Jordan Andrew
Jordan Andrew
Jordan Andrew is Deputy General Counsel at the Illinois State Board of Elections, in Springfield. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, and she received her B.A. from Illinois College and her J.D. from SIU School of Law.
Donald M. Craven
Donald M. Craven
Donald M. Craven is Partner at Craven & Craven, in Springfield, where he focuses his practice on media and municipal law. Craven is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Illinois Press Association, and the Illinois Broadcasters’ Association. He received his B.A. from St. Olaf College and his J.D. from SIU.
Lari A. Dierks
Lari A. Dierks
Lari A. Dierks is an associate at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on white collar and financial regulatory enforcement defense as well as election law. She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association’s Election Law Committee and the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. Ms. Dierks received her B.A. from Southern Illinois University and her J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Michael C. Dorf
Michael C. Dorf
Michael C. Dorf is the Managing Member at The Law Offices of Michael C. Dorf, LLC, in Skokie where he concentrates in election law. He coauthored CLEAR IT WITH SID: SIDNEY R. YATES AND 50 YEARS OF PRESIDENTS, PRAGMATISM, AND PUBLIC SERVICE (2019) with George Van Dusen. He is an adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a Past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Election Law Committee. Dorf received his B.A. from the University of Chicago and his J.D. from the School of Law of Columbia University.
John G. Fogarty, Jr.
John G. Fogarty, Jr.
John G. Fogarty, Jr., is Principal at the Law Office of John Fogarty, Jr., in Chicago, and focuses his practice on election and political law. Fogarty is a Past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Election Law Committee and a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. Fogarty received his B.S. from Northwestern University and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Brian M. Funk
Brian M. Funk
Brian M. Funk is a Partner at IFMK Law, Ltd., in O’Fallon, and manages the firm’s Southern Illinois office located in the St. Louis Metro East area. Funk received his B.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, his J.D. from the St. Louis University School of Law, and his LL.M. with honors in real estate law from The UIC John Marshall Law School.
Laura Jacksack
Laura Jacksack
Laura Jacksack, of Jacksack Law Offices, in Chicago, focuses her practice on election law. She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and previous chair of its Election Law Committee. Jacksack is also a registered Parliamentarian with the National Association of Parliamentarians and a member of the Illinois State Bar Association. She received her J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law at Urbana-Champaign and her B.A. from Northwestern University.
Anthony J. Jacob
Anthony J. Jacob
Anthony J. Jacob is a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, and concentrates his practice in business law, banking and commercial finance law, real estate law, and election law. In 2013 and 2014, respectively, Jacob was appointed as a member of the investment committee for the board of trustees at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law (formerly known as the John Marshall Law School) and as a board member at the Institute of Illinois Business Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law. He has previously chaired the Business and Securities Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association. Jacob received his B.A. at Northern Illinois University and both his LL.M. and J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, where he was Student Publications Editor of the UIC Law Review and a member of the moot court team.
Thomas A. Jaconetty
Thomas A. Jaconetty
Thomas A. Jaconetty, a sole practitioner in Chicago, is a member of the Chicago, Illinois State, and American Bar Associations; the Justinian Society of Lawyers; and the Advocates Society. He retired from 38 years of government service as Deputy Assessor of Valuation and Appeals for the Cook County Assessor and previously as Commissioner, Chief Deputy Commissioner, and First Assistant Commissioner for the Cook County Board of Review. A Fellow of the International Association of Assessing Officers, Jaconetty chaired its Legal Committee ten times. A long-standing member of the ISBA State and Local Taxation Section Council, he is a Past Chair of the National Conference of State Tax Judges. Since 1985, Jaconetty has presented papers or moderated programs at 165 real estate tax seminars in 30 cities across U.S. and Canada, sponsored by some 20 professional organizations, and has authored more than 20 articles. Jaconetty received his BA with honors and summa cum laude from Loyola University of Chicago and his JD from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. An adjunct professor in the UIC-Law LLM Program, he has guest lectured at the DePaul University College of Law, the University of Illinois, and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Jaconetty regularly judges the Northwestern and National Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Competitions, mentors high school and middle school student history research projects, and sits on the boards of Regina Dominican High School and the Weber High School Alumni Association.
Michael J. Kasper
Michael J. Kasper
Michael J. Kasper is a Partner at Kasper & Nottage, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates in constitutional, election, and voting rights law. He has been an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Loyola University School of Law, and The UIC John Marshall School of Law, and he has served as General Counsel and Treasurer of the Democratic Party of Illinois for over 20 years. Kasper received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Michael A. Kraft
Michael A. Kraft
Michael A. Kraft is a Partner with Quinn, Johnston, Henderson, Pretorius & Cerulo in Peoria, where his practice focuses on commercial and real estate litigation and transactions, corporate and tax matters, and estate planning and litigation. He is a former faculty member of Illinois Central College, where he taught business law. Mr. Kraft is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and has been a member of several Peoria County Bar Association committees. He was previously a board member and secretary for the Central Illinois Alzheimer’s Association for eight years. He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois, Phi Beta Kappa, and received his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer
Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer
Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer is an Equity Partner at Ancel Glink, P.C., in Naperville, where she focuses on local government law and election law. Illinois Super Lawyers named her one of the Top 50 Female Attorneys in the State of Illinois, and Leading Lawyers Magazine named her one of the top ten leading women lawyers in government, municipal, lobbying, and administrative law. Krafthefer has been named as a Super Lawyer representing cities and villages for every year that such distinction has been awarded. She received her B.A. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from The UIC John Marshall Law School.
Adam W. Lasker
Adam W. Lasker
Adam W. Lasker is the Managing Member at Lasker Law LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses on election law and government administration. He is General Counsel to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners and the Association of Election Commission Officials of Illinois (AECOI) and Past Chair and current member of the Chicago Bar Association’s Election Law Committee. Lasker received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.
Ed Mullen
Ed Mullen
Ed Mullen is owner of Mullen Law Firm, in Chicago, and concentrates his practices in election and government law. He received his J.D. with highest honors from George Washington University Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review, and his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Tiffany Nelson-Jaworski
Tiffany Nelson-Jaworski
Tiffany Nelson-Jaworski is a senior counsel at Del Galdo Law Group, LLC, in Berwyn, where she focuses on election, municipal, park district, township, library, and labor and employment law. She has been named an Emerging Lawyer by the Illinois Leading Lawyers Division of the Law Bulletin Publishing Company, and she has served as Chair and Vice-Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Election Law Committee. Nelson-Jaworski received her B.A. with high honors from the Illinois Institute of Technology and her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Noah Praetz
Noah Praetz
Noah Praetz is President and Cofounder of The Elections Group, in Burr Ridge, and concentrates on election administration and policy. He is adjunct faculty at DePaul University College of Law, a lecturer at the University of Chicago, and a National Association of Election Officials (Election Center) Hall of Fame Member. Praetz received his B.A. from Bradley University and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Ellen K. Raymond
Ellen K. Raymond
Ellen K. Raymond is a sole practitioner in Western Springs, concentrating in election law (candidates and referenda), real estate, zoning/land use litigation, TIF challenges, FOIA disclosure prosecution, and Open Meetings Act compliance. She serves as a City of Chicago Board of Election Commissioners Hearing Officer and is on the advisory board of the Citizen Advocacy Center (CAC) in Elmhurst. She is a recipient of the CAC’s Citizen Initiative Award for her efforts in the drafting, circulating, and passage of a citizen-initiated referendum creating a township park. Save the Timber, a not-for-profit corporation where she serves as president, received the International Society of Arboriculture’s Gold Leaf Award for the same efforts. Raymond received her B.S. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. cum laude from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Ross D. Secler
Ross D. Secler
Ross D. Secler is a Partner at Odelson, Murphey, Frazier, & McGrath, Ltd., in Evergreen Park, and focuses his practice on elections and local government. Secler has been Chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Election Law Committee (2017 – 2018, 2023 – 2024). He was chosen as a 40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer Magazine (2020) and was honored by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star (2018 – 2024). He is also the author of Is the Party Over? You Don’t Have to Go Home, But you Can’t Stay Here: Political Party Affiliation, Trends, and Requirements After Patton v. Illinois State Board of Election for The John Marshall Law Review. Secler received his B.A. cum laude from Colgate University and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
M. Neal Smith
M. Neal Smith
M. Neal Smith is a Partner at Bond Conway Smith Law Firm, Ltd., in Wheaton, where he concentrates his practice in tort, zoning, and commercial litigation. He has extensive experience in negotiating, drafting, and reviewing a wide variety of legal documents and contracts, including ordinances, resolutions, real estate purchase and sale agreements, and promissory notes, among others. Smith has been named an Illinois Leading Lawyer in election, political and campaign law; governmental, municipal, lobbying, and administrative law; and land use, zoning, and condemnation law. He received his J.D. cum laude from the Northern Illinois University College of Law and his B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College.
M. Neal Smith, Jr.
M. Neal Smith, Jr.
M. Neal Smith, Jr., is a Partner at Robbins Schwartz in Lisle and Rockford, where he concentrates his practice on commercial law, construction law, litigation, municipal law, real estate development, zoning, and planning and land use. He is a member of the American, Chicago, and Illinois Bar Associations. Mr. Smith received his B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College and his J.D. cum laude from Northern Illinois University College of Law.
James G. Wargo
James G. Wargo
James G. Wargo is Of counsel at IFMK Law, Ltd., in Northbrook, where he concentrates in local government law and general litigation. Wargo received his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.

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Jordan Andrew

Donald M. Craven

Lari A. Dierks

Michael C. Dorf

John G. Fogarty, Jr.

Brian M. Funk

Laura Jacksack

Anthony J. Jacob

Thomas A. Jaconetty

Michael J. Kasper

Michael A. Kraft

Keri-Lyn J. Krafthefer

Adam W. Lasker

Ed Mullen

Tiffany Nelson-Jaworski

Noah Praetz

Ellen K. Raymond

Ross D. Secler

M. Neal Smith

M. Neal Smith, Jr.

James G. Wargo

Election Law 2024 Edition