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| | Address | | 222 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1550 | | Chicago, Illinois 60606-6000 | | (Cook Co.) | | | |
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| Fioretti, Lower & Carbonara,
Law Offices practices in the following areas of law:
Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Defense and Plaintiff, Corporate Business Organization, Construction, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Family Law, Government Contracts, Claims, Securities, Environmental Law, Real Estate, Title Residential, Wills, Estates, Probate and Planning, Antitrust, Healthcare, Energy, Labor and Employment, Insurance, Zoning and Land Use, Intellectual Property Law. | | Firm Size: 6 | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Robert W. Fioretti (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, March 8, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1985, New York and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1975); Northern Illinois University School of Law (J.D., 1978). Omicron Delta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha. George M. Pullman Scholar. Listed in Illinois SuperLawyer, 2006. Co-Author: "Attorneys' Fees Under The Civil Rights Act — A Time For Change," 16 John Marshall Law Review 261, 1983; "Attorneys' Fees: The Mushrooming Cloud Of Litigation," 34 De Paul Law Review 943, 1985. Senior Supervising Attorney, General Litigation Division, City of Chicago, 1984-1987. Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago, 1978-1987. Member, Hiring and Recruitment Committee, Office of the Corporation Counsel, 1983-1987. Member, Organic Theater Company Board or Trustees, 2006—. Member, Northern Illinois Law School Alumni Counsel, 1992—. President, Northern Illinois Law School Alumni Counsel, 1996—. President, 1995-2000, Past President Executive Board, 2001-2002 and Board Member, 1992—, Historic Pullman Association. Member, Hearing Division, Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1997-1999. President, 2000-2005, Past President, 2005-2007, Director, 1997-2000 and Board of Directors, 1997-2007, Northern Illinois Alumni Association. Member: Chicago (Member, Committee Service: Civil Practice, 1987-1991; Federal Civil Procedure, 1987-1988; Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1992-1994; Civil Rights, 1992-1994; Professional Responsibility, 1993-1996; Election Law, 1996-1997; Real Estate Taxation, 1996-1997) and Illinois State Bar Associations; American Judicature Society. Practice Areas: Litigation; Mediation; Environmental Law; Antitrust; Business Law; Commercial Law; Civil Rights; Discrimination; Energy; Insurance; Zoning Law; Intellectual Property. | | John B. Lower (Member) born Savanna, Illinois, October 29, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Illinois; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1978); Northern Illinois University College of Law (J.D., 1981). Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity, 1978-1981. Listed in Illinois SuperLawyer, 2006, 2007. President, International Law Society, 1978-1981. Speaker/Author: "Overview of Admission. Discharge of Mentally Ill Children and Adults," Medical Educational Services, Inc., 1994; "An Overview: Rights of the Psychiatric Patient Housed on a Medical Floor," Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, 1995. Co-Editor, Northern Illinois University College of Law, International Law Journal, 1979-1981. Licensed Illinois Insurance Broker, 1978-1986. Regional Counsel, Illinois, Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, 1981-1990. Chief Legal Counsel, Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, 1990-1999. Litigation Director, Legal Advocacy Service, 1991-1999. Registered Guardian, National Guardianship Association, 1997-1999. Licensed Illinois Real Estate Broker, 1978-1986. Tribune, Sir Edward Coke Senate. Member, 1992— and President, 1988-2000, Northern Illinois University College of Law Alumni Council. Disability Rights Advisory Council, Illinois Attorney General Roland W. Burris, 1992-1993. Member: Chicago (Sustaining Member) and Illinois State Bar Associations; Illinois Association of Health Care Attorneys; Illinois Trial Lawyer Association. Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Administrative Law; Government Law; Litigation. | | ASSOCIATE | | Allison T. Noback (Associate) born Winfield, Illinois, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1999); Loyola University (J.D., 2002). Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations; Women's Bar Association. | | OF COUNSEL | | Charles A. Brizzolara (Of Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, 1929; admitted to bar, 1959, Illinois. Education: Lake Forest College (B.A., 1951); Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1957). Editor-in-Chief, Chicago-Kent Law Review, 1956-1957. Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, Walter E. Heller, International Corporation, 1972-1985. Member: Illinois State Bar Association; International Law Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Finance. Email: Charles A. Brizzolara | | Paul E. Peldyak (Of Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, Trial Bar. Education: St. Mary's College (B.A., 1970); University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1973). Author: "Recovery in Tort for Property Damage Absent Personal Injury," ISBA Journal, Sept. 1977. Member: Illinois State Bar Associations; Advocates Society (President, 1986). Practice Areas: Litigation; Business; Commercial; Torts; General Practice. | | Don H. Reuben (Of Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, 1928; admitted to bar, 1952, Illinois; 1957, U.S. Supreme Court; 1996, California. Education: Northwestern University (B.S., 1949; J.D., 1952). Order of the Coif. Listed in Illinois Super Lawyer, 2005. Recipient, NU Law Alumni Award for Worthy Achievement in Profession, April 2002. Author: "Our Judicial Election Laws, or How to Have a Lawsuit Without Really Trying," Chicago Bar Record, February 1969; "The Trial of a Condemnation Case—Verdict for $4,825,000 Affirmed," The Trial Lawyers Guide, November, 1970. Co-Author: "Structural Work Act," The Art of Discovery, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Library of Congress Card Number 75-2756, 1975. Guest Lecturer on Law, College of the Desert, 2003. Lecturer, Discovery and Practical Legal Ethics in California for the National Business Institute. Member: Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Rules, 1963-1973; Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions, 1963-1968. Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Illinois, 1963-1964, 1969-1972. Counsel for Illinois Treasurer for Congressional, State Legislative and Judicial Reapportionment, 1963. Counsel, Special Session, Illinois House of Representatives, 1964. Counsel to Speaker, Illinois House of Representatives, 1965. Special Counsel to Illinois Legislature, 1965-1967. Member: Visiting Committee of University of Chicago Law School, 1976-1979; Citizens Board of the University of Chicago, 1976-1979; Northwestern University Board of Trustees, 1977—; Pitzer College Board of Trustees, 1979-1983; Committee to study Caseflow Management in the Law Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, 1979-1988; Advisory Implementation Committee of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (to implement Devitt Committee Report, a Committee to Consider Standards for Admission to practice in Federal Courts), 1981-1983. Member: Chicago, Illinois State, Desert and American (Member: Standing Committee of Federal Judiciary, 1973-1979; Standing Committee on Judicial Selection, Tenure and Compensation, 1982-1985) Bar Associations; State Bar of California; International College of Trial Lawyers; American Law Institute; American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, American College of Trial Rule 23 Committee, 1975-1982). Fellow, American Bar Foundation. (Also practicing individually, Indiana Wells, California). Reported Cases: International Airport Centers, LLC v. Citrin, 440 F.3d 418 (7th Cir. 2006); NLRB v. Catholic Bishop of Chicago, 440 U.S. 490 (1979); New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 967 (1964); Pape v. Time Magazine, 402 U.S. 970 (1971), 401 U.S. 279 (1971), 397 U.S. 1062 (1970), 384 U.S. 909 (1966), 375 U.S. 902 (1963). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Governance; First Amendment Law; Professional Responsibility; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Computer Crime. |
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