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Lisa Munch
Rockford, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney with 25 years of experience
(815) 490-4933 100 Park Ave
Rockford, IL 61101
Legal Malpractice and Family
Jeffry Spears
Rockford, Illinois Legal Malpractice Attorney with 43 years of experience
(815) 490-4907 100 Park Avenue
Rockford, ILLINOIS 61105
Legal Malpractice, Business and Family
Thomas Boswell
Rockford, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney with 44 years of experience
(815) 490-4911 100 Park Ave
Rockford, IL 61101
Legal Malpractice and Business
Southern Illinois University College of Law
Mary Linn Green
Rockford, Illinois Legal Malpractice Attorney with 32 years of experience
(815) 490-4912 100 Park Avenue
Rockford, ILLINOIS 61105
Legal Malpractice and Family
Roger Gustafson
Rockford, Illinois Legal Malpractice Attorney with 21 years of experience
(815) 490-4937 100 Park Avenue
Rockford, ILLINOIS 61105
Legal Malpractice
Northern Illinois University College of Law
Robert Shipley
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Robert Shipley
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney with 44 years of experience
(888) 493-8574 120 North LaSalle Street
Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60602
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Northern Illinois University
Robert A. Shipley is the founding partner of Shipley Law Group, Ltd. For decades he has maintained long-standing client relationships while engaged in an active litigation and trial practice, along with general business counseling.

Mr. Shipley focuses his practice in civil litigation involving complex commercial, construction, construction defect, insurance, professional liability and tort litigation and general business counseling, as well as Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. An experienced trial attorney, he has in excess of 100 cases to verdict and has successfully argued cases in the Illinois Appellate Court.

Mr. Shipley has been awarded the AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating™...
Susan L. Novosad
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Susan L. Novosad
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney with 38 years of experience
(877) 374-1417 325 N LaSalle Dr
Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60654
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Maritime, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
The John Marshall Law School and University of Illinois College of Law
Susan L. Novosad is a partner at Levin & Perconti and has practiced law since 1985. Susan concentrates primarily in the areas of nursing home litigation, medical malpractice, automobile and premises liability matters. Susan is a highly experienced trial attorney, having been counsel in numerous complex medical malpractice cases. One of her most notable achievements in this arena is a $6.7 million verdict in a birth-related medical malpractice case. She also obtained a $995,000 verdict for a 67-year-old single assisted living resident who choked and died after being given food prohibited by his diet and a $1,000,000 settlement...
Gary Karl Burger Jr
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Gary Karl Burger Jr
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Lawyer with 31 years of experience
(312) 500-4878 332 S. Michigan Ave
Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60604
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfLegal Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Washington University School of Law
Gary K. Burger, Jr. devotes his practice to helping injury victims and their families, providing financial recovery and protecting the future of those injured, and making our community safer through advocacy and volunteer work. ~ Chosen as a Superlawyer and a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum ~AV rated lawyer by LexisNexis and Martindale-Hubbell, “The preeminent Rating … indicating the highest level of legal ability and ethics. The pinnacle of professional excellence.” ~Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy and Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy ~Admitted to practice in Missouri and Illinois, and...
Ariel Weissberg
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Ariel Weissberg
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney with 44 years of experience
(312) 663-0004 401 South LaSalle Street Suit 403
Chicago, IL 60605
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Arbitration & Mediation, Bankruptcy and Real Estate
Saint Louis University School of Law
Ariel Weissberg is the managing partner of Weissberg and Associates, Ltd., 401 South LaSalle Street, Suite 403, Chicago, Illinois, 60605. Weissberg and Associates, Ltd. concentrates in the areas of business and commercial litigation, transactional matters and all aspects of insolvency and financial distress, including bankruptcy, loan work-outs and foreclosures. Mr. Weissberg founded Weissberg and Associates in July, 1984. Since then, he has built a varied and loyal clientele, comprised of small to medium-sized to publicly traded businesses, and individuals. He is sought out for complex business and financial planning, especially relating to credit facilities and crisis-management, and high-risk litigation....
Michael T. Gill
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Michael T. Gill
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney with 27 years of experience
(800) 721-8055 1 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 3310
Chicago, IL 60601
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Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Michael devotes 100% of his practice to representing plaintiffs in product liability, medical malpractice, and other personal injury and wrongful death cases.
Peter S. Lubin
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Peter S. Lubin
(630) 333-0333 17W220 22nd St
#410
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfOakbrook Terrace, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney with 40 years of experience
Legal Malpractice, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Communications
University of Chicago
Peter S. Lubin Firm has been practicing law for over 35 years. Peter brings a rich range of courtroom experience to assist his commercial and class-action litigation clients. Peter has been lead defense counsel in a number of "bet the company" class actions that he has successfully defended. He has also been lead plaintiff's class counsel on numerous multi-million dollar class national and statewide class action. Peter has represented many corporations or businesses in a wide variety of complex business disputes including corporate freeze-outs, copyright infringement, trade secret theft, non-compete agreement and libel and defamation cases. Peter obtained an AB...
Sofia Zneimer
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Sofia Zneimer
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Lawyer with 20 years of experience
(773) 516-4100 4141 N Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60618
Legal Malpractice, Immigration, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Sofia Zneimer is a lawyer who litigates immigration and injury lawsuits. Sofia Zneimer represents businesses and individuals in need of an immigration benefit, including visa, work permit, permanent residency, or citizenship. Sofia Zneimer also handles immigration, malpractice, and personal injury trials and appeals.
Bruce Pfaff
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Bruce Pfaff
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Lawyer with 45 years of experience
(800) 721-8055 1 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 3310
Chicago, IL 60601
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University of California - San Francisco
Bruce Pfaff dedicates 100% of his practice to representing plaintiffs in product liability, medical malpractice, and all other types of personal injury and wrongful death cases. Bruce Pfaff has been a trial lawyer since 1979, representing people injured or killed by wrongful conduct. He received excellent training from two premier law firms before starting his own practice in 1991. Bruce has succeeded for clients in cases including those hurt by unsafe or defective products, medical malpractice by obstetricians, anesthesiologists, cardiologists, neurosurgeons, other doctors and hospital personnel, careless driving, poor maintenance of property, sexual assault, legal malpractice, and other forms...
Edward X. Clinton, Jr
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Edward X. Clinton, Jr
(312) 357-1515 111 W Washington St, #1437
Chicago, IL 60602
Free ConsultationChicago, IL Legal Malpractice Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Legal Malpractice, Business and Insurance Claims
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology and Harvard Law School
David Drwencke
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David Drwencke
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney with 7 years of experience
(312) 702-1811 849 N. Franklin Street
Chicago, IL 60610
Legal Malpractice and Personal Injury
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
Attorney David R. Drwencke brings an aggressive, nuanced approach to every file that he works on and will do his best to find creative solutions to resolve clients’ legal matters. When you work with Attorney Drwencke, you will be working with an experienced professional who prioritizes his client-attorney relationship. He seeks to be an approachable and communicative advocate for his clients going through a tough time. As a “Rising Star” according to Super Lawyers Magazine in both 2019 and 2020, Attorney Drwencke has the skill and experience to defend you. He is licensed with the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State...
Patrick D. Austermuehle
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Patrick D. Austermuehle
Oakbrook Terrace, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney with 15 years of experience
(630) 333-0333 17W220 22nd St
#410
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
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Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Patrick D. Austermuehle, a partner at Lubin Austermuehle, P.C., has experience in complex business and commercial litigation and consumer class actions. He has assisted in the successful representation of a number of state and federal matters, including cases at the appellate level.

