Jefferson County Personal Injury Lawyers

After graduation from Chicago-Kent School of Law in 1995, Tor Hoerman began working at the defense firm Bullaro, Carton & Stone until he got a call from a plaintiffs firm, Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz that they may have an opening for a young associate. Tor jumped at the opportunity and learned about his passion to help injured people against those that he had previously represented.

In his years at K,J&S, Tor learned how to work the Courtroom at the Daley Center, spending most of his days either trying cases or running from floor to floor arguing motions on behalf of his...

Specialties: Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Workers Compensation, General Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Business and Commercial Litigation, Fraud, Breach of Contract, Construction Law, Real Estate, Landlord and Tenant matters, Lease negotiation and enforcement, Stock Broker Negligence and Fraud /FINRA Arbitration Franchise and Trademark enforcement, Employee Non-compete and Trade Secret disputes, General Business Counsel.

Jaclyn Zimmermann dedicates her practice to helping people who need a voice against big businesses and stingy insurance companies. She represents people in all areas of employment law, including discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination, as well as helping people with personal injuries. She knows how difficult it can be for individuals to fight against large corporations and insurance companies, who often have large legal teams defending them, because she spent several years prior to founding Ponder Zimmermann LLC defending insurance companies and businesses. This experience gives Jaclyn a unique perspective on how to successfully fight against these entities to protect...

All aspects of business representation, inclusive of business formation, intra-company agreements (including shareholder agreements, buy-sell agreements, etc), agreements with employees and independent contractors, vendor agreements, third party agreements, leases, purchases and sales of business assets and business termination.

All aspects of estate planning, including wills, trusts, family limited partnerships and powers of attorney.

All aspects of entertainment law, inclusive of television, music and other media forms involving artist representation, production, licensing and merchandising.

All aspects of spirit production, branding, distribution and marketing.

Representation of injured parties in all types of personal injury and work related actions.

All aspects of business litigation.