Mary F. Andreoni
Mary F. Andreoni
Mary F. Andreoni is Ethics Education Senior Counsel for the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on legal ethics and professional responsibility. Andreoni is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and Former Chair of the Chicago Bar Association Professional Responsibility Committee. Andreoni received her B.A. magna cum laude from Loyola University Chicago and her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where she also wrote for the Loyola University Chicago Law Journal.
Robert A. Chapman
Robert A. Chapman
Robert A. Chapman is a Co-Managing Partner with Chapman Spingola LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in the prosecution and defense of commercial, professional liability, real estate, trade secret, and organizational disputes. He has written articles on trial-related issues for the Illinois State Bar Association and the Illinois Bar Journal and was a Coeditor of the TRIAL LAWYER’S GUIDE. Chapman is a member of the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations and was a member for nine years of the ARDC’s Hearing Board. He earned his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and his J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley’s Berkeley School of Law, where he was an associate editor of the California Law Review.
John E. DeLascio
John E. DeLascio
John E. DeLascio is a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on insurance coverage. He is a member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society and the AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society. DeLascio received his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago.
James A. Doppke, Jr.
James A. Doppke, Jr.
James A. Doppke, Jr. is a Partner at Robinson, Stewart, Montgomery & Doppke, LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on legal ethics and professional responsibility. He is the Secretary for the ISBA Standing Committee on Legal Education, Admissions, and Competence and a member of the ISBA Standing Committee on Law Office Management and Economics. Doppke received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
J. Timothy Eaton
J. Timothy Eaton
J. Timothy Eaton is a Partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice on civil appeals, critical motions, and arbitrations. Mr. Eaton is Past President of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations and the Appellate Lawyers Association. He earned his BA from Miami University, his JD from the Southern Illinois University School of Law, and his LLM from the Washington University School of Law.
James R. Figliulo
James R. Figliulo
James R. Figliulo is a Partner at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on litigation. He is the Founder and Past President of the Chicago Inn of Court, as well as a recipient of the Judge Joel M. Flaum Award. Figliulo is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and was the 2005 President of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association. Figliulo received his B.A. cum laude from Saint Mary’s College and his J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law.
Peter J. Gillespie
Peter J. Gillespie
Peter J. Gillespie is a Partner at Laner Muchin, Ltd., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on employment law-related issues. He is a member of the editorial board of the SciTech Lawyer. Gillespie received his B.A. from Northwestern University and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
Thomas G. Gorman
Thomas G. Gorman
Thomas G. Gorman is a Partner and Founder at Gorman Law LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on personal injury and wrongful-death cases. He has litigated thousands of automobile and truck collisions, representing victims and families of victims of negligence. Gorman received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from Notre Dame Law School.
Kathryne R. Hayes
Kathryne R. Hayes
Kathryne R. Hayes is a Partner at Collins Bargione & Vuckovich, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on professional responsibility and commercial and business litigation. She was named to the 40 Under 40 Illinois Lawyers to Watch list in 2024, has been named a Leading Lawyer Emerging Lawyer from 2022 through 2025, and is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Professional Conduct. Hayes graduated from the Honors College at the University of Illinois at Chicago and received her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Matthew R. Henderson
Matthew R. Henderson
Matthew R. Henderson is a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on representation of attorneys in all aspects of professional liability and ethics. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association Committee on Attorney Malpractice and the Professional Responsibility Committee, as well as being a member of the Illinois Defense Counsel and Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. Henderson received his B.A. cum laude from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School.
Scott F. Hessell
Scott F. Hessell
Scott F. Hessell is a Partner at Sperling Kenny Nachwalter, LLC, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on professional liability. He was named to the 2025 Illinois Super Lawyer list for being top-rated in business litigation. Hessell received his J.D. with honors from the University of Chicago Law School.
Laura Coffey Ieremia
Laura Coffey Ieremia
Laura Coffey Ieremia is an associate at Donohue Brown Smyth LLC, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on professional liability, institutional liability, and medical malpractice. She has been named to the Best Lawyers’ One to Watch list and to the Leading Lawyers’ list as an Emerging Lawyer, and is a current member and Former President for the Appellate Lawyers Association. Ieremia received her J.D. magna cum laude from The John Marshall Law School.
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.
Stephanie D. Jones
Stephanie D. Jones
Stephanie D. Jones is a Partner at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on commercial litigation. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Seventh Circuit Bar Association, and the Chicago Bar Association. Jones received her B.A. cum laude from Williams College and her J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School.
Jefferey Ogden Katz
Jefferey Ogden Katz
Jefferey Ogden Katz is the Managing Director at The Katz Law Firm, P.C., in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on legal ethics and malpractice. He is Chair of the Professional Responsibility Committee for the Chicago Bar Association, a Founding Member of the Professional Responsibility Committee for the American Association for Justice, and faculty for the National Association of Legal Fee Analysis. Katz received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his J.D. from Case Western Reserve University.
Terrence P. McAvoy
Terrence P. McAvoy
Terrence P. McAvoy is Of Counsel at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on professional liability and legal malpractice. He is a Member of the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, and the Defense Research Institute. McAvoy received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Thomas P. McGarry
Thomas P. McGarry
