MEMBERS OF FIRM
Robert F. Coleman (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Illinois; 1971, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: DePaul University (B.S., 1966; J.D., 1969). Phi Alpha Delta. Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, State of Illinois, 1969-1974. Assistant Chief, Antitrust Division, Office of the Illinois Attorney General, 1973-1974, Freeman, Atkins & Coleman, Ltd. (Partner) 1974-1984, Robert F. Coleman & Associates (Principal) 1984. Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee, PrivateBancorp, Inc. "PVTB" NASDQ Listed 1990. Chairman, Police and Fire Commission, Village of River Forest, Illinois, 2003. Member: Chicago (Member: Antitrust and Trade Regulations Committee, 1969; Civil Practice Committee, 1976; Federal Laws of Civil Procedure Committee, 1976) and American Bar Associations (Member, Sections on: Antitrust Law; Economics of Law Practice); Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Inns of Court. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. [Captain, United States Army, 1966-1974]. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Legal Malpractice; Accountants Malpractice; Professional Liability; Bankruptcy Litigation; Trial Practice; Insurance Litigation; Civil Appeals; Litigation.Email: Robert F. Coleman
Kenneth P. Ross (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1982, U. S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1985, U.S. Tax Court; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 2004 U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., cum laude, 1973); Northeastern University (J.D., 1977). Author: "Constitutional Challenges to the Massachusetts Sexually Dangerous Persons Act," 4 New England Law Review 253, 1978: "Multistate Consumer Class Actions in Illinois," 57 Chicago Kent Law Review 397, 1981. Adjunct Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1979-1983. Instructor, Columbia College, 1995. Law Clerk to Hon. Abraham L. Marovitz, United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1977-1979. Member: Chicago Bar Association; Decalogue Society of Lawyers. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Civil Appeals; Labor and Employment; Civil Rights; Complex Litigation; Litigation.Email: Kenneth P. Ross
Eugene J. Schiltz (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Education: Illinois State University (B.S., with high honors, 1977); University of Chicago (J.D., 1981). Adjunct Instructor, The John Marshall Law School, 1988. Arbitrator, Circuit Court, Cook County Illinois Mandatory Arbitration Program (1990). Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; American Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Legal Malpractice; Accountants Malpractice; Class Actions; Civil Appeals; Trial Practice; Litigation.Email: Eugene J. Schiltz
Sean B. Crotty (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1994); DePaul University (J.D., 1997). Member, Village of River Forest Ethics Commission. Member: Chicago (Member, Civil Practice Committee; Committee on the Prevention of Attorney Malpractice), Illinois State and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Commercial Litigation Section). Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; Legal Malpractice; Accountants Malpractice; Employment Litigation; Litigation; Executive Compensation.Email: Sean B. Crotty
Cassandra A. Crotty (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.A.J., 1994); DePaul University (J.D., 1998). Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; The Women's Bar Association. Practice Areas: Legal Malpractice; Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Litigation.Email: Cassandra A. Crotty
Elizabeth E. Richert (Member) born Claremont, California, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Wheaton College (B.A., 1998); Duke University (J.D., 2001). Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Legal Malpractice; Business Litigation; Civil Litigation.Email: Elizabeth E. Richert
Ryan S. Zeller (Member) born Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Indiana University, Bloomington (B.A., 1999); DePaul University College of Law, Kellstadt Graduate School of Business (J.D. / M.B.A., 2003). Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Legal Malpractice; Business Litigation; Civil Litigation.Email: Ryan S. Zeller
Steven R. Jakubowski (Member) born Syracuse, New York, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois. Education: Union College (B.S., 1980); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1985). Co-Author, with John William Butler, Jr. and Kelly A. Chesney: "Standards for Awarding Attorney's Fees Under Section 506(c) to Secured Creditors," Norton Annual Review of Bankruptcy, 1991. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth Snack Company, Inc., State Line Snacks Corporation, Boyd Acquisition Corporation, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1996-1997. Chief Operating Officer and Director, Magic Restaurants, Inc., Yonkers, New York, 1995-1996. Associate Attorney, Bankruptcy and Reorganization Group: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, Illinois, 1989-1992; Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Illinois, 1986-1989. Principal, Lindner-Jakubowski Films, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1985-1986. (Also Practicing Individually). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation.Email: Steven R. Jakubowski
Jerry S. Menge (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, October 11, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: DePaul University (B.A., with honors, 1983); Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1986). Member: Mundelein, Illinois Plan Commission, 1990-1992; Libertyville, Illinois Zoning Board and Plan Commission, 1998-2000. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Legal Malpractice; Breach of Contract; Insurance Coverage; Lender Liability; Commercial Torts.