Dakota Personal Injury Lawyers

Over thirty-three years of practice representing clients in a honest, ethical and direct approach. I will never promise you results which are unobtainable and communicate with you in a direct, straightforward manner.

Philip Harnett Corboy, Jr. was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1978 and worked in a small white-collar criminal defense firm before joining the criminal division of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office that same year. At the time of his resignation from that public office in 1985, he was a "first-chair" prosecutor - responsible for trying such felonies as murder, rape, armed robbery and kidnapping - in one of the major courtrooms at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building at 26th and California in Chicago. He joined Corboy & Demetrio as an associate that same year and became...

Rachel Sostrin has been a Workers’ Compensation and Personal Injury Trial Attorney since 2002. She has worked as a lawyer at Sostrin and Sostrin her entire legal career. She has been selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer (5% of the attorneys in Illinois) and Rising Star (Top 2.5% of attorneys in Illinois). Her legal practice concentrates in representing the rights of the injured both before the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, and the Illinois Circuit Court. She has served as the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Committee. Rachel also serves on the Judicial Evaluation...

My name is James A. Payonk, Jr. I am a personal injury and criminal defense attorney with more than 25 years of legal experience. I am the founder of my law offices in Orland Park and Chicago, Illinois. I was born and raised on the south side of Chicago. I did my college undergraduate studies at DePaul University and obtained my law degree from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. My family and I have lived in the southwest suburbs of Chicago for thirty years. I am a member of the Federal trial bar of the United States District Court. I...

Top Criminal Defense and Personal Injury Lawyer - Attorney Baku N. Patel is lead counsel in all felony criminal defense cases and personal injury/wrongful death matters at Patel Law, P.C. Mr. Patel was born in 1969 in Baroda, Gujarat, India. He was raised in the United States when his parents arrived from India in 1970. Mr. Patel received two bachelor degrees from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri in 1991, one in economics and one in political science. After graduating from college, he attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he received his Juris Doctorate degree in 1994. U.S....

David Cates is the founding principal attorney of The Cates Law Firm. As a seasoned trial lawyer with a major focus on nationally-recognized personal injury cases,class action lawsuits, and employment and workplace discrimination, attorney David Cates has earned prestigious recognitions including Super Lawyer's Rising Star and National Trial Lawyers' Top 100 Trial Lawyer. Throughout the years, David has achieved awards well over one-million dollars for the clients he has represented.

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....

With a focus on personal injury, death, and worker's compensation law, William Alexander has been practicing law since 1973. He served as the Associate Circuit Judge in the Second Judicial Circuit in the State of Illinois from 1975-1978 and currently serves as the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees for Morthland College and on the Board of Directors of Centerstone of Illinois. He has been married for 47 years and has two sons.

"Lawrence (""Larry"") Jackowiak, the principal of Jackowiak Law Offices, is a people's lawyer who never backs down from a good fight for justice. Larry founded Jackowiak Law Offices in 1996, and has managed its growth from a sole proprietorship to a group of five attorneys. Larry is widely recognized as a highly skilled and aggressive advocate for the rights of injured people and those whose civil rights are violated.

Following law school, Larry founded Jackowiak Law Offices. Initially, Larry focused on criminal cases, which provided him with a lot of trial experience. The firm has always had a substantial civil rights...

I concentrate in representing ordinary people in civil rights, malpractice cases, personal injury, criminal defense, whistle blower cases in an extraordinary way. I am selective about the cases I take so that I can give each case my complete attention and win it.

Michael Keating founded Keating Law Offices, P.C. in 2008 with the mission of representing individuals and families whose lives have been affected due to the negligence of others. Since that time, he has continuously obtained results on behalf of his clients in courtrooms throughout Illinois. He has been the attorney on hundreds of successful cases involving transportation negligence, nursing home negligence and abuse, and premises liability cases. The firm has recovered tens of millions of dollars on behalf of its clients and their families for cases involving personal injury and wrongful death. Mike firmly believes that as an attorney he has...

Thomas W. Drexler has represented individuals and corporations in civil litigation matters for over twenty-five years, with a practical focus on his clients’ interests and desired results. Mr. Drexler will pursue the best means of resolution and provide quality representation that makes economic sense for clients who reluctantly find themselves in legal difficulty. Many of our clients have come to us disappointed with the lack of personal attention and high cost of dealing with large law firms. We strive to handle our cases efficiently and keep our clients fully informed. Your case will be handled by an attorney, and...

