Carol Stream Lawyers

For almost two decades, Mario Iveljic has represented a wide variety of clients in cases all around the country. Since founding Mag Mile Law with his law partners, Mario has focused his law practice on insurance claims and litigation, real estate transactions and litigation, and sports law. He personally handles all of his matters without any paralegals and his clients appreciate the personal attention they receive. He is extremely detail oriented, able to explain complicated legal matters to clients in a way that they can understand, and someone who will not shy away from a fight. Mario is also a...

Khalid Hasan, managing attorney of Kasan Law, graduated from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law with a Juris Doctorate. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois, the Northern District of Illinois, and State of Arizona. He represents clients in personal injury cases, including vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, premises liability, wrongful death, and various other personal injury matters. In addition, we provide legal services to businesses and individuals regarding real estate transaction and real estate sales and purchases. Khalid has lectured and written multiple publications about the use of social media evidence in the courtroom and its...

Masah S. SamForay, has earned national recognition as a force for her clients. Beyond being recognized as a Top 100 Lawyer, Masah SamForay knows the concerns of clients, intimately. She is a divorcee and working mother who understands what it means to fight for her family during a difficult divorce.

Atty. SamForay is a Co-Founder and Past-President of the Black Bar Association of Will County. She is a member of the Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc. and served on the 2017-2018 Board and as the Co-Chair of the Small and Solo Firm Committee from 2013-2016. She is a...

In matters of the law in the areas of criminal defense and DUI, experience counts.

Attorney Gene Fimbianti's experience inside and outside the courtroom is unmatched. A former police officer and felony prosecutor, Attorney Gene Fimbianti understands the law from all perspectives.

He uses his unique "real world" experience and vast knowledge of the law to effectively advocate for his clients in criminal defense and DUI cases.

He ardently believes in and fights to protect the rights of his criminal defendants as defined by the U.S. Constitution.

I have had the unique experience of being on the client side of the lawyer-client table, which gives me a deep understanding of the emotional journey my clients experience. Dealing with divorce and child custody issues is invariably difficult for everyone involved. It is essential to have a reliable lawyer during the most challenging times of your life. At Reidy Law Office, we are different and we embrace it! We are committed to helping clients navigate the complexities of divorce in a better way!

Practice Focus Mr. Flanagan helps the injured seek justice. Mr. Flanagan and his firm can assist you with any kind of injury, including car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, dog bites, products liability, medical malpractice, and more. The team at Flanagan Injury Law Group will diligently advocate for you and litigate in court, as needed, to help you get justice. Mr. Flanagan also assists victims of police brutality, police shootings, racial profiling, and other police misconduct. Mr. Flanagan understands your rights and will help you build a strong case when law enforcement has overstepped their boundaries. Early Life and Education Mr. Flanagan was...

Peter G. O’Connor knows how to defend people in court. Whether you are charged with a simple traffic ticket, a DUI, or a criminal offense, you can count on Peter to get you through it. The toughest part of the criminal process is not knowing the next step. There are many questions you may have. Am I going to go to jail? Will my employer find out? What will happen to my record? Will I lose my driving privileges? These are all completely normal questions for anyone facing a criminal charge. So Call me know to so we can discuss...

Recognized for his national reputation and success as a child advocate, Dov Apfel has investigated and litigated birth trauma and obstetrical malpractice claims involving children with cerebral palsy and other neurological and intellectual disabilities throughout the United States for over forty years. Mr. Apfel’s lifetime of achievements in birth injury litigation, education and advocacy was recognized by the Executive Board of the Birth Trauma Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice in 2011, an organization consisting of thousands of trial lawyers throughout the United States, when he received the Dan Cullan Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award. Judges, too, have recognized Mr....

Jennifer Danish is the Managing Partner of Bryant Legal Group PC. Her practice at the firm concentrates on matters involving ERISA governed benefits, short and long term disability policies, individual disability income policies and False Claims Act litigation.

Jennifer counsels and represents policyholders on all aspects of disability coverage, from the filing of initial claims, to internal appeals, to litigating denials in state and federal court. She is intimately familiar with insurance industry operations and uses this knowledge to help her clients collect the benefits they are entitled to. As a Chicago insurance lawyer, Jennifer also provides strategic and practical advice...