Mr. Austermuehle received a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin and earned a J.D. with Honors from Chicago-Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology where he was Notes and Comments Editor on the Law Review.

Prior to joining Lubin Austermuehle, P.C., Mr. Austermuehle served as a law clerk at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and as...
Philip J. Berenz CPA, JD
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Philip J. Berenz CPA, JD
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney with 23 years of experience
(312) 375-6524 33 North Dearborn St
Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60602
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Asbestos and Insurance Claims
Indiana University - Indiana University-Bloomington and DePaul College of Law
PASSION - INTEGRITY - TRUST - RESULTS "Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe." -Sir Winston Churchill Philip Berenz is a Chicago trial attorney truly committed to assisting individuals and businesses with securing all available remedies and compensation for injuries and disputes and defending them when necessary. His passion for his beliefs of aggressive and zealous representation and true empathy for his clients' situations, circumstances, life-altering events and suffering shines through at trial time before a jury, in everyday conversations with...
Julia Williams
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Julia Williams
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney with 16 years of experience
(312) 357-1515 111 W Washington St, #1437
Chicago, IL 60602
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Business and Insurance Claims
University of Maine School of Law
Jeffrey Dorman
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Jeffrey Dorman
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Lawyer with 50 years of experience
(312) 899-6625 161 N Clark St
#1600
Chicago, IL 60601
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Arbitration & Mediation, Consumer and Securities
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Jeff is Consumer Law, Securities Law, Stockbroker & Investment Fraud, and Arbitration & Mediation. He has unique experience with a background in law, as well as econometrics, mathematics, and computer programming. Jeff holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Michigan and an LL.D. in Antitrust from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Additionally, he received a M.S. (ABD) in Industrial Organization and Econometrics from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jeff's academic and professional training have facilitated many successful outcomes in complex litigation cases. With more than 40 years of experience, Jeff is committed to providing exceptional legal...
David A. Eisenberg
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David A. Eisenberg
Barrington, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney with 17 years of experience
(312) 332-4200 600 Hart RD
#115
Barrington, IL 60010
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Business and IP
University of Illinois College of Law
Matthew D. Ports
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Matthew D. Ports
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Lawyer with 24 years of experience
(800) 721-8055 1 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 3310
Chicago, IL 60601
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DePaul College of Law
Matt devotes 100% of his practice to representing plaintiffs in product liability, medical malpractice and other personal injury and wrongful death litigation.
Howard Abrams
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Howard Abrams
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Lawyer with 17 years of experience
(312) 985-7368 10 S La Salle, Ste. 2160
Chicago, IL 60603
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Animal, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Howard Abrams is the founding partner, specializing in personal injury, at the Law Office of Howard S. Abrams in Chicago, Illinois. As founding partner, Mr. Abrams handles and oversees a wide variety of plaintiff’s personal injury and professional negligence matters, pre-litigation and through trial. He has been the lead trial attorney in over 50 jury and bench trials, and has successfully resolved numerous cases through mediation and arbitration.

