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Information in this article was obtained from the ARDC of the Supreme Court of Illinois. The source data can be found here.
Lake Forest saw no change in number of lawyers in May 2026
Published 06/06/26
Overall, the city had a total of 125 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 Lake Forest With Active Legal Licenses in May 2026
| Lawyer Name | Name of Firm | License Grant Date |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Lynn Abernathy | 11/08/2007 | |
| Michael Reid Adelman | Michael R Adelman Attorney at Law | 11/09/1995 |
| Kim Albert | Court Appointed Special Advocates Cook County | 05/13/1988 |
| David Jeremy Alexander | Alexander Law, LLC | 11/10/2005 |
| Joy L. Anderson | 11/05/2015 | |
| Denise C. Andresen | 05/06/1999 | |
| Stephen T. Auburn | The Trustmark Companies | 12/08/1998 |
| Michael Patrick Bauer | Pfizer Inc | 11/04/2004 |
| Michele A. Bianchi | 11/04/1999 | |
| Joel Evan Blumenfeld | 11/06/2008 | |
| Joseph Anthony Boveri | W.W. Grainger, Inc. | 06/16/2016 |
| William Edward Boyle | 11/07/1991 | |
| Jonathan Todd Brand | Transworld Systems Inc. | 05/08/2008 |
| Jane Brenton-Knauer | 11/07/1985 | |
| Anne Elizabeth Brown | The Health Law Counsel | 05/10/2007 |
| Violetta Kapsalis Buhler | Violetta Kapsalis Buhler, Esq. | 10/29/1980 |
| Sean Carland Burke | Sean Burke Law, LLC | 11/09/1989 |
| Patrick Thomas Canning | Patrick T. Canning Investments | 11/01/1982 |
| Farina Y. Chaudry | 02/21/2007 | |
| Simi A. Chhabria | SC Law Ltd. | 09/30/2003 |
| Mary Catherine Marguerite Chrzanowski | W.W. Grainger, Inc. | 11/01/2012 |
| Joanne Jeeyoon Chun | WW Grainger Inc | 05/07/1998 |
| Kelly Ann Collins | Collins Family Law, LLC | 11/07/1991 |
| Sheila Collins | Collins Family Law, LLC | 06/03/1997 |
| George Morse Covington | Law Offices of George M. Covington LLC | 11/29/1967 |
| Christopher W. Cramer | Erickson Peterson Cramer | 04/13/2010 |
| Joel Stuart Dalinka | Forefront Management, LLC | 11/07/1996 |
| Deborah Ann Devaney | 10/29/1977 | |
| Hugo Dubovoy Jr. | W.W. Grainger, Inc. | 11/04/2004 |
| Timothy A. Duffy | Law Office of Timothy A. Duffy, P.C. | 11/17/1994 |
| Erik Eglite | Erik Eglite | 11/07/1996 |
| Nicholas John Eichenseer | 10/02/2007 | |
| Joel H. Epstein | 11/04/1993 | |
| Shanise Antoinette Evans | Evans Legacy Law Group, LLC | 05/13/2021 |
| Sandra Maja Fabula | Tenneco Inc. | 05/10/2007 |
| Oleg N. Feldman | Lexern Law Group, Ltd. | 09/30/2008 |
| William G. Fischer III | 11/06/2003 | |
| Edward James Fitzsimons | Edward J. FitzSimons | 11/29/1966 |
| Joann Marie Fratianni | Joann Marie Fratlanni | 10/29/1980 |
| Kevin Lyle Freeman | Tenneco Inc. | 11/10/1994 |
| Lynn Anne Gaffigan | Gaffigan Mediation | 12/06/1994 |
| Julie Lynn Gage | 11/05/1987 | |
| Julie L. Galassini | Julie L. Galassini Esq. | 11/05/1987 |
| John Douglas Gynn | The Law Offices of John Douglas Gynn | 05/07/2009 |
| Rekha Hanu | Akorn | 11/06/2008 |
| Jennifer J. Harpold | 11/06/1997 | |
| Katharine Sarafina Hatch | Clark and Steiner, LTD | 07/12/2005 |
