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| | Address | | 55 West Wacker Drive, 10th Floor | | Chicago, Illinois 60601 | | (Cook Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 312-670-2000 | | Facsimile: 312-419-1336 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.gshslaw.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Garofalo, Schreiber, Hart & Storm,
Chartered practices in the following areas of law:
Insurance Defense Law, Employers' Liability, Workers Compensation-Defense, State and Federal, Trials and Appeals. | | Year Established: 1997 | | Firm Size: 24 | Representative Clients:
AIG Claims Services; American Contractors Insurance Co.; American Country Insurance Co.; American Family Insurance Co.; Amerisure Insurance Co.; AmTrust Group; Arch Construction; Church Mutual Insurance Company; Citizens Insurance of America; Crum & Forster Insurance Group; Employers Security Insurance; ESIS; Hastings Mutual Insurance Co.; Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.; Medline Industries; Meridian Mutual Insurance Co.; Unitrin; Mutual Reinsurance Company; North American Specialty Insurance; CMI Octagon; CPC Logistics; Prairies Material Sales; Seabright Insurance Co.; Secura Insurance Co.; Sentry Claims Services; Travelers Insurance Co.; United Fire & Casualty Co.; Universal Underwriters Group; Utica National Insurance Group; Vanliner Insurance Co.; West Bend Mutual Insurance Co.; Zurich American Insurance Co.; A.M. Castle; Accenture LLP; Acres Group; Advocate Health Centers; SUPERVALU, Inc./Jewel; Alcoa Engineered Products; Allstate Insurance; American Airlines; American Bottling Co; AMS Mechanical; Anning Johnson Co.; Army and Air Force Exchange Service; Arnold Logistics; Babcock & Wilcox; Bay Shipbuilding; Bretford Manufacturing; Broadspire; C.J. Vitner; Cadbury Schweppes; Cambridge Integrated Services Group; Cancer Treatment Centers of America; Cannon Cochran Management Services; Capsonic Group LLC; Captive Resources Inc.; Central Steel & Wire; Chesterfield Services/The Salvation Army; Chicago Sun-Times; Clark Construction Group; Climatemp; CNF Transportation; CompManagement/Sedwick James; Construction Program Group; Conway Central Express; Corn Products International; Covenant Management; Creative Risk Solutions; Denk & Roche Builders; Dick Corporation; Dominick's; Frank Gates/Acclaim; G.E. Riddiford Co.; Gallagher Bassett Services; Gates McDonald; GES Exposition Services; Graycor, Inc.; Home Juice/National Beverage; Hyatt Regency Chicago; Illinois Compensation Trust/Hospital Association; Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund; International Decorators; James McHugh Construction Co.; Jernberg Industries; Kenny Construction Co.; Knaack Mfg.; Lear Corporation; Lutheran Social Services; Marmon-Keystone; McNulty Brothers Construction; Meccon Industries; Meyer Steel Drum; Naperville School District #203; National Railway Equipment Co.; New Breed, Inc.; Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation; Northwestern University; Novak Construction Co.; Novapro Risk Solutions, LP/Ward North America; Rush Oak Park Hospital; Ozinga; Pacific Rail Services; Panera Bread; Patten Industries; People Link Staffing Solutions; Pickus Construction; Power Maintenance and Constructors LLC; Rail Terminal Services; Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago; Risk Enterprise Management; Rockford Memorial Hospital; Rockford Products; Safway Steel Products; Sears; Select Staffing; Septran; Signal Administration; Snap-on Tools Corporation; Southwest Airlines; Specialty Risk Services/Hartford; Spherion; Starwood Hotels & Resorts; Tar Heel Insurance Management Services; Textron, Inc.; Thatcher Engineering; The Manitowoc Company; The Middleby Corporation; Turano Baking Company; Turtle Wax; United Technologies Corporation; Vienna Beef, Inc.; Vitas Healthcare; Vitran Express, Inc.; W.W. Grainger; Wabtec Corporation; Waste Management, Inc.; West Irving Dye Corporation; Williams Insurance Group; Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.; Wright Tree Service. | | SHAREHOLDERS | | Joseph A. Garofalo (Shareholder) born Chicago, Illinois, September 11, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: North Park College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); DePaul University (J.D., 1977). Recipient, Louis Kokoris Memorial Scholarship in Political Science and Law, 1973-1974. Selected: Leading Lawyers Network - The Top Lawyers, 2004-2009; Illinois Super Lawyers, 2006-2009. Frequent Lecturer, Workers' Compensation and related matters. Lecturer, "Trial of a Workers' Compensation Case," Spring, 1984 and "Case Developments in Workers' Compensation," Spring, 1988, Chicago Bar Association. Arbitrator, Circuit Court of Cook County, 1990. Member: Illinois State Bar Association; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association; Chicago Bar Association; Will County Bar Association; Justinian Society of Lawyers. Reported Cases: Johnson Outboards v. Industrial Commission, 77Ill.2d 67, 394 N.E.2d 1176, 31 Ill. Dec. 799 (1979); Auto-Trol Technology Corporation v. Industrial Commission, 189 Ill.App.3d 1065, 545 N.E.2d 939 (1989). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation Defense; Trials; Workers Compensation Appeals. Email: Joseph A. Garofalo | | Scott T. Schreiber (Shareholder) born Oak Park, Illinois, August 13, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois. Education: Valparaiso University (B.A., 1978; J.D., 1981). Selected: Leading Lawyers Network - The Top Lawyers, 2004-2009; Illinois Super Lawyers, 2007-2009. Managing Editor, Valparaiso University Law Review, 1980-1981. Author: "The Unsupervised Child: Parental Negligence or Necessity," Valparaiso University Law Review, Vol. 15, P. 167, Fall, 1980. Member: Winnebago County Bar Association; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation Defense; Trials; Workers Compensation; Workers Compensation Appeals. Email: Scott T. Schreiber | | Bennett F. Hart (Shareholder) born Spencer, Iowa, July 22, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois. Education: Iowa State University; University of Iowa (B.B.A., 1976; J.D., with distinction, 1979). Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation Defense; Trials; Workers Compensation Appeals. Email: Bennett F. Hart | | Derek A. Storm (Shareholder) born Mattoon, Illinois, July 28, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois; 1987, U.S. District Court, District of Illinois. Education: Eastern Illinois University (B.A., with honor, 1981); DePaul University (J.D., 1984); University of London, England (LL.M., with merit, 1989). Selected, Leading Lawyers Network - The Top Lawyers, 2004-2009. Member: Chicago Bar Association; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors; Past President). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation Defense; Trials. Email: Derek A. Storm | | Gregory P. Sujack (Shareholder) born Evergreen Park, Illinois, January 15, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois; 1986, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1991, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar, 1992; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 2001, Wisconsin. Education: Boston College (B.S., 1981); Loyola University of Chicago (J.D., 1984). Clerk to Hon. William B. Wombacher, Illinois Appellate Court, Third District, 1985-1986. Lecturer, Peoria County Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, 1988; Longshore Claims Association Seminar, 2002 and 2004; Lecturer, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education, May, 2008. Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of Wisconsin; Workers Compensation Lawyers Association; Longshore Claims Association; Will County Bar Association. Special Agencies: U.S. Dept. of Labor; Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Benefits Review Board. Practice Areas: Appellate Advocacy; Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation; Workers Compensation Appeals; Workers Compensation Defense. Email: Gregory P. Sujack | | Philip G. Brinckerhoff (Shareholder) born Chicago, Illinois, June 3, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois. Education: Marquette University (A.B., 1980); St. Louis University (J.D., 1985). Phi Alpha Theta. Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Chicago Bar Association; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Employers Liability; Trials. Email: Philip G. Brinckerhoff | | Steven R. Scarlati, Jr. (Shareholder) born Paw Paw, Michigan, August 15, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Illinois. Education: Eastern Illinois (B.A., 1986); Western Michigan University; Chicago Kent College of Law (J.D., 1990). Member: Chicago Bar Association; Will County Bar Association; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association. Email: Steven R. Scarlati, Jr. | | James R. Clune (Shareholder) born Springfield, Massachusetts, July 19, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Florida; 1980, Illinois, and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1975); Stetson University (J.D., 1978). Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "Perfecting a Circuit Court Review and Appeal to the Appellate Court in a Workers' Compensation Proceeding," copyright 1993, Presented at the Chicago Bar Association Seminar, December 2, 1995; "Defending Against Malingerers," copyright 1993, Presented at the Workers' Compensation Claims Association Seminar, April 13, 1993; "The Impact of a Common Law Action on the Settlement Trial of a Workers' Compensation Claim-Respondent's Perspective," copyright 1993, Presented at the Chicago Bar Association Seminar, January 7, 1993. Co-Author: "Employer-Employee Problems," Illinois Workers' Compensation Practice, 1999 Edition, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Member: The Florida Bar; Workers Compensation Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 1989-1991) Reported Cases: Luttrell v. Industrial Comm., 154 Ill. App. 3d 943, 507 N.E. 2d 533, 107 Ill. Dec. 620 (Ill. App. 2 Dist., April 27, 1987). United Air Lines, Inc. v. CEI Industries of Illinois, Inc., 148 Ill. App. 3d 332, 499 N.E. 2d 558, 102 Ill, December 1, Prod. Liab. Rep. (CCH) P. 11, 218 (Ill. App. 1 Dist., Oct. 3, 1986). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Commercial Litigation; Tort Litigation. Email: James R. Clune | | Andrew L. Rane (Shareholder) born Chicago, Illinois, June 27, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1990); Northern Illinois University (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Administrative Law. Member: Illinois State Bar Association; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 2008). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation. Email: Andrew L. Rane | | Todd E. Wegman (Shareholder) born Aurora, Illinois, August 2, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: Illinois State University (B.S., Public Relations, 1991); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 1996). Member: American Bar Association; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Trials. Email: Todd E. Wegman | | Marc J. Cairo (Shareholder) admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1992); DePaul University (J.D., 1995). Member: Chicago Bar Association (Chair, Workers' Compensation Section, 2004-2005; Legislative Liaison, Workers' Compensation Section, 2003-2005); Illinois State Bar Association; Illinois Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Employment Law; Workers Compensation Appeals; Workers Compensation Defense. Email: Marc J. Cairo | | SENIOR ASSOCIATES | | Craig M. Scarpelli (Senior Associate) born Plainesville, New York, October 3, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin, Madison (B.S., magna cum laude, 1992); DePaul University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Alumni Advisor, Phi Kappa Sigma. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Legal Writing. DePaul Intramural Moot Court Competition, 1995. DePaul Legal Clinic (August 1997-May 1998). Member: Illinois State Bar Association; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Personal Torts. Email: Craig M. Scarpelli | | Kevin James Reid (Senior Associate) born December 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1991; B.A., 1991); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 1996). Health Law Journal. Executive Editor, Environmental Law Digest. American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts. Emphasis in trial and appellate practice before the Illinois Workers"; Compensation Commission, Circuit, and Appellate Courts of Illinois; Co-Presenter, "Is An IME Report Admissible? Greaney and Its Aftermath". Presented on May 29, 2008 as part of Mandatory Continuing Legal Education on behalf of the Workers' Compensation Lawyers' Association; Co-Presenter for Panel Discussion, "Failed Back Syndrome", Illinois Bone & Joint Institute Winter 2008 Workers' Compensation Seminar, February 28, 2008; Author, "Solutions to the Challenging Workers"; Compensation Case: Assessing True Function", copyright 2003. Presented at the Rehab Connections, Inc. Seminar, May 9, 2003; Co-Author, "Taking a Claim Out of Comp - Recognizing and Responding to Circumstances Which Make an Injury Non-Compensable"; copyright 1998. Presented to the National Council on Education and Management, August 19, 1998. Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association; Boston College Alumni Club of Chicago (Past Chairman). Reported Cases: Of Significance: Greaney v. Industrial Comm'n. 358 Ill.App.3d 1002, 832 N.E.2d 331 (2005). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Litigation; Workers Compensation Appeals; Workers Compensation Defense; Workers Compensation Self Insurance; Workers Compensation Subrogation; Appellate Practice; Contracts; Landlord and Tenant Law; Personal Injury. Email: Kevin James Reid | | William R. Stanczak (Senior Associate) born Waukegan, Illinois, November 14, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois; 1999, Florida. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1995); DePaul University School of Law (J.D., 1998). Selected, Illinois Rising Stars, Illinois Super Lawyers, 2008 and 2009. Member: Lake County Bar Association; The Florida State Bar; Illinois Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation; Insurance Defense Litigation. Email: William R. Stanczak | | David P. Hanson (Senior Associate) born Hobart, Indiana, May 25, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 1997); DePaul University (J.D., 2000). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: American Bar Association; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association. Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation. Email: David P. Hanson | | ASSOCIATES | | Daniel L. Grant (Associate) born Plano, Illinois; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois. Education: Illinois State University (B.S., 1998); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act; Workers Compensation Appeals. Email: Daniel L. Grant | | Christopher P. Carr (Associate) born Washington, D.C., 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1992); DePaul University (J.D., 1998). Member: Illinois State Bar Association; Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Construction Law; Workers Compensation. Email: Christopher P. Carr | | Ronak T. Joshi (Associate) born Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 2, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: University of Toronto (B.A., 2001); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 2004). Member, Moot Court. Recipient, 5 Academic Scholarships, John Marshall Law School. Member, John Marshall Law School Law Review. Associate Professor of Law, John Marshall Law School. Member: American Bar Association. Languages: English, French, Hindi and Gujarati. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Civil Practice. Email: Ronak T. Joshi | | Anita S. Oak (Associate) born Toledo, Ohio, September 8, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 2000); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 2003). Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations; Illinois Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense. Email: Anita S. Oak | | Matthew J. Novak (Associate) born Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, Iowa (B.A., magna cum laude, 2001); University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Illinois State Bar Association; Workers Compensation Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense. Email: Matthew J. Novak | | Kelly J. Johnson (Associate) born Rockford, Illinois, January 29, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1998); Northern Illinois University (J.D., 2001). Member: Illinois State (Member, Workers' Compensation Committee) and Chicago Bar Associations; Illinois Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense; Insurance Defense. Email: Kelly J. Johnson | | Thad S. Mogensen (Associate) born Kankakee, Illinois, May 19, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 2002); Syracuse University (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense; Insurance Litigation; Litigation. Email: Thad S. Mogensen | | Robert E. Luedke (Associate) born Elmhurst, Illinois, June 29, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Illinois. Education: Monmouth College (B.A., 1978); Drake University (J .D., 1982; M.B.A., 1982). Member: Winnebago County and Chicago Bar Associations; Workers Compensation Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Tinley Park Hotel and Convention Center v. Industrial Commission, 826 N.E.2d 1043 (1st Dist., 2005); Mitchell v. Atwood, 624 N.E.2d 878 (2nd Dist., 1993). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense. Email: Robert E. Luedke | | OF COUNSEL | | Ralph L. Berke (Of Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, April 7, 1950; admitted to bar, 1974, Illinois; 1981, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. Court of the Armed Forces. Education: Wheaton College (B.A., with high honors, 1971); Northwestern University (J.D., 1974). Pi Gamma Mu. [Ret. Lt. Col., U.S. Army Reserve]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Estate Planning; Business Transactions; Workers Compensation; Workers Compensation Appeals; Workers Compensation Defense. Email: Ralph L. Berke |
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