Illinois Personal Injury Lawyers Gardiner Koch & Weisberg - Chicago, IL Personal Injury Attorneys
 
 


Illinois Personal Injury Lawyers Gardiner Koch & Weisberg - Chicago, IL Personal Injury Attorneys

53 W. Jackson Blvd. Ste 950
Chicago IL 60604
Phone: 312.362.0000
Fax: 312.362.0440

Gardiner Koch & Weisberg has successfully represented individuals in catastrophic injury cases and corporations in very significant claims. The firm has substantial litigation experience and has practiced before courts locally and nationally, including argument before the United States Supreme Court. In addition to litigation matter, the firm has substantial experience in counseling companies and its executives on a wide variety of company matters and matters personally affecting the leaders of corporations.

Attorney Profiles:
Thomas G. Gardiner
James B. Koch
Lynn N. Weisberg
John R. Wrona

Thomas G. Gardiner
Email: tgardiner@gkw-law.com

Practice Areas: Family Law; Child Custody; Spousal Support; Alimony; Visitation Rights; Probate; Contested Trusts and Estates; Contested Wills; Criminal Law.

Admitted: 1981, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1986, Wisconsin; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: Northwestern University, J.D., 1981.

College: University of Illinois, B.S., with highest honors in Finance, 1978.

Member: Chicago, South Suburban (Director and Officer; President), DuPage, Kane County, McHenry County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; American Trial Lawyers Association.

Biography: Phi Alpha Delta (Treasurer, 1979). Recipient, Outstanding Finance Student Award, University of Illinois, 1978. Member, Million Dollar Advocates. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 1980-1981. Judicial Clerk to U.S. District Judge John F. Grady, 1982. Author: "Consent to Search in Response to Police Threat to Seek or Obtain Search Warrant: Some Alternatives," 71 J. Crim. & C. 175, 1980, reprinted in the book of Criminal Law-1981. Citations: United State v. Ross, 655 F.2d 1159, 1193, 1199 (D.C. Cir. 1981); 2 La Fave, "Search & Seizure," 8.2, 1982; "Surviving School Funding Cuts," Chicago Tribune, Perspective, December 15, 1982; reprinting in 8 ACCT Advisor 1, July 1983; "Prairie State College: A Case Study," 35 ACCT Trustee Quarterly 1, Summer 1986. Book Reviews: "How We Play the Game, Why Sports Dominate American Life," 62 National Forum 47, 1982; "Somebody is Lying: The Trial of Doctor X," 68 ABA Journal 1632, 1982. Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University School of Law, 2003. Assistant State's Attorney, Cook County, Illinois, 1983-1989 (Supervisor, Public Integrity Unit, 1987-1989). Attorney, McBride Baker & Coles, 1989-1992. Trustee, Prairie State Community College, 1981-1993, (Chairman, 1984-1989). Certified, National Institute of Trial Advocacy.

Transactions: Trustee, Village of Glenwood, (Chairman of Police, Judicial and building committees; lead negotiator for three union contracts), 1985-1994.

Born: Harvey, Illinois, April 5, 1957.

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James B. Koch
Email: jkoch@gkw-law.com

Practice Areas: Securities; Commodities; Municipal Liability; Civil Litigation; Criminal Litigation; Breach of Contract; Fraud; Professional Liability; White Collar Crime; Contracts; International Contracts.

Admitted: 1979, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 1979.

College: Loyola University, B.A., 1976; Northwestern University, M.S.Ed., 2001.

Member: Illinois State Bar Association.

Biography: Instructor, Chicago Latin School. Assistant State's Attorney, Cook County, Illinois, 1981-1986. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1985-1986. Attorney, National Futures Association, 1986-1987. Representative, Special Needs Committee, New Trier High School Board.

Reported Cases: Briefed and Argued F.S.L.I.C. v. Ticktin, 490 U.S. 82 (1989); Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119 (1999).

Born: Chicago, Illinois, March 11, 1952.

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Lynn N. Weisberg
Email: lweisberg@gkw-law.com

Practice Areas: Family Law; Child Custody; Spousal Support; Alimony; Visitation Rights; Real Estate; Estate Planning.

Admitted: 1993, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1993.

College: University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A., with honors, 1985; Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, M.S.J., 1986.

Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations.

Biography: Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 1992-1993. First Place, Lowden-Wigmore Prize for Legal Scholarship. Author: "On a Constitutional Collision Course: Attorney No-Comment Rules and the Right of Access to Information, 83 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 664 (1992). Member, Board of Directors, American Judicature Society, 1997-1999. Director, Community Foundation for Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago. Sunday School Teacher. Volunteer, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Erie House, HIAS.

Languages: Hebrew.

Born: Highland Park, Illinois, April 5, 1963.

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John R. Wrona
Email: jwrona@gkw-law.com

Practice Areas: Personal Injury Litigation.

Admitted: 1997, Illinois

Law School: Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, J.D., 1997.

College: University of Illinois, B.S., 1991.

Biography: Phi Alpha Delta.

Born: Munster, Indiana, November 24, 1969.

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