Michael J. Baron
Michael J. Baron
Michael J. Baron is a Partner with the Chicago firm of Goldstein, Fluxgold & Baron, P.C., where he concentrates his practice in civil litigation representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice, personal injury, and civil rights cases in both state and federal courts. Mr. Baron lectures to student groups and provides instruction regarding current trial techniques. He has served on the adjunct faculty at the Chicago-Kent College of Law and has coached Chicago-Kent Trial Advocacy Teams, including for Georgetown White Collar Crime, ATLA, NCTC, and BLSA competitions. Mr. Baron has continually contributed to PERSONAL INJURY FORMS: ILLINOIS. He is a member of the Illinois Bar, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the West Suburban Bar Associations, He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago.
Jeremy N. Boeder
Jeremy N. Boeder
Jeremy N. Boeder is an attorney with Tribler Orpett & Meyer, P.C., in Chicago. His practice focuses on professional liability defense and general civil/commercial litigation. Mr. Boeder has written about recent legal developments for the newsletter of the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability and authored an article for the IDC Quarterly Monograph for the Second Quarter of 2011, entitled Responsibilities of Partners, Managers, and Other Supervisory Lawyers in Illinois. In addition he served as a panelist for Whose Client Is It, Anyway? When Changes Occur In Your Firm at the Law Bulletin Ethics 2014 Conference. Mr. Boeder was selected for inclusion in “Super Lawyers — Rising Stars Edition” in 2013 and 2014 for his work in the area of professional malpractice defense. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Professional Liability Defense Federation, and the Professional Liability Underwriting Society. Mr. Boeder received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law where he served as the Lead Articles Staff Editor for the Loyola Law Journal.
Peter G. Bora
Peter G. Bora
Peter G. Bora is a sole practitioner in Mount Prospect where he concentrates his practice in commercial litigation and insurance coverage. Mr. Bora is a member of the American and Chicago Bar Associations. He has previously chaired the Bench/Bar Relations Committee of the Young Lawyers Section of the CBA and is a frequent speaker on insurance-related topics for the bar association. He has also served as a law clerk in the Chancery Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County. He received his B.S. from Illinois State University and his J.D. with distinction from The John Marshall Law School, where he was a member of and is published in The Software Law Journal.
Brian E. Devilling
Brian E. Devilling
Brian E. Devilling is an attorney with the firm of Foran Glennon Palandech Ponzi & Rudloff PC in Chicago where he focuses on transportation, first-party property, and personal injury defense. He has served as adjunct professor of Advocacy at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. He has written articles and treatises on topics ranging from evidence to noncompetition agreements to alternative dispute resolution, and has served as an instructor at multiple seminars on trial practice. Mr. Devilling is a member of the Chicago Bar Association. He received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
John C. Ellis
John C. Ellis
John C. Ellis is an associate at Richard J. Prendergast, Ltd., in Chicago and focuses his practice in civil litigation. He is currently a member of the adjunct faculty at Loyola University School of Law. He received his B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with distinction and his J.D. from Loyola University School of Law, where he was a Philip H. Corboy Fellow.
Cindy G. Fluxgold
Cindy G. Fluxgold
Cindy G. Fluxgold is a Partner with Goldstein, Fluxgold & Baron, P.C., in Chicago where she concentrates her practice in complex civil litigation representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice and personal injury cases. Ms. Fluxgold has written multiple chapters for IICLE® handbooks. She is also the coeditor of PERSONAL INJURY FORMS: ILLINOIS. She has lectured to bar associations and student groups, including appearances on both radio and television. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Ms. Fluxgold received her B.A. from the University of Illinois and her J.D. from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Nathan P. Karlsgodt
Nathan P. Karlsgodt
Nathan P. Karlsgodt is senior associate attorney at McKnight, Kitzinger & Pravdic, LLC, in Chicago where he concentrates his practice on commercial litigation. He is a member of the Chicago, Illinois, and California Bar Associations. Mr. Karlsgodt received his B.A. from the University of Southern California and his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law.
Corry P. Keilin
Corry P. Keilin
Corry P. Keilin is an attorney with Tribler Orpett & Meyer, P.C. in Chicago. He focuses his practice on civil litigation and general tort defense. In September 2014, Mr. Keilin presented Discovering the Discoverable to the Chicagoland Health, Safety, and Environmental Conference at Northern Illinois University-Naperville. He was selected for inclusion in “Super Lawyers — Rising Stars Edition” in 2012 and 2013 for his work in the area of general personal injury defense. Mr. Keilin is a member of the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations. He received his B.A. from the University of Iowa and his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.
