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Highland Park: No change in number of lawyers with active licenses in May 2026
Published 06/06/26
Overall, the city had a total of 136 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.
Lawyers in Highland Park With Active Legal Licenses in May 2026
| Lawyer Name | Name of Firm | License Grant Date |
|---|---|---|
| David Charles Adams | Grund & Leavitt, P.C. | 11/21/1991 |
| Erica Richman Alva | 11/05/2009 | |
| David Boyd Anderson | 12/11/1978 | |
| Jeffrey P. Arena | Jeffrey Arena, Esq. | 11/10/1994 |
| Howard Mitchel Bain | Emalfarb, Swan and Bain | 05/19/1978 |
| Steven Lacelle Bashwiner | 11/29/1966 | |
| Benjamin Jared Bass | 11/06/1997 | |
| Bradley Scott Baum | Law Offices of Bradley Scott Baum Ltd | 05/02/1995 |
| Joseph Becker | 01/15/2019 | |
| Peter Reinhold Behnke | Peter R. Behnke, Attorney at Law | 04/22/1977 |
| Ann Weinthal Berez | 05/07/1998 | |
| Brad Arnold Berish | 11/09/1989 | |
| Daniel Sidney Berliant | 11/10/2011 | |
| Calvin A. Bernstein | Samuels & Bernstein | 05/07/1987 |
| Joseph Bicknell Brennan | Midwest Technology Law LLC | 11/05/1992 |
| Joel Harry Brown | 11/10/1994 | |
| Emily S. Burger | Emily Burger, Attorney-at -Law, PC | 05/30/1989 |
| Saul Theodore Caisman | Saul T Caisman | 05/19/1970 |
| Julie Lynn Campbell | Julie L. Campbell, Attorney at Law | 11/08/2001 |
| Scott Ives Canel | Scott I. Canel & Associates | 10/29/1980 |
| David Lawrence Canmann | David L. Canmann, P.C. | 05/01/1980 |
| Paul Jordan Cherner | Klein, Paull, Holleb & Jacobs, Ltd. | 12/19/1974 |
| Charlotte A. Coats | North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic | 01/14/2021 |
| Lacey Donovan Cordero | GVW Group, LLC | 11/09/2006 |
| Ellen Fran Distelheim | Distelheim & Solon, LLC | 05/05/1983 |
| Brian CorMacK Donegan | AMOS Financial LLC | 04/26/1979 |
| Katherine Lauren Doscher | Katherine L. Doscher | 06/04/2019 |
| Jeffry Michael Edwards | Jeffry M. Edwards | 11/06/1986 |
| Michael David Elkin | Michael D. Elkin Attorney At Law | 11/10/2005 |
| Hal Alan Emalfarb | Emalfarb, Swan & Bain | 10/29/1977 |
| Thomas Jordan Emalfarb | Emalfarb, Swan & Bain | 05/06/2010 |
| William Bernard Evans | City of Highland Park | 05/08/2008 |
| Jerry Ernest Felsenthal | jerry felsenthal | 12/04/1973 |
| Ellen Beth Fishbein | McDermott Will and Emery | 05/08/1986 |
| Taryn S. Fisher | Sage Counsel LLC | 11/01/2012 |
| Ilana Morgan Forbes | North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic | 11/09/2006 |
| David L. Freidberg | David L Freidberg P.C. | 11/09/1995 |
| Moshe I. Friedman | Becker Gurian | 09/06/2005 |
| Steven Christopher Fuoco | Fuoco Law Group, Ltd. | 11/07/1991 |
| Lauren Beth Gash | LBG Law and Consulting | 11/09/1989 |
| Jordan Scott Gaule | 11/08/2007 | |
| Jennifer J. Gedville | Lavin & Gedville, P.C. | 11/04/1999 |
| Richard Larry Gerber | Richard L. Gerber LLC | 10/23/1976 |
| Amy Lynn Gertler | Mediate North Shore P.C. | 05/08/1986 |
| Paul H. Getzendanner | 11/10/1994 | |
| Leah Deborah Gidron | 11/07/1996 | |
| Eugene Goldfarb | Golbus and Goldfarb | 05/01/1980 |
| Andi C. Goldfine | 10/29/1980 | |
| Scott Brian Goldsher | Scott Goldsher | 12/27/1982 |
| Sara Lynn Gordon | 11/07/1991 | |
| Francis Richard Greene | Greene Consumer Law | 11/09/2000 |
| Beth Eiseman Grey | 11/10/1988 | |
| Debra Granat Grudichak | Debra Grudichak | 05/01/1980 |
| Sheila Hope Gutman | 11/16/1984 | |
| Lily Haery | 11/09/1995 | |
| Jean Murphy Hahn | North Suburban Legal Aid | 05/10/2001 |
| Tracy Lovi Hartlieb | Hartlieb & Horste, LLC | 05/12/1989 |
| Mark S. Hearsh | The Century Group II, LLC | 11/16/1984 |
| Rachel C. Heyman | 12/30/1997 | |
| Richard Adam Hinden | Health Law Solutions | 10/29/1980 |
| Joshua David Holleb | Klein, Paull, Holleb & Jacobs, Ltd. | 11/09/1983 |
| Martin Daniel Kerpel | Kerpel & Kerpel PC | 11/06/1997 |
| Melissa Ellen Garber Kerpel | Kerpel & Kerpel PC | 11/07/1996 |
| Lia Hyunji Kim | North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic | 11/06/2008 |
| Nareen C. Kim | North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic | 11/07/1996 |
| Ross E. Kimbarovsky | CrowdSPRING, LLC | 11/09/1995 |
| Deborah Sue Kimelman | Law Office of Deborah S. Kimelman | 05/12/1989 |
| Michael Howard King | Michael H. King LLC | 10/13/1970 |