Margaret P. Battersby Black is the Managing Partner at Levin & Perconti, where she handles complex cases involving medical malpractice, birth injuries, nursing home negligence, and serious personal injury. Known for her trial experience and leadership, Margaret has helped secure numerous multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements for her clients, including a $29 million birth injury settlement and a $20 million verdict in a preventable HIE case. Since joining the firm as a law clerk in 2006, Margaret has played a key role in shaping Illinois law to protect injury victims. She won a landmark appellate case that ensured nursing home residents could...

Steven Fagan is an Chicago area attorney with over 25 years experience helping clients with matters ranging from Estate Planning (wills and trusts), DUI, criminal, and traffic law, clearing criminal records and buying and selling residential real estate. Along with the Fagan, Fagan & Davis team, Attorney Fagan’s dedication to his clients’ rights and interests has allowed him to successfully defend countless individuals against a variety of charges, and protect clients rights. He has been recognized by a number of notable professional organizations. Steven H Fagan is absolutely dedicated to providing every client with the attentive legal counsel and aggressive...

In 2015, Aaron co-founded Rifkind Patrick LLC, a client-focused law firm representing businesses, investors, entrepreneurs, and others in general transactions, compliance, business operations, contract negotiation, partnership and shareholder disputes, business litigation, construction disputes, and more. He is also the firm's Co-Managing Partner.

Michael F. Bonamarte IV was hired as an associate attorney in August 2005 after graduating from John Marshall Law School. Mike is well-known and respected by his peers, clients and opposing lawyers for his diligent and passionate work on behalf of those who have been harmed as a result of wrongful conduct. Mike has achieved outstanding results in a number of high-profile nursing home, wrongful death, medical malpractice and personal injury lawsuits. In March 2014, he was named Partner at Levin & Perconti.

Mike is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Illinois Trial...

Jeremy S. Baker is a Chicago-based construction attorney. From 2006-2019, he served clients at Schiff Hardin LLP, where he was a partner and a member of its national Construction Law practice. Previously, he was an attorney at Cozen O’Connor PC. Jeremy founded Baker Law Group LLC in 2019. An Adjunct Professor of Law at The John Marshall Law School, he taught an elective Construction Law course though the Center for Real Estate Law (Fall Semesters 2016, 2017, 2018). Jeremy helps his clients to complete challenging projects by emphasizing dispute avoidance and early, cost-efficient resolution of claims. He represents developers, lenders,...

Larry A. Davis graduated from Northwestern University (B.A. cum laude, 1973) and DePaul University (J.D. 1976). He is currently the principal of The Davis Law Group, P.C. in Northfield, IL . His practice is now concentrated in the area of DUI Defense and administrative hearings before the Secretary of State. He was a co-drafter of the original Illinois Summary Suspension Law and drafted revisions to the current Illinois MDDP law on behalf of the ISBA. He is a member of the legislative subcommittee for the ISBA Traffic Laws and Courts Section Council. He is a chapter author...

Lisa Bragança protects individuals and businesses from being bilked by Wall Street and bullied by regulators. She knows how to get important information to securities regulators early, before they have reached a decision on whether to charge and what to charge. Lisa served as a Branch Chief in the Division of Enforcement of the Chicago Office of the Securities & Exchange Commission, where she handled investigations of accounting fraud, Ponzi schemes, insider trading, churning, and unsuitability. While at the SEC, Lisa collaborated with the federal criminal prosecutors in securities fraud investigations at major corporations. Since leaving the SEC, Lisa has...

Attorney Julia Sverdloff is the founder and owner of Sverdloff Law Group in Chicago, Illinois. A top-rated attorney with more than 17 years of total legal experience, Ms. Sverdloff focuses her practice solely on immigration law, and she provides unmatched counsel and support to clients throughout the greater Chicagoland region and all across the globe who have immigration legal needs. As an immigrant herself, Ms. Sverdloff fully understands the struggles and challenges so many face when trying to seek a better life in the United States. As such, she delivers exceptional advocacy throughout all legal proceedings to protect her clients' rights...

I enjoy working on a variety of legal matters for our firm.

Some of the more regular tasks include representation of clients in an array of tax disputes before the IRS and the Illinois Department of Revenue. These cases often work there way through the administrative level, up through appeals, and often to the United States Tax Court. My clients have scored significant victories in Audit Defense, Offer in Compromise and Innocent Spouse cases.

I am also experienced in drafting employment contracts such as employment and separation and termination agreements as well as restrictive covenants.

I represent buyers and sellers in residential real...

