Elizabeth E. Babbitt
Elizabeth E. Babbitt
Elizabeth E. Babbitt is a Partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on commercial litigation. Ms. Babbitt received her B.S. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Hugh S. Balsam
Hugh S. Balsam
Hugh S. Balsam is a Partner at Locke Lord LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in appellate law, business litigation and dispute resolution, IP pharmaceutical and biotechnology, and personal injury. He is a member of the Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association. Mr. Balsam received his B.A. from Lawrence University, his M.M. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and his J.D. from The UIC John Marshall Law School, where he was Managing Editor of the law review.
Allison E. Czerniak
Allison E. Czerniak
Allison E. Czerniak is an associate at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, in Chicago, where she focuses on business and commercial litigation. Ms. Czerniak has been named an Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star (2019 – present) and has been listed a One to Watch by Best Lawyers in America. She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law Firms. She earned her J.D. summa cum laude from the University of St. Thomas School of Law.
Joseph J. Ferrini
Joseph J. Ferrini
Joseph J. Ferrini is a Partner at Clausen Miller PC’s Appellate Practice group in Chicago. He was chosen as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2016 and is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the Appellate Lawyers Association. Mr. Ferrini received his B.A. from Loyola University Chicago and his J.D. magna cum laude from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he served as a Senior Editor of the Loyola Law Journal and was President of the Catholic Lawyers’ Guild.
Allison K. Ferrini
Allison K. Ferrini
Allison K. Ferrini is Insurance Coverage Counsel In-House at Zurich American Insurance Company, in Schaumburg. Ms. Ferrini is a member of DRI and the Chicago Bar Association. She received her B.A. with honors from Pennsylvania State University and her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Matthew D. Freiman
Matthew D. Freiman
Matthew D. Freiman is the Director of Large Loss Litigation at CRAIG/is Ltd. in Jacksonville, Florida, where he concentrates in insurance law. He is a member of the Property Loss Research Bureau and the Defense Research Institute. Mr. Freiman received his B.A. from Boston University and his J.D. from The UIC John Marshall Law School.
William H. Hrabak, Jr.
William H. Hrabak, Jr.
William H. Hrabak, Jr., is a Partner at Goldstine, Skrodzki, Russian, Nemec and Hoff, Ltd., in Burr Ridge, where he focuses on commercial litigation. He is a member of the American, Illinois State, and Chicago Bar Associations. Mr. Hrabak received his B.S. from Ohio State University and his J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law.
Thomas J. Kanyock
Thomas J. Kanyock
Thomas J. Kanyock is a Principal at Schwartz & Kanyock, LLC, in Chicago, where he concentrates in commercial and general litigation, and acts Of Counsel as a trial and litigation consultant for other attorneys. Mr. Kanyock is admitted to the state courts of Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations. Mr. Kanyock received his B.A. from State University of New York at Stony Brook and his J.D. from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Edward M. Kay
Edward M. Kay
Edward M. Kay is a Partner at Clausen Miller P.C. in Chicago, where he focuses on appellate litigation and appellate trial monitoring. He is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and is a Fellow in the prestigious American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. He has over 40 years’ experience in trial monitoring and posttrial/appellate litigation that he regularly brings to bear in significant cases nationwide and has prosecuted over 500 appeals nationwide. Mr. Kay earned his B.A. from Loyola University Chicago and his J.D. from Northern Illinois University School of Law.
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy is a Partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, in Chicago, where he is a trial lawyer with a focus on crisis management. He is a Professor at The King’s Inns, Dublin, Ireland, and also serves as General Counsel and as a Member of the Board for the National Alliance on Mental Health. He earned his B.A. cum laude from Niles College of Loyola University and his J.D. with honors from DePaul University College of Law.
Michael J. Kralovec
Michael J. Kralovec
Michael J. Kralovec is a Partner at Kralovec Meenan LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in commercial litigation and labor law. He is a member of the American, Illinois State, Chicago, and Federal Bar Associations and the Chicago Council of Lawyers. Mr. Kralovec received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago.
Owen E. MacBride
Owen E. MacBride
Owen E. MacBride is a Partner at Schiff Hardin LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in energy and telecommunications. He is a member of the Illinois State, Chicago, and Energy Bar Associations. Mr. MacBride received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from Yale Law School. He formerly served as a law clerk to the Honorable Robert P. Anderson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
F. Kevin Murnighan
F. Kevin Murnighan
F. Kevin Murnighan is a Member at Carey White Boland Murnighan & Murray, LLC, in Chicago, where he practices in the areas of business litigation and transactions. He is a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations and the Federal Trial Bar. Mr. Murnighan received his A.B. from Brown University and his J.D. from The UIC John Marshall Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review.
