Chicago. His professional experience since then includes work as a law clerk for Corboy & Demetrio, P.C., a summer internship at Welsh & Katz, Ltd., and work as an associate with Rock, Fusco, Reynolds & Garvey, Ltd. Before opening Donner & Company Law Offices LLC, he was an Associate and then Of Counsel to the litigation practice group at Altheimer & Gray, where his practice was concentrated in insurance...
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Neda Nozari
Evanston, IL Employment Law Attorney with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Real Estate
The John Marshall Law School
Neda Nozari is an attorney and mediator with her office based in Evanston, Illinois. Neda’s experience includes but is not limited to the practice areas of business, employment, real estate, fair housing and education. She has experience mediating a vast range of legal, personal and organizational issues. She is a highly skilled negotiator and a trained and proficient facilitator of communication.
She graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelors degree in Political Science and later from The John Marshall Law School with a Juris Doctorate. Her greatest skill is being able to understand the needs and interests of parties and to...
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