Robert Castle is a proven business attorney and trusted advisor. He takes great pride in providing personalized, professional legal services that helps his clients achieve their goals. He has guided businesses of all shapes and sizes through various corporate, franchise, and securities matters—and is highly skilled at drafting and negotiating clear narratives for all types of commercial contracts, franchise documents, and compliance material tailored to each client’s unique needs. Rob has a proven track record for defining and executing nuanced legal strategies relating to business operations, complex transactions, franchise matters, and intricate regulatory compliance issues. ...

I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana, and earned my law degree from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from law school, I enlisted in the US Army, serving from 1987 to 1993. In 1994, I joined the Illinois Attorney General's Office in Chicago as an Assistant Attorney General. During my tenure, I held several key positions including Deputy Chief Criminal Prosecution, lead prosecutor in the Deputy Chief Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and Deputy Chief Special Litigation. I have also been actively involved in sharing my knowledge with others in the legal field,...

Attorney Militello is the Managing Parter at Prime Law Group, LLC. Prime Law Group is truly a team of lawyers and staff. Our collaborative approach often takes the form of cooperation to share past experiences and develop creative approaches to new issues. This team approach has the additional advantage that if a new issue suddenly arises or an existing project becomes a top client priority, we can quickly assign additional lawyers who will already have the background necessary to tackle the problem at full speed.

Kerry Peck is the past president of the Chicago Bar Association (CBA) and founder of the Elder Law Committee of the CBA. He is also the managing partner of the Chicago law firm, Peck Ritchey, LLC, whose clients include families, hospitals, banks, the State of Illinois, County of Cook, and City of Chicago. He provides legal representation for trust and guardianship litigation, business planning, and estate planning.

Mr. Peck is well experienced in guiding his clients through the probate process, assisting in the transfer of assets and resolution of claims, and implementing estate plans. He is also very dedicated in...

Cipolla Law Group is a Chicago based immigration law firm. We have 30 years of collective experience representing families, professional workers, businesses, investors and undocumented individuals for their immigration matters.

As the Principal Immigration Lawyer, I've successfully handled over thousands of immigration petitions for clients in Chicago and across the world. I am a frequent speaker on US immigration in various settings including radio show, media interviews and seminars.

My practice focuses 100% on US Immigration and Nationality law. Helping clients with their immigration matters is what I do day in and day out. Our law firm strives...

Christopher Helt, Esq. of The Helt Law Group LLC is a nationally recognized removal defense immigration attorney, providing legal counsel to immigrants, nationwide.

Seth L. Cardeli is a Partner at Levin & Perconti in Chicago. With more than a decade of experience, he is a skilled trial attorney who represents families across the U.S. affected by medical negligence and malpractice, particularly those involving birth-injured children. Seth has expertise in the complex medical and legal challenges of birth-injury litigation. He regularly delivers educational seminars for fellow attorneys on topics such as depositions and overcoming discovery obstacles. He recently taught “Basic Fetal Heart Rate Patterns, Nomenclature, and Etiology,” helping lawyers interpret electronic fetal heart study data. He has also authored articles in legal journals examining issues...

Daniel A. Goldfaden was hired as an associate attorney at Levin & Perconti in June 2014. Prior to his hiring, Daniel worked at a plaintiff’s class action litigation firm following his admission into the Illinois Bar on October 2013. In September 2019, Daniel was named to the Law Bulletin's list of “40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch.” Daniel focuses his practice on nursing home abuse and neglect, medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury, and wrongful death matters. Daniel chose a career in personal injury law because he wanted to be able to help people who were going through difficult periods of...

Jaime Koziol graduated from DePaul University College of Law in May 2011 and began working at Levin & Perconti in April 2012.

Prior to joining the firm, Jaime clerked for a personal injury and medical malpractice firm, and this experience sparked her desire to advocate for those seriously injured or killed as a result of the negligence of others. Jaime is committed to reaching the best results for her each of her clients, and realizes that most victims and families have never been involved in a lawsuit. Therefore, Jaime understands the importance of frequent communication with her clients and makes a...

Steven M. Levin is the co-founder and senior partner of Levin & Perconti, and a trial lawyer with over 40 years of litigation experience and success. In 1992, he and John Perconti founded Levin & Perconti, which has since grown into a thirty-lawyer plaintiff personal injury firm with more than 200 years of combined trial experience. Steve has obtained an extraordinary number of multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients in a tremendous variety of high-profile personal injury and wrongful death cases, including birth injury, failure to timely diagnose cancer, and workplace negligence. His firm’s most recent victories include...

