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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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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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Taher Kameli
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Immigration and Securities
Washburn School Of Law and Washburn University School of Law
I have been the founding partner of the Kameli Law Group, since 1996 and focuses on immigration and corporate law. I am also a strong advocate for international business and have devoted myself over the course of my career to the problems in our contemporary era of globalization.
I am a proud member of the bar of Washington D.C., New York, the U.S. Supreme Court, and Illinois.
Since 2009, I have been facilitating the creation of sustainable jobs in the United States with over 100 million foreign investments by the designated USCIS Regional Centers, under the EB-5 program. With creative solutions,...
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Richard K. Hellerman
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business and Probate
Emory University School of Law
Aggressive, pragmatic, energetic, zealous representation of clients' interests, both in court and out of court, is a succinct summary of my experience and what I bring to the representation of all my clients.
My trial experience and ability is my biggest professional strength. I have been fortunate to try scores of cases, before judges and juries, representing multinational corporations, family owned businesses and individuals in a wide variety of matters. I have particular expertise and experience in prosecuting and defending emergent litigation matters such as temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions.
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Kristin M. Case
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Chicago, IL 60606
Employment
University of Missouri - Columbia
Kristin M. Case is the founding Member of The Case Law Firm, now known as Case + Sedey, LLC. She is admitted to practice law in Illinois as well as Missouri and before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Illinois Supreme Court, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Missouri Supreme Court. Ms. Case has extensive experience representing clients during employment negotiations, before administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Illinois Department of Human Rights, and throughout the litigation process both in state and federal courts.
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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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Josh Friedman
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney
Free ConsultationEmployment
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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Thomas P. Polacek
Joliet, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Employment and Personal Injury
Washington University School of Law
Tom practices primarily in the area of personal injury, representing the seriously injured in state and federal trial courts. He also represents clients in general administrative litigation. Tom has litigation experience before trial and appellate courts in Missouri and Illinois, including arguments before the Illinois Supreme Court. He has represented clients and tried cases in U.S. Federal Courts in the Illinois Central and Northern Districts.
Tom was an academic All-American football player at Washington University in St. Louis and is married to a former national champion volleyball player. He maintains a strong interest in all sports and counts riding his bicycle,...
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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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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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Ross Good
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Business, Consumer and Legal Malpractice
University of Illinois - Chicago John Marshall Law School
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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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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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Christopher T. Hurley
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationEmployment, Animal, Elder and Workers' Comp
Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, IL
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Martina Sherman
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Employment and Insurance Claims
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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Terry Heady
Aurora, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Employment, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Northern Illinois University College of Law
Terry Heady has over 24 years of experience fighting for the rights of accident victims in the Chicagoland area. Mr. Heady has vast experience with many different types injury cases including car and motorcycle collisions, trucking accidents, construction site injuries, nursing home cases, medical malpractice cases and wrongful death cases. He has been named as one of the top 100 Trial lawyers in Illinois by the National Trial Lawyers for the years 2014 through 2020.
Mr. Heady also represents employees who have been wrongfully terminated and victims of sexual harassment, race discrimination, violations...
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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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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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William R Pokorny
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Employment, Business, Elder and Estate Planning
The University of Chicago Law School
William R. Pokorny represents management in a wide range of labor and employment matters. He concentrates his practice on litigation and counseling in areas including discrimination, disabilities, ERISA and employee benefits, employment contracts, covenants not to compete, wrongful discharge, wage and hour law, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and labor relations. He represents employers before state and federal courts as well as administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Illinois Human Rights Commission. Mr. Pokorny has experience with a wide variety of clients, including manufacturers, utilities, hospitals and healthcare providers, insurance companies, financial services...
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George W. Svoboda
Grayslake, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Employment, Business and Collections
University of Illinois - Chicago John Marshall Law School
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Keith J. Keogh
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Consumer
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Keith concentrates on complex class action and individual suits involving unwanted robocalls to your cell phones under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Keith has been selected as a Illinois SuperLawyer for 2013-2018 and Rising Stars for 2008-2013. He was also named the 2015 Consumer Attorney of the Year by the National Association of Consumer Advocates. He has extensively lectured on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
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Michael T. Mertz
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney
Free ConsultationEmployment, Animal, Elder and Workers' Comp
DePaul College of Law
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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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D. Daxton White
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
125 S. Wacker Dr. Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60606
Employment, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Collections
Florida State University College of Law
D. Daxton White is an AV rated attorney by Martindale Hubbell, the attorney rating service, indicating the highest rating for legal ability and ethics. He is a member of the Florida and Illinois Bar Associations, as well as the Indian River County Bar Association. He is also a member of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), an association of securities attorneys who dedicate their practices to the representation of investors defrauded by their financial professional or brokerage firm. Mr. White has also served on the PIABA Legislative Committee which attempts to advance the cause of investors through the use...
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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
LARRY WINS!
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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Sharon R. Booker-Brown
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Employment, Business, Civil Rights and Personal Injury
University of Minnesota Law School
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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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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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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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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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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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Michael J. Merrick
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Employment, IP and Workers' Comp
Creighton University School of Law and University of Nebraska College of Law
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Ms. Jennifer Claire Weiss
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Employment, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Divorce
University of Michigan Law School
Principal of law firm focusing practice on family law, child custody and support, visitation, domestic violence, mental health, employment discrimination, sexual harassment, FMLA and wage-and-hour violations, retaliation, civil rights, and juvenile justice. Offers settlement negotiation, litigation, general consulting, mediation, arbitration, and training services.
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Christopher M. Kloth
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer
Employment, Business and Construction
Hamline University School of Law
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Bruce Lewitas
Chicago, IL Employment Law Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Employment, Securities and Stockbroker Fraud
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Bruce Lewitas has litigated financial services disputes for three decades, beginning his career as an Enforcement attorney for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and thereafter serving as both in-house and outside counsel representing both individuals and broker-dealers. Bruce has overseen thousands of matters involving customer disputes, employment matters, regulatory inquiries and internal investigations.
At Lewitas Hyman PC, our core values include putting the client first and providing cost-effective counsel coupled with professional and aggressive advocacy.
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Stanley Eisenstein
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney
Free ConsultationEmployment, Civil Rights and Workers' Comp
University of Illinois - Chicago
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Jungyoon Jaz Park
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney
Employment
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Jaz Park concentrates her practice in labor and employment law including Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA, IMWL, IWPCA, retaliation, and unemployment insurance claims and appeals. She is available to serve as a private mediator in disputes between parties upon request.
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Douglas Darch
Chicago, IL Employment Law Attorney
Employment
University of North Carolina School of Law