Thomas P. McGarry is an independent lawyer and expert consultant. For 39 years, he was a member of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where he served as a leader of the firm’s national Lawyers Professional Responsibility Professional Liability and Risk Management Practice Group and focused his practice on the representation of lawyers and law firms in the areas of professional liability, discipline, and risk management. McGarry is a veteran trial lawyer and a certified mediator in the Cook County Court-Annexed Mediation Program. He was a judicial law clerk to the Hon. James J. Mejda, Illinois Appellate Court, and served in the United States Navy as a commissioned officer. McGarry has been a frequent lecturer on issues of attorney malpractice and ethics for various legal organizations, forums, and law schools. From its inception, he has been the General Editor and chapter author of the Illinois lawyers’ practice manual, ATTORNEYS’ LEGAL LIABILITY, published by IICLE^®. For many years he was a co-contributor to a monthly ethics column in Chicago Lawyer magazine. He was published as chapter coauthor in The PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE LAW REVIEW (3d ed. 2020 – 2021). He was a contributing author and editor from 2005 to 2022 in LEGAL MALPRACTICE: THE LAW OFFICE GUIDE TO PURCHASING LEGAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE. McGarry was also Editor of ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS: ILLINOIS PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE (Law Bulletin Publishing, 2002). He has been an associate member of the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability, the Chicago Bar Association’s Attorney Malpractice and Prevention of Malpractice Committee, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, and the Professional Liability Underwriters Society. McGarry earned his B.A. from Marquette University and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law, where he was a published member of the DePaul Law Review. Today, he focuses his private practice on lawyer ethics counseling and litigation expert consulting.
Brendan McGarry
Brendan McGarry
Brendan McGarry is a Partner at Kaufman Dolowich LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on insurance coverage. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and is a member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society. McGarry received his J.D. cum laude from DePaul University College of Law.
Sari W. Montgomery
Sari W. Montgomery
Sari W. Montgomery is a Partner at Robinson, Stewart, Montgomery & Doppke, LLC, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on legal ethics and professional responsibility. She is a Member of the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Professional Responsibility, is Chair for the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Professional Regulation, and is Past Chair for the Illinois State Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Professional Conduct. Montgomery received her B.A. from the University of Chicago and her J.D. from Loyola University of Chicago School of Law.
John M. Owen
John M. Owen
John M. Owen is a Partner at Chapman Spingola LLP, in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice on the prosecution and defense of commercial, intellectual property, professional liability, and organizational disputes. He is licensed in Illinois, Massachusetts, and Colorado, along with numerous federal district and appellate courts. Owen received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of California Berkley School of Law.
Justin M. Penn
Justin M. Penn
Justin M. Penn is a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on financial services litigation. He is a member of the Legal Advisory Board for the Consumer Relations Consortium. Penn received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson is a Partner at Robinson, Stewart, Montgomery & Doppke, LLC, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on lawyer and judicial ethics. She is a Member of the Illinois Judicial Ethics Committee, a Former Member of the American Bar Association Committee on Professional Discipline and the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, and Former Chair of the Planning Committee for the National Conference on Professional Responsibility. Robinson received her B.A. from the University of Illinois Chicago and her J.D. from the University of Southern California.
Elliott R. Schiff
Elliott R. Schiff
Elliot R. Schiff is a private practice attorney in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on representing clients who have been damaged from legal malpractice by attorneys. He is the Past President of the Illinois Society of Trial Lawyers and a Past Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and was named Fellow of the National Litigation Counsel of America. Schiff received his B.A. from Ohio University and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Katherine G. Schnake
Katherine G. Schnake
Katherine G. Schnake is a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on professional legal liability. She is a Member of the Chicago Bar Association and the National Association of Women Lawyers, and a Former Member of the Defenses Research Institute. Schnake received her J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
David M. Schultz
David M. Schultz
David M. Schultz is a Partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on consumer financial services. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, and the National Creditors Bar Association. Shultz received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law.
Stephanie L. Stewart
Stephanie L. Stewart
Stephanie L. Stewart is a Partner at Robinson, Stewart, Montgomery & Doppke, LLC, in Chicago, where she focuses her practice on professional legal liability. She was a 2018 recipient of the Carl H. Rolewick Award and has been named as a Special State’s Attorney for both Cook County’s and Winnebago County State’s Attorney’s Offices. Stewart received her B.A. from Iowa State University and her J.D. from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Adrian M. Vuckovich
Adrian M. Vuckovich
Adrian M. Vuckovich is a Partner at Collins Bargione & Vuckovich, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on professional responsibility and commercial and business litigation. He was the 2017 recipient of the Vanguard Award. Vuckovich received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Michael Zhang
Michael Zhang
Michael Zhang is an associate at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on professional liability and risk management. He is a special advisor to the Standing Committee on Professional Regulations for the American Bar Association, is an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law for legal ethics, and is a trial advocacy coach at Chicago Kent College of Law. Zhang received his B.A. from the University of Calgary and his J.D. from Chicago Kent College of Law.

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Attorneys' Legal Liability 2025 Edition

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Mary F. Andreoni

Robert A. Chapman

John E. DeLascio

James A. Doppke, Jr.

J. Timothy Eaton

James R. Figliulo

Peter J. Gillespie

Thomas G. Gorman

Kathryne R. Hayes

Matthew R. Henderson

Scott F. Hessell

Laura Coffey Ieremia

Anthony J. Jacob

Stephanie D. Jones

Jefferey Ogden Katz

Terrence P. McAvoy

Thomas P. McGarry

Brendan McGarry

Sari W. Montgomery

John M. Owen

Justin M. Penn

Mary Robinson

Elliott R. Schiff

Katherine G. Schnake

David M. Schultz

Stephanie L. Stewart

Adrian M. Vuckovich

Michael Zhang

Attorneys' Legal Liability 2025 Edition