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Toma Makedonski
Naperville, IL Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationDUI & DWI, Divorce and Immigration
Valparaiso University School of Law
I am Toma Makedonski, and I have been practicing law in Chicago, Illinois, for over 22 years. Since I opened my private practice in September 2000, I have committed myself to assisting clients with a variety of legal issues, including criminal and traffic defense, real estate transactions, family law, and immigration law.
I am passionate about offering personalized, results-driven representation that is tailored to the unique circumstances of each client. My extensive experience in these areas ensures that my clients receive high-quality legal support when it is most crucial.
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Jorie K. Johnson
Aurora, IL Lawyer with 16 years of experience
(847) 922-8683
3015 East New York Street
Suite A2-178
Aurora, IL 60504
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense
The John Marshall Law School
I am an attorney licensed in Illinois and take cases in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Will, Kendall and other Chicago metropolitan area counties. I focus my practice on criminal records law (i.e., expungement, sealing and clemency) and would be happy to talk to you about your legal needs in this area!
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Joel Gould
Chicago, IL Lawyer
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
The John Marshall Law School and Rutgers School of Law-Camden
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Ryan Platt
Oak Brook, IL Lawyer
Collections, Consumer, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
University of Wisconsin Law School
Ryan Platt leads the firm’s Workers’ Compensation practice while also maintaining an active caseload of consumer and personal injury cases. Ryan is experienced at all aspects of Workers’ Compensation cases. A seasoned litigator, Ryan has practiced law for over seven years and tried over a dozen Workers’ Compensation cases before Commission arbitrators and successfully prosecuted multiple Commission appeals with favorable outcomes for his clients. He does not shy away from taking a case to court if a fair settlement can’t be reached. Prior to joining the firm, Ryan worked at a major Illinois Workers’ Compensation firm and served as a...
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Shekar Jayaraman
Oak Brook, IL Attorney
Free ConsultationUniversity of South Dakota School of Law and Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Attorney Shekar Jayaraman, Esq., LL.M has a multi-faceted background of both public and private sector experience. He is passionate, zealous, and detail oriented.
Notably, Attorney Jayaraman was a Judicial Clerk for a United States Magistrate, with a heavy focus on violent crimes. He earned an LL.M. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in Business and Corporate Governance, and has served under the Ohio Secretary of State as a Regional Liaison, handling Business Services and Elections.
While in law school, Attorney Jayaraman was selected as an Extern for a United States Magistrate for the summer after his first year, and...
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Josette C. Allen
Lisle, IL Attorney with 33 years of experience
Divorce and Family
Indiana University - Indiana University-Bloomington
Josette Allen obtained her bachelor’s degree in economics from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) in 1989 and her Juris Doctorate from Indiana University (Bloomington, IN) in 1992.
Ms. Allen concentrates her law practice in the area of family law. She has extensive experience in the area of family law which includes pretrial discovery, motion practice, contested hearings, and trials. She can handle complex family law litigation involving children and/or finances, whether it is pre or post-Judgment. Prior to joining Momkus LLC, Ms. Allen owned and operated her own law practice.
Ms. Allen’s legal experience is diverse and widespread as it relates to representing...
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Michael Poulakidas
Aurora, IL Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Western Michigan University
Graduated Law School in 1998. Passed the Bar Exam and was admitted to practice in the State of Illinois in May of 1998.
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Scott A. Kent
Naperville, IL Lawyer
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Juvenile
DePaul College of Law
Scott A. Kent, a native of Western Pennsylvania, has been a partner at Martin & Kent, L.L.C. for more than two years. Prior to attending law school, he graduated Cum Laude from Northern Illinois University. Shortly thereafter, he earned his Juris Doctorate from the DePaul University College of Law in 1994. While in law school, Mr. Kent gravitated to the field of criminal law, even working as an intern with the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office. Ever since, he dedicated his professional career to criminal law.
His experience in the field of criminal law has earned him a place in the...
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Hannah Blackwell
Evanston, IL Lawyer
Immigration
DePaul College of Law and Miami University of Ohio
Attorney Hannah C. Blackwell established Blackwell Law, LLC in 2023 in an effort to better serve the immigrant communities to which she has dedicated her career. Hannah has had a passion for immigration law ever since she witnessed an ICE raid of a work place in her hometown when she was a teenager. Hannah saw first-hand the massive, devastating impact this raid had on her community, and it sparked a fire in her to fight for the rights of the undocumented and their families.
Hannah graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing with cum laude honors and a President’s...
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Ethan White
Oak Brook, IL Lawyer
Free ConsultationNorthwestern University School of Law
Ethan White is a cum laude graduate of Northwestern University School of Law with more than a decade of pure litigation experience. Ethan’s practice focuses on counseling clients and litigating commercial and employment-related matters, with near daily courtroom experience in both state and federal courts. In addition, he frequently appears before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Illinois Department of Humans Rights, the Illinois Department of Labor, and various mediation forums. Ethan has tried cases in DuPage County, Cook County, and the Northern District of Illinois and has litigated matters in nearly every other county in the Chicagoland area.
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James F. White
Sugar Grove, IL Attorney with 36 years of experience
Estate Planning, Personal Injury, Probate and Real Estate
The John Marshall Law School
Mr. White has practiced law for thirty years. He graduated from Indiana University in 1986 and received his law degree from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago in 1989. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar, and admitted to practice in the Federal Court in the Northern District of Illinois, in 1989. While attending law school, he was a law clerk with the law firm of Carey, Filter, White & Boland. He became an associate of that firm upon graduating, and in 1996 became a partner.
Mr. White served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Summit Homes beginning...
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Sean P. Sullivan
Downers Grove, IL Attorney with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationWestern Michigan Law School
Attorney Sean P. Sullivan earned his Juris Doctor in 2009 from Western Michigan Law School. After graduating from law school, and passing the bar, Sean spent a year working in the General Counsel’s Office for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation assisting in policy decisions, internal administration, and enforcement of professional licensing. Sean then had the opportunity to work for some of DuPage County’s best-known names in family law before joining a DuPage County general practice firm as its senior family law and litigation counsel.
Sean specializes in highly contested matters, be it divorce cases or business disputes. Sean...
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Donald B. Garvey
Oakbrook Terrace, IL Lawyer
Free ConsultationBusiness, Collections, Landlord Tenant and Real Estate
Northwestern University School of Law
Don has been representing businesses and entrepeneurs in the Chicago metropolitan area since beginning his practice in 1975. He has experience advising individuals on the formation of their businesses, and the legal issues involved in operation of their businesses. This includes the drafting of corporate business formation documents, buy-sell agreements, LLC operating agreements, partnership agreements, independent contractor agreements, employment contracts, and business agreements in a variety of contexts. He has served as general outside counsel to businesses in the travel industry, construction industry, manufacturing industry, medical industry, and many other types of service industries. He is a great resource...
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Lisa M. Anderson
Elmhurst, IL Lawyer
Free ConsultationBusiness and Personal Injury
Western Michigan University
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Joel J.H. Funk
Elmhurst, IL Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Valparaiso University School of Law
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Brandon C. Hall
Elmhurst, IL Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Valparaiso University School of Law
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Kaitlin King
Elmhurst, IL Lawyer
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Northern Illinois University College of Law
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Robert G Lohman III
Des Plaines, IL Attorney with 28 years of experience
Business, Entertainment & Sports, Personal Injury and Real Estate
University of Illinois - Chicago John Marshall Law School
Robert Good Lohman III has over 23 years of legal experience. Based in his hometown of Des Plaines, Illinois, Lohman Law Group, LLC is a multi-specialty legal practice designed to support and facilitate real estate, business, and other legal solutions throughout the Chicagoland area. Robert Lohman is licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois.
To date, Robert Lohman has personally tried over 30 jury cases as a solo or a first-chair trial attorney across the Chicagoland area, including the Law Division and most of the Municipal Districts of Cook County Circuit Court the Lake County Circuit Court and the...
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Eyad Tabahi
Skokie, IL Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
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Tami Ann Tolitano
Des Plaines, IL Attorney with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment, Real Estate and Tax
The John Marshall Law School
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Sarah Blackwell
Rockford, IL Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Immigration
Marquette University
Sarah has been practicing immigration law since 2006. She specializes in family-based immigration, hardship waivers, naturalization and removal proceedings. Her family immigration cases include clients who are adjusting status (having their immigration interview in the US) as well as those who are consular processing (having their immigration interview in their home country).
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Robert M Kaplan
Schaumburg, IL Attorney with 38 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Divorce, Family and Probate
University of Florida
Attorney Robert M. Kaplan has been practicing law for more than 20 years. He is dedicated to assisting clients with family law, real estate law, bankruptcy law, estate planning and probate matters. After receiving a degree in law from The University of Florida College of Law in Gainesville, and working as a Public Defender in Miami, FL, Attorney Kaplan made the move to Illinois to start his own practice in 1991.