“While I do whatever it takes to resolve a case in the shortest amount of time possible, I realize that going to trial is sometimes the only way to recover maximum results for...
Alexander I. Passo
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Alexander I. Passo
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney
(312) 422-8000 55 West Monroe Street, Ste. 1100
Chicago, IL 60603
Legal Malpractice, Appeals, Business and Construction
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Alexander (Alex) Passo is a trial lawyer that represents clients on a variety of matters with a concentration on: internal business disputes, emergency business litigation, breaches of contract, fraud and professional negligence. Alex has successfully resolved several cases where his clients have recovered over $1,000,000.00.

Alex is a problem solver. Akin to the most notable historical Alexander, he enjoys solving the 21st century’s version of the Gordian knot - complex business disputes. These types of legal controversies often contain a multitude of problems and he employs an analytical approach to solving them - first identifying his clients’ objectives and...
James V. DiTommaso
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James V. DiTommaso
(630) 333-0000 2001 Midwest Road
Suite 100
Oak Brook, IL 60181
Free ConsultationOak Brook, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney with 5 years of experience
Legal Malpractice, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Consumer
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
James V. DiTommaso is an attorney at DiTommaso Law LLC where he has experience with consumer fraud, class-action, and complex business litigation in both federal and state courts including the trial court and appellate court. Also, his practice includes business transactional matters, family law, defamation, copyright, non-competition, and trade secret litigation. He received a JD, from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2017 and a BFA, from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2011. While at Chicago-Kent, he was on the Dean’s List, he was a member of the Executive Board for the Chicago-Kent Justinian Society of Lawyers, and he received...
Ross Good
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Ross Good
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney with 11 years of experience
(312) 899-6625 161 N Clark St
#1600
Chicago, IL 60601
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Employment
University of Illinois - Chicago John Marshall Law School
James Gay
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James Gay
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Lawyer with 15 years of experience
(312) 800-1970 55 WEST MONROE, SUITE 3175
Chicago, IL 60603
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Asbestos, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
DePaul University
After working in a small firm helping people recover for their injuries, Jim founded James Gay Law, LLC in 2010 to assist individuals who have suffered catastrophic losses due to the conduct of others in personal injury, medical malpractice, workers compensation and wrongful death claims. Jim brings a strong record of success recovering millions of dollars on behalf of his clients. Born and raised in the Chicagoland area, Jim obtained two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia and returned to Chicago to obtain his law degree from DePaul University College of Law in 2008. While in...
Philip Dalmage
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Philip Dalmage
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney
(312) 899-6625 161 N Clark St
#1600
Chicago, IL 60601
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Business and IP
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
Davina DiPaolo
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Davina DiPaolo
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Lawyer
(312) 899-6625 161 N Clark St
#1600
Chicago, IL 60601
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Business and IP
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and University of Minnesota Law School
Ryan Zeller
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Ryan Zeller
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(312) 789-5676 120 N. LaSalle
20th Floor
Chicago, IL 60602
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Business, Collections and IP
DePaul College of Law
Zeller law is an innovative business law firm providing professional, efficient, and affordable legal representation to small businesses, start-ups, professionals, and entrepreneurs throughout Illinois. Our Chicago lawyers practice in the areas of civil and business litigation, corporate and business law, contract law, estate planning, and trademark law.
Rebecca Weissman
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Rebecca Weissman
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney
(312) 899-6625 161 N Clark St
#1600
Chicago, IL 60601
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Business and IP
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Kent Michael Lucaccioni
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Kent Michael Lucaccioni
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney with 35 years of experience
(312) 425-0401 20 S. Clark St.
Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60602
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DePaul College of Law
Kent M. Lucaccioni founded the firm of Kent M. Lucaccioni, Ltd. and has built his reputation representing seriously injured clients in all areas of personal injury law including medical malpractice, automobile and trucking negligence, nursing home negligence, construction negligence, premise liability, professional negligence as well as representing the families of wrongful death victims.