Cari F. Silverman joined Levin & Perconti in October 2011 before being admitted into the Illinois State Bar in November 2011. As an associate attorney, Cari works on many types of personal injury and wrongful death cases, including nursing home abuse and neglect, medical malpractice, car and trucking accident, and product and premises liability matters. In September 2014, Cari was named to the Law Bulletin Publishing Company's list of "40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch" for 2014. Prior to becoming an associate, Cari was a clerk at Levin & Perconti in the Summer 2010. Since she joined the firm...

I am Dennis VanDerGinst, the President and CEO of VanDerGinst Law, a highly successful personal injury law firm. Throughout my career, I have dedicated myself to advocating for my clients and representing the legal profession with integrity. The collective efforts of my amazing staff and attorneys have been recognized by clients, peers, and other professionals, earning numerous accolades. I earned my law degree from DePaul University in Chicago and am licensed to practice in Illinois, Iowa, Washington D.C., and the federal courts. Over the years, I have had the privilege of representing clients across nearly every state in the U.S. My...

Richards Patent Law is a Chicago, IL area patent law firm serving individuals and businesses of all sizes. I work with clients from across the United States and around the world to prepare, file and prosecute patents at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. I started Richards Patent Law after spending over eight years in the intellectual property group of the Chicago office of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, a large general practice firm where I concentrated my practice on patent prosecution, counseling, opinion work and litigation. As a partner at McDermott, I managed international patent portfolios for several major...

Since obtaining my license in 2008, I have dedicated my career to representing numerous financial institutions, focusing on enforcing their security interests. Over the last decade, I have supported community banks through complex commercial workouts, dealing with sophisticated financial products. My litigation experience extends to contested contract cases based on various legal theories. I have been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers and an Emerging Lawyer by Leading Lawyers since 2015. My practice primarily involves representing secured creditors in all facets of commercial loan enforcement, from initiating commercial workouts to enforcing judgments. I frequently write on these subjects and...

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....

Devon C. Bruce brings extensive legal knowledge to his role as partner at Power Rogers & Smith. He is a skilled personal injury attorney who is also skillful handling accounting and banking malpractice cases. He has won millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients throughout the years, achievement that has warranted recognition in the form of awards such as “Highest Verdict or Settlement in a Dog Bite Case” by 2014 Jury Verdict Reporter and “40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch.”

Personal Injury Attorney Chad A. Kreblin became a shareholder at Hupy and Abraham in 2007 and has recovered over $155 million on behalf of his clients. He has lectured on various legal and insurance coverage issues in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Minnesota.

Attorney Manicioto's has dealt with both insurance matters and personal injury law. Before becoming a lawyer at Hupy & Abraham, he tried dozens of jury trials to verdict and won. He has also arbitrated a large number of cases. He works tirelessly to seek compensation for the firm's clients. Attorney Manicioto was promoted to company shareholder in 2019.

I joined Hupy and Abraham as an Associate Attorney in 2015. Prior to joining the firm, I practiced as an Assistant State’s Attorney at the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office. In this role, I prosecuted numerous felony cases.

Mr. Drew R. Ball is a dedicated and skilled attorney that represents clients in cases involving Real Estate and Civil Litigation and has a proven track record of success. Super Lawyers Magazine recognized Mr. Ball as a top attorney in Illinois from 2016 - 2022 and was named an Illinois Rising Star Attorney for his work in Real Estate and Civil Litigation. He is a proud member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. For more information visit: www.BallMcCannLaw.com

I concentrate my practice on business and real estate transactions and disputes, with a particular fondness for working with international clients. From 2017 to 2019, I lived and worked as the senior counsel in the Middle East, where I advised C-suite executives on quarter-billion-dollar PPP projects. My clients are typically either small to medium-size businesses or individuals, U.S. residents conducting business overseas or foreign nationals investing in the U.S. I have handled international business transactions across Canada, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Additionally, I represent clients in federal court, having been admitted to several federal courts...

Daisy Ayllón is a Senior Attorney at Romanucci & Blandin and a part of the firm’s highly respected Sexual Abuse & Hazing and Medical Malpractice teams. Since joining the firm, Daisy has participated in a number of cases, including helping to recently secure a $35 million settlement following a three-week trial for a birth injury resulting in cerebral palsy. Prior to joining Romanucci & Blandin, Daisy spent nearly a decade at a Chicago-area personal injury firm, starting as a law clerk while in law school before her hiring as an attorney after passing the bar. She helped both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking...