Nicole Nugent
Nicole Nugent is a trial attorney specializing in civil litigation. Nicole worked as a law clerk at Schain Banks throughout law school. She has experience in all stages of litigation including written discovery, pleadings, dispositive motions, and depositions. Nicole has assisted in preparation for jury trials including drafting pretrial motions. Nicole earned her law degree […]
John Spellman
John “Jack” Spellman is an attorney specializing in commercial and business litigation, municipal law, and zoning and land use approvals. He earned his Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he was elected by his peers to serve as the Chicago Bar Association representative in the Student Bar Association. Jack began his career at […]
Stuart Kurtyka
Stuart Kurtyka practices in our commercial litigation department. His concentrations include general commercial and business litigation, real estate litigation, evictions, and citation proceedings. Stuart has experience in handling contested court hearings and drafting and defending briefs at various stages. Stuart previously gained litigation experience in Chicago handling insurance defense and personal injury matters, as well […]
Emmanuel Byarm
Emmanuel Byarm is an attorney whose practice concentrates on litigation and a variety of real estate matters including zoning, transactions, energy, hospitality, and business licensing. Emmanuel earned his law degree from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law focusing on real estate development. He was selected as a scholar for the American College of […]
Harold Rosen
Harold Rosen is a highly skilled attorney with an impressive track record spanning over 30 years. Harold specializes in commercial, financial, and real estate transactions, and is a seasoned litigator with a wealth of experience representing clients in state and federal courts. Throughout his career, Harold has achieved notable successes including defending a financial advisor […]
Richard J. Veenstra
Rick Veenstra has over 25 years of experience in Illinois state and local government. Rick concentrates his practice on matters related to local government, including serving as the chief legal officer to Illinois’ second largest city, and advising clients on development and zoning, procurement, legislative, licensing, ethics, and compliance issues. Rick interned for the Illinois […]
Kevin J. Wolfberg
Kevin Wolfberg practices in the areas of government relations, state and local taxation, land use,zoning, economic incentives, and municipal law. Mr. Wolfberg represents developers, landowners, and Illinois municipalities in all aspects of land use, zoning and economic incentives. He also represents a wide range of corporate and individual clients on state and local tax matters […]
Benjamin T. Weber
Ben Weber practices in our commercial litigation department. His focuses include general commercial and business litigation, real estate litigation, evictions, and citation proceedings. Ben has experience in handling contested court hearings and drafting and defending briefs at various stages of litigation. Ben has also worked in our zoning department and handled various zoning projects in […]
Nicholas D. Standiford
Nick Standiford is a real estate development, local government, and litigation attorney at Schain Banks. As a local government attorney, Nick handles a variety of disputes and counsels municipal staff and elected officials. Nick also represents private developers in land-use, zoning, real estate, hospitality, and energy matters. As a litigator, he handles all aspects of […]
Jonathon Sommerfeld
Jonathon Sommerfeld is a litigator whose civil litigation practice concentrates on the defense of municipalities, school districts, park districts, police and fire departments, railroads, and restaurants. He has meaningful experience in all stages of trial and appellate litigation. Jonathon is also a Certified Litigation Management Professional, a designation awarded by the Claims and Litigation Management […]