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Nicholas James Crawford
Arlington Heights, IL Attorney with 3 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Employment
DePaul College of Law
Effective Legal Counsel for Business and Individuals Navigating Labor and Employment Disputes.
Nicholas Crawford offers comprehensive employment and labor law advice and counsel to business's and individuals as an attorney with the Law Office Andrew Szocka, P.C. If you have a legal matter, labor dispute, or a employment law issue, I am uniquely positioned to advocate for your interests. With over 10 years experience leading Human Resource teams for both venture capital start-ups and large multi-national corporations, I have a built a reputation for creative litigation and problem solving approaches to resolve employment and labor disputes. If faced...
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Janet K. Maxwell-Wickett
Rolling Meadows, IL Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce, Domestic Violence, Education and Family
DePaul University
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Austin Scott Davies
Rockford, IL Lawyer with 8 years of experience
DUI & DWI, Family, Real Estate and Traffic Tickets
Northern Illinois University
Midwest Legal Care serves clients all across northern Illinois, including Winnebago, Boone, Stephenson, DeKalb, McHenry, and Kane counties.
At Midwest Legal Care, we believe the first role of attorney is that of counselor. Midwest Legal Care is dedicated to understanding what results you want and will help you understand what actions we can take on your behalf to obtain the best outcome. We will work with you every step of the way to make sure that you understand the choices you are making and feel empowered to make them.
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Craig Pierson
Lake Bluff, IL Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Tulane University School of Law
Craig D. Pierson has been practicing law in Illinois for 20 years. Craig focuses on estate planning, real estate, and business law. As an estate planning attorney, Craig has advised clients on sophisticated estate tax planning techniques, including GRATs, QPRTs, family limited partnerships, generation-skipping tax, charitable remainder trusts, and insurance trusts. In his practice as a real estate lawyer, Craig has advised clients on condominium conversion, environmental concerns, tax challenges, and has created appropriate corporate and other companies with which to hold real estate. His real estate practice includes the representation of general contractors, construction managers, real estate...
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Bradley L. Schencker
Buffalo Grove, IL Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationDivorce, Estate Planning and Real Estate
The John Marshall Law School
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Matthew Lawrence Hess
Hoffman Estates, IL Lawyer
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Southern Illinois University School of Law
Matthew L. Hess has handled thousands of insurance claims and hundreds of lawsuits over the past fifteen years. Before becoming an attorney he worked for one of the nation’s largest multi-line insurance carriers where he learned just how poorly insurance companies treat the victims of their insured’s negligence. He also learned how to beat them at their own game.
Mr. Hess has won numerous awards and accolades for trial advocacy and alternative dispute resolution and is a 2017-2022 “Super Lawyer” and “Rising Star” as awarded by Super Lawyers magazine.
Mr. Hess firmly believes that being an attorney is a privilege that comes...
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Lynda Wesley
Palatine, IL Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
My practice concentrates on Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. I have done hundreds of bankruptcies in 35 years of practice. I have lots of practical ideas to save you money and then help you rebuild your credit rating.
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Matthew L. Williams
Waukegan, IL Attorney with 27 years of experience
(847) 247-1227
218 North Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue
Waukegan, IL 60085
Medical Malpractice and Products Liability
DePaul University
Matthew L. Williams was named the Managing Partner of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard’s Lake County office in 2015. Mr. Williams concentrates his practice of law in the areas of automobile accidents, medical malpractice, construction negligence, premises liability and product liability. He joined Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard in 2003 and was named partner in 2009.
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Brian J. Mirandola
Elgin, IL Lawyer with 25 years of experience
47 Du Page Court
Elgin, IL 60120
Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Juvenile and Traffic Tickets
DePaul College of Law
I am criminal defense lawyer Brian J. Mirandola. I served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Kane County for more than seven years, where I prosecuted hundreds of DUI cases and other misdemeanors and felonies. I understand the prosecutor's strategy. I was also a member of the criminal defense team at a large local law firm for nearly two years, where I learned that handling case files as they land in your in-box is no way to provide effective, honest criminal defense representation. That is why I opened my private solo practice last year. I started law school...
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Steven C Kyriazes
Arlington Heights, IL Attorney with 47 years of experience
The John Marshall Law School and The John Marshall Law School
Steven C. Kyriazes has been a practicing attorney for more than 35 years. His diverse experience in a wide range of legal areas has allowed him to help his clients resolve complex disputes involving business law, employment law and commercial litigation. His past experience as General Counsel and Corporate Counsel to engineering companies, information technology providers, logistics companies and to a number of temporary staffing agencies, for over 24 years, has allowed Mr. Kyriazes to enhance his skill sets in employment law, state tax strategies and training of CEO’s, executives, managers, and staff to be in compliance with federal and...