Valeri J. Nowik
Valeri J. Nowik
Valeri J. Nowik is a senior associate at Clausen Miller PC, in Chicago, and focuses her practice on casualty defense, medical malpractice, professional liability, and commercial litigation. Ms. Nowik earned her B.B.A. from the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business, her M.B.A. from Marquette University Graduate School of Management, and her J.D. from Marquette University Law School.
Daniel R. Saeedi
Daniel R. Saeedi
Daniel R. Saeedi is a Partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP in Chicago, where he focuses on employment and business litigation. He is a Member of the Board of the Illinois Bar Association, an Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star, and a Crain’s Notable Minorities in Accounting, Consulting & Law. Mr. Saeedi graduated magna cum laude from The UIC John Marshall Law School.
Don R. Sampen
Don R. Sampen
Don R. Sampen is a Partner at Clausen Miller P.C., where he concentrates on appellate, commercial, and insurance-related litigation. He has taught as an adjunct professor at several Chicago-area law schools, including insurance law, trial practice, pretrial litigation, and other subjects. He is the former Chief of Special Litigation, and Chief of the Public Interest Division, for the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, where he concentrated on complex civil litigation. He is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is an Illinois Super Lawyer in Insurance Coverage. He has argued appeals in the Illinois Supreme Court, all five Illinois appellate districts, four other state appellate courts, and six U.S. Courts of Appeals. Mr. Sampen received his J.D. magna cum laude from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Andrew R. Schwartz
Andrew R. Schwartz
Andrew R. Schwartz is a Managing Member at Schwartz & Kanyock, LLC, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in creditors’ rights and business litigation. He is a member of the Illinois State and Lake County Bar Associations. He is also a speaker at IICLE^®courses. Mr. Schwartz received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Leigh Handelman Smollar
Leigh Handelman Smollar
Leigh Handelman Smollar practices with the firm of Pomerantz LLP, in Chicago, in the area of securities fraud litigation, representing institutional investors in individual and class-action cases. Ms. Smollar is a member of the American and Illinois State Bar Associations. She is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois, U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Illinois, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh and Eighth Circuits. Ms. Smollar received her B.S. with high honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Sara L. Spitler
Sara L. Spitler
Sara L. Spitler is a Partner at Goldstine, Skrodzki, Russian, Nemec and Hoff, Ltd., in Burr Ridge. Ms. Spitler has a general commercial litigation background but devotes a substantial portion of her practice to probate and guardianship matters, as well as contested trust and estate disputes. Ms. Spitler is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, where she received her B.A. summa cum laude and with departmental honors. She received her J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law and is a member of the DuPage County and Illinois State Bar Associations.
Richard Wm. Strawbridge
Richard Wm. Strawbridge
Richard Wm. Strawbridge is Senior Counsel at Sneckenberg, Thompson & Brody, LLP, in Chicago, and focuses on property subrogation. He has given presentations on the topic of damages in property subrogation cases to the National Association of Subrogation Professionals, the Chicago Bar Association, and the Western Loss Association, plus other presentations and seminars for various insurance company personnel. Mr. Strawbridge received his B.A. from Colgate University and his J.D. cum laude from The John Marshall Law School. Licensed in Illinois and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, he has also practiced widely throughout the greater midwest pro hac vice. He served as an artillery officer with the United States Army 1972 – 1974.
Jonathan B. Turpin
Jonathan B. Turpin
Jonathan B. Turpin is an associate at Locke Lord LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice on intellectual property litigation and IP pharmaceutical and biotechnology. He is a Maurer School of Law Young Alumni, Order of the Coif, and Order of the Barristers. Mr. Turpin received his B.A. from Miami University and his J.D. magna cum laude from Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
Richard L. Whitman, Sr.
Richard L. Whitman, Sr.
Richard L. Whitman, Sr., is an attorney at The Whitman Law Office in Monmouth, where he engages in general practice. He is a Past President of the Warren County Bar Association and a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Whitman received his B.A. from Eastern Illinois University and his J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where he was Editor of the law review.

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Elizabeth E. Babbitt

Hugh S. Balsam

Allison E. Czerniak

Joseph J. Ferrini

Allison K. Ferrini

Matthew D. Freiman

William H. Hrabak, Jr.

Thomas J. Kanyock

Edward M. Kay

John F. Kennedy

Michael J. Kralovec

Owen E. MacBride

F. Kevin Murnighan

Valeri J. Nowik

Daniel R. Saeedi

Don R. Sampen

Andrew R. Schwartz

Leigh Handelman Smollar

Sara L. Spitler

Richard Wm. Strawbridge

Jonathan B. Turpin

Richard L. Whitman, Sr.

Chancery and Special Remedies (ARCHIVED 2017 EDITION)