| | Law Firm in Chicago, Illinois |
| | Address | | 2408 West Cermak Road | | Chicago, Illinois 60608 | | (Cook Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 773-847-8982 | | Fax: 773-847-8985 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.katzlawchicago.com | | |
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| Katz Law Office, Ltd. practices in the following areas of law:
Immigration, Visas, Green Cards, Naturalization, Citizenship, Family Immigration, Amnesty, Political Asylum, Deportation, Immigration Appeals, Family Law, Divorce, Child Support, Alimony, Domestic Violence, Orders of Protection, Post Divorce Modification of Child Custody, Alimony, Labor Law, Employment, Sexual Harassment, Age Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Race Discrimination, FMLA, Wrongful Termination, Retaliatory Discharge, Whistle Blower, Worker's Compensation, Insurance Bad Faith, Mortgage Fraud, Contract Disputes, Lemon Law, Real Estate Closings, Commercial Real Estate, Residential Real Estate, Mortgage Foreclosure Defense, Evictions, Landlord Tenant Disputes, Unfair Housing Practices, Housing Discrimination, Criminal Law, DUI, Traffic Violations, Drug Crimes, Sexual Assault, Sexual Abuse, Felonies, misdemeanors, Rape, Prostitution. | | Firm Size: 8 | | MEMBER OF FIRM | | Matthew "Mateo" A. Katz (Member) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (B.A. Teaching of Social Studies); DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois (J.D.). Member: Chicago (Member, Sections on: Criminal Defense; Immigration), Illinois State and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice (Member, Sections on: Civil Rights; Employment Law). Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Criminal Law; DUI/DWI; Drug Crimes; White Collar Crime; Felonies; Misdemeanors; Family Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support. | | ASSOCIATES | | Thomas W. Betten (Associate) admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois. Education: United States Naval Academy (1968); University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.S., 1994); John Marshall Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 1997). Practice Areas: Divorce; Family Law; Child Support; Child Custody. | | Vanessa Hammer (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: University of Texas, Austin (B.A., Mexican - American Studies, 2000); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2006). Award winner: National Hispanic Bar Association's 2006 Moot Court Competition; CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Appellate Advocacy. Senior Editor, Environmental Energy Law and Policy Journal at the UH Law Center. Summer research assistant to Dean Victor H. Flatt. Intern with the Office of the Texas Attorney General- Post Conviction Litigation Section and with the First Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas. Law clerk with Grabowski & Thompson, LLP in Houston, Texas. Member: Illinois Bar Association Chicago Bar Association National Hispanic Bar Association Texas Young Lawyers Association. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Child Custody; Child Support. | | Gina Lynn Renyolds (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (B.A., Political Science); Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana (J.D.). Immigration Division of the Notre Dame Legal Aid Clinic. She also competed on the moot court team, participated in the trial advocacy program, and was Executive Editor of the Journal of College and University Law. She spent a summer in London, England, studying International and English law. Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Family Law. | | Julissa Ruiz (Associate) born 1974; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (B.A., Political Science/Policy Minor: French); Northern Illinois University College of Law, DeKalb, Illinois (J.D.). Intern, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, 1997. Worked for the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil; Immigration Law; Criminal Law. | | Vladimir Uman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois (B.A., Philosophy, 2003); Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana (J.D., 2006). Intern, the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs and the Anti-Defamation League in Chicago. Research Assistant, Notre Dame constitutional law professor. Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations; The Decalogue Society. Languages: Russian, Hebrew, Spanish, English. Practice Areas: Immigration Law; Visas; Civil Practice. | | Abdul Aleem Tayob (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, West Lafayette, Indiana (B.S., Economics, 2002); John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois (J.D., 2005). Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law; Civil Rights; Constitutional Law; Criminal Law; Employment Law; Divorce; Family Law; Immigration and Naturalization; Litigation. | | Laura Gonzalez (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: Cornell College, Iowa (B.A); Loyola University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois (J.D.). Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Languages: English and Spanish. Practice Areas: Family Law; Civil; Probate. |
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