STANLEY H. JAKALA
STANLEY H. JAKALA
3219 Maple Avenue
Berwyn, IL 60402
Tel: 708-788-5733
Fax: 708-788-5713
sjakala3219@comcast.net
www.jakalalaw.com
For 54 years, Stanley Jakala has represented public employees,
particularly police and fire employees, in disciplinary matters
and pensions. He was legal counsel for the Illinois Fraternal
Order of Police for 29 years and was the national legal
counsel for the Fraternal Order of Police from 1979-1981.
He has represented the Village of Westchester, Illinois, in
labor negotiations with public employees for ten years; has
represented pension boards; and is presently representing the
Hoffman Estates, Illinois, Police and Fire Pension Boards. He has
been involved in 112 published opinions, victorious in 35 percent.
He has received testimonials from the Village of Hoffman
Estates, Illinois; Northwestern University School of Law; and the
Illinois House of Representatives.
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
EMPLOYMENT & LABOR
APPELLATE
ROBERT L. NORA
NORA & TANZILLO, LLP
10 South LaSalle Street
Suite 2500
Chicago, IL 60603
Tel: 312-650-7900
Fax: 312-650-7910
rnora@ntllplaw.com
www.noratanzillo.com
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: MEDICAL MALPRAC TICE
Robert L. Nora is a trial lawyer who, for the past 30 years,
has specialized in the defense of medical negligence, product
liability, and catastrophic injury cases. He is a founding and
managing partner of his firm. Mr. Nora has tried a substantial
number of serious injury cases which, almost without exception,
have resulted in defense verdicts. One of these cases involved
the first “wrongful life” case tried in Illinois. Although negligence
was admitted, the jury returned a defense verdict. He was
recently honored by Chicago Lawyer Magazine as one of its Top
20 tort defense lawyers as elected by his peers.
PETER E. KANARIS
FISHER KANARIS, P.C.
200 South Wacker Drive
Suite 2200
Chicago, IL 60606
Tel: 312-474-1400
Fax: 312-474-1410
pkanaris@fisherkanaris.com
www.fisherkanaris.com
Mr. Kanaris is co-managing director of Fisher Kanaris, P.C. His
practice involves first-party and third-party coverage, bad faith,
and reinsurance litigation. He also handles antitrust, commercial,
construction (including professional liability defense), and
environmental litigation and insurance subrogation. Mr. Kanaris
has extensive experience in complex, multiparty litigation,
having tried cases in numerous state and federal jurisdictions.
He has provided loss counseling and coordinated litigation
strategies for several insurance carriers in connection with
catastrophic events, such as Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, the
2003 Northeast blackout, the 1994 Northridge earthquake, and
1992’s Hurricane Andrew. He has also represented and advised
clients with respect to litigation pursued in Asia and Europe.
CONSTRUC TION LI TIGATION
BUSINESS LITIGATION
INSURANCE COVERAGE
EDWARD F. RUBERRY
RUBERRY, STALMACK &
GARVE Y, LLC
500 West Madison Street
Suite 2300
Chicago, IL 60661
Tel: 312-466-8050
Fax: 312-466-8055
ed.ruberry@rsg-law.com
www.rsg-law.com
For more than 30 years, Edward F. Ruberry has litigated
complex commercial and insurance cases throughout the
country. Ruberry has represented clients in some of the
largest commercial lawsuits including: the Folding Carton
Antitrust Litigation, Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation,
and Continental Bank Securities Litigation. He has tried to
verdict scores of large complex cases involving such areas
as environmental insurance coverage, trade secrets, nuclear
power plants, and professional liability in multiple jurisdictions,
including Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Colorado, New
York, and Illinois.
INSURANCE COVERAGE
PROFESSIONAL LIABILI TY: DEFENSE
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
ILLINOIS – LOUISIANA
LITIGATION
DAVID E. KAWALA
S WANSON, MARTIN & BELL,
LLP
330 North Wabash
Suite 3300
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel: 312-321-8436
Fax: 312-321-0990
dkawala@smbtrials.com
www.smbtrials.com
David E. Kawala was born in Evanston, Illinois in 1960 and
was admitted to the Illinois State Bar in 1985 and to the U.S.