As one of the leading personal injury attorneys in Illinois, Mr. Lucaccioni has obtained numerous multi-million dollar settlements and jury verdicts. At the age of 30, Mr. Lucaccioni was one of the nation’s youngest injury attorneys to win a million dollar verdict on behalf of his injured client....
Larry Amoni
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Larry Amoni
Aurora, IL Legal Malpractice Lawyer with 46 years of experience
(630) 264-2020 1975 W. Downer Place, STE. 301
Aurora, IL 60506
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Arbitration & Mediation, Construction and Personal Injury
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
At Amoni Law Offices, P.C., we believe people deserve to have confidence in their lawyer. If you have been injured or lost a loved one due to an accident or act of negligence on the part of another person or corporate entity, you will be facing an uphill battle to protect your financial interests. The truth is, fighting an insurance company for a full and fair settlement is hard work. Having a knowledgeable attorney handling the details is often the only way to get the justice you are entitled to. We Stand Up To Large, National Insurance Companies Fighting an...
Peter M. King
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Peter M. King
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Lawyer
(312) 372-4142 70 West Madison Street
Suite 3970
Chicago, IL 60602
Legal Malpractice, Appeals and Business
I have litigated and tried business disputes before judges, juries, and arbitrators all over the United States. Those experiences have prepared me for handling any courtroom challenge I encounter. My experience, attention to detail, and high energy will be brought to bear on my client’s problems. Our clients have looked to us for advice over the decades because they trust us. If you need advice and guidance with a legal problem, we are here to help.
Thomas Patterson
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Thomas Patterson
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney
(312) 223-1699 One North LaSalle Street
Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60602
Legal Malpractice, Asbestos, Business and Insurance Claims
DePaul University
Jason Timothy Vail
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Jason Timothy Vail
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(312) 988-5755 321 N. Clark St.
19th Floor
Chicago, IL 60654
Legal Malpractice, Family, Foreclosure Defense and Landlord Tenant
Gonzaga University School of Law
Robert J. Pavich
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Robert J. Pavich
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Lawyer with 49 years of experience
(312) 690-8400 30 West Monroe Street
Suite 1310
Chicago, IL 60603
Legal Malpractice, Arbitration & Mediation and Products Liability
DePaul College of Law
Attorney Robert J. Pavich received his Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude in 1969 from Harvard College. In 1975, he received his Juris Doctorate degree magna cum laude from the DePaul University College of Law. Attorney Pavich worked as the lead trial counsel at the Hague War Crimes Tribunal from 2001 to 2005. From 2007 to 2010, Mr. Pavich was the lead defense counsel in five federal deportation prosecutions in Florida and Illinois—all which resulted in acquittals. Attorney Pavich is a member of numerous bar associations including: the Illinois State Bar, the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association,...
John Hughes
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John Hughes
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney
(312) 580-0100 70 W Madison St
Chicago, IL 60602
Legal Malpractice, Business, Insurance Defense and Personal Injury
Elliot Schiff
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Elliot Schiff
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Lawyer with 50 years of experience
(312) 345-7202 One East Wacker Drive Suite 1100
Chicago, IL 60601
Legal Malpractice and Personal Injury
Elliot R. Schiff is the founding partner of Schiff Gorman LLC. Following an outstanding legal education, he was selected for a judicial clerkship with Justice Francis Lorenz, Illinois Appellate Court. Since then, he has been in private practice with an emphasis on representing clients who have been damaged by legal malpractice of attorneys who have breached their fiduciary duties or been negligent. He is the author of “Legal Malpractice” published by the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education and has also authored each of the Supplements to that publication thru 2012.

Elliot’s commitment to excellence is reflected in the recognition the...
Patrick Flaherty
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Patrick Flaherty
Aurora, IL Legal Malpractice Attorney
(630) 907-0909 2114 Deerpath Road
Aurora, IL 60506
Legal Malpractice, Personal Injury, Real Estate and Workers' Comp
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Jeffrey J. Asperger
Chicago, IL Legal Malpractice Lawyer
(312) 856-9901 180 N Stetson Ave
#3050
Chicago, IL 60601
Free ConsultationLegal Malpractice, Construction, Insurance Claims and Products Liability
The John Marshall Law School
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