Palos Park: No change in number of lawyers with active licenses in May 2026

There was no change in the number of lawyers with active legal licenses in Palos Park in May compared to the previous month, according to the ARDC of the Supreme Court of Illinois.

Overall, the city had a total of 11 lawyers with active licenses in May.

Illinois is home to the sixth-largest lawyer population in the U.S., with nearly 62,000 attorneys, according to the ABA's 2025 National Lawyer Population Survey.

As of June 2026, average lawyer salaries in Illinois ranged from $101,987 for an entry-level attorney handling routine legal work to $258,374 for highly experienced attorneys managing complex cases with significant autonomy. Mid-level attorneys, such as those in Attorney III roles—who handle highly complex legal work with moderate supervision—earned on average $191,228 in Illinois, compared to $187,607 nationwide.

Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this time period.

Lawyer Name	Name of Firm	License Grant Date
Carolyn Ann Baca	Carolyn A. Baca	11/07/1991
Mark Daniel Dohm	Mark D. Dohm	11/03/1978
John Thomas Donovan		11/01/2012
Maria Isela Esparza		11/07/1985
Barbara Ann Helton Gustafson		11/09/1983
Nicholas John Janis	Nicholas J Janis	10/27/1975
Kenneth Alan Kredens	Kenneth A. Kredens, Attorney At Law	11/05/1981
Ronette Leal McCarthy		11/06/2003
Kathleen Ann Van Kampen		11/05/1992
Shane Ryan Wachtel		11/10/1994
Todd Adam Walters	The Walters Law Group, Ltd.	05/02/1995

Information in this article was obtained from the ARDC of the Supreme Court of Illinois. The source data can be found here.