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Vernon E. Morgan
Libertyville, IL Lawyer with 48 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Tax
Drake University
Upon his graduation from Drake Law School in 1977, Vernon E. Morgan began his professional career as legal counsel to the Director of the Iowa Department of Revenue from 1977 to 1979, litigating tax cases. He served as in-house counsel for American Hospital Supply Corporation working on a broad range of general corporate transactional and litigation matters from 1979 to 1985 and Bristol Meyers Corporation as associate general counsel for Zimmer Corporation from 1986 to 1988.
Since 1988, Vernon Morgan has been in private practice in Lake County, providing a wide range of general legal services. He has successfully litigated commercial...
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Brian Lohse
Vernon Hills, IL Lawyer
Free ConsultationBusiness, Energy and Real Estate
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Real Estate Closing Attorney: For as little as $295 for Sellers and $450 for Buyers, Attorney Brian Lohse will represent and advocate for you from day 1 until the property closes and the keys are handed over.
Attorney Lohse prides himself on offering personal and friendly service. He will ensure that you stay informed and up-to-date by returning phone calls and emails often within hours.
I understand that many people shop for homes on the weekend. Generally, I can provide assistance on the weekends if you need help. If you have a question or would like to forward a contract...
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Carin Brio
Barrington, IL Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Divorce, Estate Planning, Family and Probate
Carin Brio started her practice at one of the largest real estate law firms in the State of Massachusetts as one of a handful of associates who represented clients in over 200 real estate cases every month. Since then, she has added estate planning, probate, family law, and other areas of law to her practice and helped hundreds of clients with the legal matters that are important to them. Now based out of Knoxville, Tennessee, Carin and her staff work diligently on their cases - whether it is a contested divorce case, setting up a trust for your family, or...
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Van A Schwab
Libertyville, IL Lawyer with 46 years of experience
(847) 737-4953
1641 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Suite 12
Libertyville, IL 60048
Divorce, Estate Planning, Family and Probate
Along with his years of experience, Lake County divorce attorney Van A. Schwab has a solid educational basis for his divorce and family law practice. After receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, he received his law degree from Southern Illinois University School of Law. Because of recent, up-to-date training, Mr. Schwab is a certified divorce mediator, and is prepared to handle family law issues through collaborative law methods. He has published an article on cohabitation in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Licensed to practice family law in the states of Florida, Illinois, and New Jersey, he...
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Julie Pirtle
West Dundee, IL Attorney with 13 years of experience
Divorce, Family and Real Estate
Northern Illinois University
Ms. Pirtle uses her extensive knowledge in helping each and every client find a solution that is tailored to his or her circumstances while also exhibiting strong advocacy in the courtroom. She understands that not every case is a trial case nor can every case be kept out of the courtroom. Whether your needs are getting through a tough situation now or planning to avoid tough situations in the future, Ms. Pirtle can help you achieve your goals.
Practice Areas
• Divorce
• High Asset Divorce
• Maintenance & Alimony
• Child Custody & Child Support
• Prenuptial Agreements
• Family Law
• Residential Real Estate
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Brent Glenn
Barrington, IL Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning and Probate
University of Chicago
Brent Glenn graduated from The University of Chicago Law School in 2000. He began his career at top law firms in Chicago and Washington, D.C. including Winston & Strawn and Sheppard Mullin. At that time, he concentrated his legal career on commercial real estate matters including real estate finance of both borrowers and lenders, commercial real estate sales, purchases and leases. In addition, he provided real estate support in corporate transactions valued at more than a billion dollars.
In 2017, Brent opened his own practice in Barrington, Illinois. In addition to commercial real estate, his practice now includes a...
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David A. Eisenberg
Barrington, IL Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, IP and Legal Malpractice
University of Illinois College of Law
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Mark David Brynteson
Belvidere, IL Attorney with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Personal Injury and Probate
Regent University School of Law
My legal practice is primarily focused on Personal Injury, Estate Planning, and Probate Law. With a wealth of experience spanning over thirty-five years in each of these areas, I have consistently taken on a leading role in litigation, mediation, and settlement negotiations.
In my capacity as the lead attorney, I diligently prepared for and handled 10-15 trials annually. This involved a range of tasks, including interviewing witnesses, managing interrogatories, responding to requests for production and admissions, conducting and defending depositions, crafting interlocutory motions, and preparing and presenting requested instructions in jury cases.
Together with my two partners, we successfully expanded our law...