District Court for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois
and the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He received
his B.A. from Northwestern University in 1982 and his J.D.
from the University of Illinois in 1985. He was a member of the
University of Illinois National Moot Court Team, University of
Illinois Law Review, American Bar Association, and the Defense
Research Institute. He concentrates his practice on product
liability litigation, construction and premises liability litigation,
professional negligence litigation, chemical exposure litigation,
and other tort defense litigation.
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: PRODUC TS
PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL
JOHN M. STALMACK
RUBERRY, STALMACK &
GARVEY, LLC
500 West Madison Street
Suite 2300
Chicago, IL 60661
Tel: 312-466-8050
Fax: 312-466-8055
john.stalmack@rsg-law.com
www.rsg-law.com
John M. Stalmack has extensive experience in civil litigation
and trial work, obtaining outstanding results for over 35 years.
He has tried over 75 complex cases to verdict throughout the
country in the areas of products liability, medical malpractice,
premises liability, governmental liability, trucking negligence,
and toxic torts. His expertise extends to the Structural Work
Act and large property damage losses. John has written over
20 major articles in the areas of evidence, trial practice, and
medical negligence. He has also been a frequent lecturer for
the CBA, ISBA, and IICLE. He served as President of the Illinois
Society of Trial Lawyers.
COMMERCIAL LI TIGATION
PROFESSIONAL LIABILIT Y: DEFENSE
CIVIL LI TIGATION DEFENSE
GUS SACOPULOS
SACOPULOS, JOHNSON &
SACOPULOS
676 Ohio Street
Terre Haute, IN 47807
Tel: 812-238-2565
Fax: 812-238-1945
gus_sacopulos@sacopulos.com
RONALD G. SHEFFER
SHEFFER LAW FIRM PLLC
101 South 5th Street
National City Tower, Suite 1450
Louisville, KY 40202
Tel: 502-582-1600
Fax: 502-582-1193
rsheffer@kylaw.com
www.shefferlawfirm.com
DAVID L. GUERRY
LONG LAW FIRM, LLP
One United Plaza, Suite 500
4041 Essen Lane
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Tel: 225-922-5110
Fax: 225-922-5105
dlg@longlaw.com
www.longlaw.com
Indiana State, American, Federal, Seventh Circuit, and
Terre Haute Bar Associations (President, 1972-1973). Fellow:
American College of Trial Lawyers, American Board of Trial
Advocates (Indiana President, 1986-1987), International Society
of Barristers, International Association of Defense Counsel,
International Association for Insurance Law, Association
of Insurance Attorneys, Indiana Bar Foundation, American
Academy of Hospital Attorneys. Diplomat and Board Member,
Indiana Defense Lawyers Association; The College of Master
Advocates & Barristers; Defense Research Institute; Indiana Trial
Lawyers Association; American Society of Law, Medicine and
Ethics. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America and the Bar Register
of Preeminent Lawyers .
ALTERNATIVE DISPU TE RESOLU TION
CLASS AC TION/MASS TORTS
CIVIL LI TIGATION DEFENSE
Ronnie Sheffer’s trial experience is varied. He tries both
criminal and civil cases. In criminal law he has served as a
prosecuting attorney and represented elected state officials,
bankers, attorneys and company executives in white collar
criminal cases. In civil cases, Ronnie has represented the City of
Nashville, Tennessee in an environmental case; General Motors
in employee wrongful discharge cases; construction companies
in various cases; some of the nation’s leading jockeys in a federal
court suit to establish their rights under the First Amendment
to wear logos on their uniforms; trucking companies in major
accident cases; doctors and hospitals in medical malpractice
cases; plaintiffs in medical malpractice cases; and widows and
injured coal miners in cases against coal companies.
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
David L. Guerry’s legal practice includes representation in the
fields of telecommunications and electric regulatory transactions
and litigation; acquisitions and other business transactions and
related litigation; banking litigation; and general, corporate, and
franchise-structure-related business litigation. As a member
of the American Arbitration Association, he serves on the
Large, Complex Commercial Case; Construction; and Mediation
Panels. Mr. Guerry served as an initial founder of the pilot
mediation program for the U.S. District Court for the Middle
District of Louisiana. Mr. Guerry has been an active participant in
bar and charitable activities on the local, state, and federal level
and has been the recipient of numerous certificates and awards.
COMMUNICATIONS
GOVERNMEN T RELATIONS
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
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