Experienced attorney with highly diverse practice familiarity. Concentration in tort litigation and general contract disputes. Secondary concentration in areas of debt negotiation and relief, domestic relations, estate planning and probate administration. Self-driven and organized with proven ability to manage large, diverse caseload successfully. Familiar with state and federal rules and procedures, mechanics of litigation, case law decisions and jury-verdict trends. Proven courtroom, negotiation, communication, and client interaction skills.

Fred A. Truglio is the founding partner of the Truglio Law Offices, in his 28 years as a trial lawyer he has won a number of million and multimillion verdicts and settlements for his clients, victims of serious personal injuries or wrongful death due to negligence, medical malpractice, products liability and workplace injuries.

Graduate of DePaul University School of Law

Jonathan Walner is a Chicago injury attorney whose practice primarily consists of pre-litigation matters involving investigation, documenting and proving our clients personal injury, wrongful death, nursing home and medical malpractice cases.

Mr. Walner handles an extensive amount of uninsured and under-insured motorist cases. He arbitrates either in three man panels or with retired judges in many cases for alternative dispute resolution to avoid the lengthy process of litigation cutting down the time our clients wait to be compensated for their injuries.

Bar Admissions
Illinois State Bar, 1987
United states District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1987

Education
Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago – Kent College of...

Gerald W. Napleton (Jerry) joined the firm in March of 2014 with a wide breadth of experience in several areas of the law. His focus is on personal injury matters, workers' compensation, and residential and commercial real estate transactions. Jerry has successfully argued in various jurisdictions including numerous Circuit Courts, the Illinois Appellate Court, the Illinois Workers Compensation Commission, and the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission. He has represented a variety of clients from individuals to large corporations. Jerry was born in the southwest metropolitan area of Chicago and attended Marist High School. He received a Bachelors of Arts...

Trial Attorney Mark McNabola has dedicated over 35 years of his career to advocating for victims of severe personal injury and medical malpractice. During this period, Mark has garnered extensive recognition, including being the youngest recipient of the esteemed Trial Lawyer Excellence Award. This honor was bestowed upon him for serving as the lead trial attorney in cases resulting in five or more jury verdicts of $5 million or higher. His extensive trial experience has led to remarkable verdicts and settlements in Cook, DuPage, and Will Counties. Mark's trial record stands as one of the most distinguished in Illinois over...

Attorney Lewis has represented clients in a wide range of misdemeanor and felony criminal matters including battery, drug possession, robbery, weapons and others in Illinois. Attorney Lewis has experience in the adversarial process that includes appeals in workers’ compensation and DCFS appeals, as well as appearances on behalf of the City of Chicago representing the city’s interest in resident hearings.

Experienced trial lawyer with experience pursuing compensation in catastrophic injury claims and defending against serious criminal charges.

After working for Edward R.Vrdolyak Ltd.and the Vrdolyak Law Group LLC.for close to 40 years it was time for me to do some things I've always wanted to do.In sterting my own practice I hope to use my vast experience in Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Ellis Sostrin has been protecting the rights of injured workers as a Trial Attorney for over 40 years. He received his undergraduate training at the University of Illinois, Champaign and attained his Juris Doctorate degree at DePaul University, College of Law, Chicago in 1972 as one of the youngest lawyers in the State of Illinois. Ellis then began his legal career as an Assistant Attorney General between the years 1972 to 1975. Thereafter, he joined Sostrin and Sostrin, one of Illinois’ oldest and most respected personal injury and worker’s compensation firms. He has served as the...

Tom Seymour joined the practice of Sostrin and Sostrin in 2014. Prior to becoming an associate, Tom worked in Finance for over a decade for Smith Barney, Morgan Stanley and most recently Mayer Brown LLP managing Financial Reporting and Budgeting. Tom has been awarded the prestigious Cali Award for Future Excellence in Worker’s Compensation. His practice concentrates in representing clients in personal injury, social security disability and employees in workers’ compensation cases before the Workers’ Compensation Commission, Illinois Circuit, Illinois Appellate and Social Security Administration. Tom earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Drake University in...