Richard L. Miller II
Richard L. Miller II
Richard L. Miller II is a Partner at Miller LLP in Chicago where he focuses on commercial litigation and class actions. He is an adjunct professor at Northwestern College of Law where he has served as an instructor for Trial Advocacy since 2005 and Advanced Trial Advocacy since 2013. He is an American Arbitration Association arbitrator and has served as an arbitrator for the Cook County Mandatory Arbitration Program and FINRA. He was named one of the 40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty To Watch by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company, publishers of the Chicago Lawyer and Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Mr. Miller graduated magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Business and graduated cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Melissa N. Schoenbein
Melissa N. Schoenbein
Melissa N. Schoenbein is an attorney with the firm of Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., in Peoria. She concentrates her practice in commercial litigation. Ms. Schoenbein served as the Assistant Managing Editor of LEGAL MEDICINE PERSPECTIVES (2012 – 2013) and as a Young Lawyers Committee member, Peoria County Bar Association (2010 – present). She received the Best Brief Award, Southern Illinois University Health Law Intramural Moot Court Competition and the CALI Award in Advanced Appellate Advocacy. She is a member of the Peoria County Bar Association and the Abraham Lincoln Inn of Court in Peoria. Ms. Schoenbein received her B.A. from Bradley University summa cum laude and her J.D. from Southern Illinois University School Law cum laude.
Patrick J. Sprague
Patrick J. Sprague
Patrick J. Sprague is an attorney at Bruce Farrel Dorn & Associates in Chicago. He concentrates his practice in civil litigation defense. He has taken multiple civil cases to verdicr before juries in the Law and Municipal Divisions of Cook County. He has also successfully drafted and argued summary judgment motions on a range of topics including: premise liability, landlord/tenant, employee/independent contractor, contract disputes, etc. Mr. Sprague serves as an Auxiliary Board Ambassador for the Big Shoulders Fund. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association where he is a volunteer for the Wills for Heroes program. He received hi J.D. from Valparaiso Law School magna cum laude.
Craig L. Unrath
Craig L. Unrath
Craig L. Unrath is a Partner at Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., in Peoria, and is Chair of the firm’s Appellate Practice Group and Vice Chair of the Professional Regulation/Licensure Practice Group. Mr. Unrath is Chair of the Amicus Committee for the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and has been named to the Illinois Super Lawyers list (2008 – 2018). He earned his J.D. from the University of Illinois and his B.A. from Shimer College.
Lorenzo Valladolid
Lorenzo Valladolid
Lorenzo Valladolid is an associate with Goldstein, Fluxgold & Baron, P.C., in Chicago where his practice is concentrated in complex civil litigation representing plaintiffs in personal injury and medical negligence cases in both state and federal courts. Mr. Valladolid has served as an evaluator for various trial completions and has coached mock trial competition teams at the IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law. Mr. Valladolid has written extensively for IICLE®. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and active in the Hispanic and minority legal community and advocacy. Mr. Valladolid received his B.S. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Michael J. Waters
Michael J. Waters
Michael J. Waters is an attorney with the law firm Vedder Price P.C. in Chicago where he is a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group and focuses his practice in commercial litigation. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and also has served as Assistant Editor of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Journal. He was recognized as an “Illinois Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine (2009 – 2014). Mr. Waters is an active member of the American and Chicago Bar Associations as well as being a member of the Trial Bar of the Northern District of Illinois. He received his B.S. from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from Northwestern University Law School.
M. Derek Zolner
M. Derek Zolner
M. Derek Zolner is an attorney with Vedder Price P.C. in Chicago, where he focuses his practice on all areas of civil business litigation, including commercial disputes, intellectual property litigation, and business torts. Mr. Zolner received his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Oklahoma.

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Civil Trial Evidence (Illinois) 2015 Edition

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Michael J. Baron

Jeremy N. Boeder

Peter G. Bora

Brian E. Devilling

John C. Ellis

Cindy G. Fluxgold

Nathan P. Karlsgodt

Corry P. Keilin

Richard L. Miller II

Melissa N. Schoenbein

Patrick J. Sprague

Craig L. Unrath

Lorenzo Valladolid

Michael J. Waters

M. Derek Zolner

Civil Trial Evidence (Illinois) 2015 Edition