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Rathje & Woodward, LLC


300 East Roosevelt Road, Suite 300 Wheaton, Illinois 60187View Map

Practice Areas:

General Civil and Appellate Practice. Commercial, Industrial and Residential Real Estate, Municipal, Zoning, Insurance, Probate, Estate Planning, Environmental, Eminent Domain, Corporate, Trademarks, Unfair Competition, Copyright, Family Law, Personal Injury, and Business Law.

Year Established: 1938

Firm Profile:

Rathje & Woodward, LLC has served clients from across the United States in matters pending in the Chicago Metropolitan area and north and north central Illinois for six decades. The firm is pleased to serve businesses and residents in the region in a full-service capacity in federal and state courts and before various local, state and federal authorities.

Firm Size: 14

Representative Clients:

Available Upon Request.

Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Saturday: By Appointment Only

MEMBERS OF FIRM

R. Terence Kalina (Member) born Oak Park, Illinois, September 30, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Illinois. Education: St. Procopius College (B.A., 1969); University of London, London, England; University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1972). Blue Key. Member: Du Page County and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Banking; Contracts.

Henry S. Stillwell, III (Member) born Urbana, Illinois, January 9, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1971); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1975). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: DuPage County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Zoning, Planning and Land Use.

Gary L. Taylor (Member) born Berwyn, Illinois, December 4, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1973); John Marshall Law School (J.D., with distinction, 1976). Staff Member, John Marshall Journal of Practice and Procedure, 1974-1976. Member: DuPage County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Litigation; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Family Law; Divorce.

John F. Garrow (Member) born Elmhurst, Illinois, May 20, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois. Education: Western Illinois University (B.A., 1976); Drake University (J.D., 1979). Managing Editor, Drake Law Review, 1978-1979. Author: "Metro. Hous. Dev. Corp. v. Village of Arlington Heights," 27 Drake Law Review 166, 1978. Member: DuPage County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate.

Reese J. Peck (Member) born Washington, D.C., May 18, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar. Education: Iowa Wesleyan College (B.A., 1976); Drake University Law School (J.D., 1981). Member: DuPage County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Federal Trial Lawyers Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Real Estate; Construction Liability; Contracts; Commercial Litigation.

Tracy D. Kasson (Member) born La Grange Park, Illinois, October 29, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1983); Loyola University (J.D., 1987; M.A., 1988). Pi Sigma Alpha. Articles Editor, Loyola Law Journal, 1986-1987. Author: "Election Redistricting: A Call For Reform," 17 Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal 659, 1986. Member: DuPage County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Appellate Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice; Eminent Domain.

Mark W. Daniel (Member) born Normal, Illinois, April 22, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Ohio; 1995, Illinois; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., 1990); John Marshall Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). Moot Court, Brooklyn University Best Brief Recognition. Associate Lead Articles Editor, John Marshall Law Review. 2007 Illinois Super Lawyers Recognition. Author: "Protecting Copyright in Building Plans and Structures," Builder Architect Magazine, Oct.-Dec. 1995. Co-Author: Lisle, Illinois Zoning Hearings, "The Big Box and Fair Process," Int'l Mun.L. Assn., Sept. 2001. Lecturer, "Zoning and Land Use in Illinois," Continuing Legal Education Seminars, 2003—; "Residential Site Design" (2006); "Land Development," (2004—). Speaker, National Business Institute, American Planning Association, Chicago and DuPage Bar Associations, 1999—. Illinois Municipal Administrative Hearing Officer, 2001. Member: DuPage County, Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; American Association for Justice; American Planning Association. Practice Areas: Federal Litigation; Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice; Trademark; Government; Copyrights; Environmental; Constitutional Law; Complex Litigation; Zoning, Planning and Land Use.

John R. Zemenak (Member) born Mount Holly, New Jersey, April 10, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Miami University of Ohio (B.A., 1990); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1994). John Marshall Journal of Computer and Information Law. Co-Author: Lisle, Illinois Zoning Hearings, "The Big Box and Fair Process," Int'l Mun.L. Ass'n, Sept. 2001. Member: Chicago, DuPage County and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Municipal Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Corporate Law.

Scott E. Pointner (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, November 1, 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Indiana University (B.S., 1990); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Member, Board of Governors, Moot Court Honor Society, 1995-1996. Lecturer, "Zoning and Land Use in Illinois," Continuing Legal Education Seminar, February 25, 2003. Guest Lecturer, Civil Litigation, Midwestern University, 2003—. Member: DuPage County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Zoning Law; Land Use; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Leasing; Commercial Litigation; Business Law.

Kevin M. Carrara (Member) born Naperville, Illinois, December 2, 1969; admitted to bar, 2001, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Northern Illinois University (B.S., Finance, 1994); The John Marshall Law School (J.D., 2001). Member: DuPage, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Civil Litigation; Real Estate; Business Law; Construction Litigation.

Timothy D. Elliott (Member) born Oak Park, Illinois, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 2001, U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan; 2002, Trial Bar for Northern District of Illinois; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Seventh Circuits; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Miami University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1992); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta. Adjunct Faculty, Loyola University School of Law, 2004-2005. Member: Illinois State and DuPage County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Reorganization.

ASSOCIATES

Abigail Ortman (Associate) born Winfield, Illinois, October 26, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois. Education: Miami University, Ohio (B.A., Economics, Spanish, 2003); University of Illinois (J.D., 2006). Kappa Delta Sorority. Jessup Moot Court, Editor and Best Brief Recognition. Member: Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Divorce(30%); Divorce Arbitration; Divorce Taxation; Domestic Relations(10%); Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Uncontested Divorce; Restraining Orders; Civil Litigation(30%); Complex Litigation(10%); Federal Litigation(5%); Land Use Litigation(15%).

Emily Alb (Associate) born Chicago, Illinois, March 18, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Illinois; 2007, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.S., Health Administration and Chemistry minor, 2003); Loyola University of Chicago School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Alpha Phi Sorority. Editor, Annals of Health Law. Member: Chicago, DuPage County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Special Agencies: Former Law Clerk, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Northern District of Illinois. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation(50%); Complex Litigation(20%); Defense Litigation(5%); Federal Civil Litigation(5%); Civil Appeals(5%); Land Use Litigation(15%).

Tracy McGonigle (Associate) admitted to bar, 1993, Illinois; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2004, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois. Education: Loyola University, Chicago (B.A., with high honors, 1990); DePaul University (J.D., 1993). Member: Chicago Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Commercial Transactions; Real Estate; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Government; Local Government Law.

Derek Johnson (Associate) born Winfield, Illinois July 9, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S., Anthropology, with distinction, 2002); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., with honors, 2007). Phi Beta Kappa; Golden Key International Honor Society. Recipient, Best Oralist Award, Pace University National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition, 2007. Member: DuPage County and Illinois State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Practice(30%); Federal Civil Practice(10%); Zoning, Planning and Land Use(25%); Real Estate(25%); Trusts and Estates(10%).

LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL

PARALEGALS

Nicole Wood (Paralegal) Languages: Spanish.

Leslie Schmidt (Paralegal) Languages: Spanish.

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