| Joel Steven Klein | 05/06/2010 | |
| William Briskin Kohn | Law Offices of William B. Kohn | 11/05/1987 |
| Thomas A. Krieger | Township High School District 113 | 11/07/1991 |
| Lindsey Zeoli Lampros | Lavin & Gedville, P.C. | 11/10/2011 |
| Steven Howard Lavin | Lavin & Gedville, P.C. | 10/29/1980 |
| Marc Jeffrey Leaf | Law Offices of Marc J Leaf, P.C. | 11/06/1986 |
| Jeffrey Evan Leeb | GVW Group, LLC | 11/09/1989 |
| Drake James Leoris Jr. | Leoris & Cohen, P.C. | 11/05/1981 |
| Alain Leval | Law Office of Alain Leval | 11/04/1975 |
| Jay Milton Levine | 11/06/1986 | |
| Jennifer Dienstag Levine | The Lighthouse Companies, Inc. | 11/28/1994 |
| Carl Lucas | 04/25/2017 | |
| Steven Charles Repel Ludington | Steven R Ludington | 05/10/1990 |
| Ronald Jay Lukes | Ronald J. Lukes | 11/03/1978 |
| Neil R. Mann | 05/12/1975 | |
| Michelle Ghose Marks | Marks Employment Law LLC | 11/28/2006 |
| Cacilia Reich F. Masover | 11/06/1986 | |
| John Malcolm McGregor | Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. | 11/04/1993 |
| Karl Victor Meyer | AMOS Financial LLC | 05/05/1994 |
| Sarah Anastasia Mindes | Sarah Anastasia Mindes, Esq. | 05/05/2005 |
| Nicole Angeline Cudiamat Minnis | North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic | 05/10/2012 |
| Matthew A. Minor | 11/06/1997 | |
| David Mokotoff | 05/05/1983 | |
| Brian Michael Morris | Counsel2go.Com/Law Office of Brian Morris | 11/05/1998 |
| Paul Gregory Neilan | Law Offices of Paul G. Neilan, P.C. | 11/09/1983 |
| Robert Ostrov | Robert Ostrov Attorney at Law | 11/03/1978 |
| Lorri E.K. Otis | Otis Law Offices | 11/05/1987 |
| Debra L. Patinkin | Patinkin and Patinkin, Ltd. | 05/05/1983 |
| Richard E. Patinkin | Patinkin and Patinkin, Ltd. | 05/10/1984 |
| Lisa Jann Pattis | Next Chapter Holdings, LP | 11/09/1995 |
| Christine Christ Perakis | Law Offices of Joseph D. Ryan, PC | 05/04/2000 |
| Rebecca Roberts Perlson | 11/09/2017 | |
| Jennifer Flynn Peterson | 08/07/2018 | |
| Stephen Jarret Raab | Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, LLP | 11/27/2007 |
| Michelle Ann Rajfer | Mediate NorthShore | 05/06/2010 |
| Janet Lynn Reed | Janet L. Reed | 11/03/1978 |
| Ila Susan Rothschild | Law Offices of Ila S. Rothschild | 05/10/1984 |
| Joseph Daniel Ryan | Law Offices of Joseph D. Ryan, P.C. | 05/08/1986 |
| Henry Brian Samuels | Law Office of Henry B. Samuels | 11/09/1983 |
| Beth Anne Sansiper | Becker & Gurian | 11/09/1995 |
| Ruth A. Schaumberger | 06/08/1987 | |
| Reena J. Schiffman | Schiffman Law Offices, P.C. | 05/09/1985 |
| David Frederick Schink | Ranger Capital Management | 11/05/1998 |
| Anne Elizabeth Schmidt | The Law Offices of Anne Schmidt, LLC | 05/09/2013 |
| William Gary Schur | william g. schur attorney at law | 10/31/1975 |
| Joanne Katz Schwartzman | 11/09/1989 | |
| David Seidman | Seidman Law Group, LLC | 11/06/1997 |
| Barbara Jean Sereda | Adoption Advocates of America | 11/07/1985 |
| Ilene Eunice Shapiro | Grund & Leavitt, P.C. | 11/03/1978 |
| Steven Alan Shapiro | Retired Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | 10/22/1975 |
| Joan Elizabeth Slavin | EquitAbility Consulting, LLC | 11/07/1991 |
| Elizabeth Claire Smith | Elizabeth C. Smith, Attorney At Law | 11/04/1999 |
| Erik John Soderstrom | Ravinia Festival | 05/09/2002 |
| Nicole Foreman Sommerfeld | Jerome Foreman & Associates | 11/10/1994 |
| Albert Speisman | Speisman Law, LLC | 11/05/1981 |
| Alan Jay Spellberg | 11/05/1992 | |
| Jennifer Wintroub Stoller | Grund & Leavitt, P.C. | 11/01/2012 |
| Nicole Bayer Stone | Nicole Bayer Stone, Attorney At Law | 11/05/1998 |
| Randi L. Valerious | Valerious Law, PC | 11/08/1990 |
| William M. Weinstock | 11/10/2005 | |
| Nancy Ellen Weissman | 10/29/1977 | |
| Craig Mitchell White | 11/01/1977 | |
| Kenneth Edward Willer | North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic | 05/07/2015 |
| Irma Adriana Wilson | North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic | 11/07/2019 |
| Allen Warren Winkler | Sole | 11/01/1982 |
| Tom David Wippman | Hourglass Legal Consulting P.C. | 11/16/1984 |
| Jody Meyer Yazici | Grund & Leavitt, P. C. | 11/10/1994 |
| Miles Jay Zaremski | Zaremski Law Group | 11/27/1973 |
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