| William J. Hielscher | William J Hielscher Ltd. | 11/07/1985 |
| Bobbe Hirsh | Hirsh & Associates, LLC | 01/10/1991 |
| James Edward Hopkinson | 05/16/1972 | |
| Jennifer J. Howe | Lesser Lutrey Pasquesi & Howe, LLP | 01/06/1998 |
| Bridget Walsh Hutchen | Law Offices of Bridget W. Hutchen | 10/28/1974 |
| Nicole Elizabeth Jagielski | Zurich North America | 11/05/2015 |
| Michael B. Johannesen | Jaguar Gene Therapy, LLC | 11/08/1990 |
| Dana Geneen Jones | Dana G. Jones Health Care & Associates | 02/09/2010 |
| Horace William Jordan Jr. | Kingsbridge Holdings, LLC | 11/10/1988 |
| Donald Gene Kalfen | Meridian Compensation Partners, LLC | 11/16/1984 |
| Michael Anthony Kamys | Law Offices of Michael A. Kamys | 05/09/1991 |
| Lisette Catherine Kelly | 11/10/1994 | |
| William Scott Kirsch | William S Kirsch & Partners, P.C. | 11/05/1981 |
| Robert J. Kolasa | Robert J. Kolasa, Ltd. | 02/26/1991 |
| Peter Stephen Komon Jr. | W.W. Grainger, Inc. | 11/05/1998 |
| Vildana Kujundjic | W.W. Grainger, Inc. | 11/09/2000 |
| Georgia Michaels Kyriacou | Lake Forest Estate Planning, Ltd | 11/09/1989 |
| Deborah Lee Ladolce | ArentFox Schiff LLP | 11/04/1975 |
| Janneth Lanini | Reynolds Consumer Products | 05/07/2015 |
| Beth Ann Laufenberg | 05/10/2007 | |
| Robert E. Lee Jr. | Robert E. Lee, Attorney at Law | 11/07/1985 |
| Kimberly J. Lenzini | 11/10/2011 | |
| Brian J. Lewis | Lewis Law Firm | 11/06/1997 |
| Chris Marder | Chris Marder | 11/07/1985 |
| John Joseph Marhoefer | Intelligent Generation LLC | 11/06/2003 |
| William Colby Marlatt Jr. | William Colby Marlatt, Jr. | 05/20/1969 |
| George Halas McCaskey | 05/03/1982 | |
| Kay McCurdy | 10/27/1975 | |
| Sally J. McDonald | 11/08/1990 | |
| Karen J. McGowan | 11/08/1990 | |
| Helen F. Meissner | 05/23/2006 | |
| James Patrick Moorhead | Moorhead Law Group, LLC | 05/09/2002 |
| Rejean Abraham Morgan | Abraham-Morgan LLC | 06/03/2008 |
| Jodie Lynn Nedeau | Farragut Investments, Inc. | 11/05/1981 |
| Edward Uihlein Notz | Law Offices Edward U. Notz, P.C. | 05/22/1962 |
| Dennis Michael O'Keefe | Dennis M OKeefe PC | 11/08/1973 |
| Jeffrey Perry O'Kelley | Lesser Lutrey Pasquesi & Howe, LLP | 11/05/2009 |
| Ned S. Othman | Ned S. Othman | 10/29/1977 |
| Christopher G. Paxhia | The Law Office of Christopher G. Paxhia | 04/09/2002 |
| Erik Jens Pedersen | 05/02/1995 | |
| Robert Terry Peterson | Crescent Grove Advisors | 01/07/2002 |
| Karen M. Pink | 11/07/1985 | |
| Charlene Denise Quint | Charlene D. Quint, Counselor at Law, LLC | 11/04/1999 |
| Robert Salvatore Reda | Reda & Des Jardins, LLC | 02/07/1989 |
| David McCown Rouse | Packaging Corporation of America | 05/10/2007 |
| Melanie Kreml Rummel | Lesser Lutrey Pasquesi & Howe, LLP | 11/05/1979 |
| Michael S. Sabath | Berger Schatz | 11/05/1992 |
| Thomas J. Sabatino Jr. | Tenneco Inc. | 12/03/1985 |
| Deborah Stride Saran | Deborah Stride Saran, Attorney | 01/03/1986 |
| William Lynch Schaller | William Lynch Schaller | 11/05/1981 |
| Sam C. Schlessinger | Assertio Management, LLC | 11/09/2006 |
| Ekkehard Schoettle | 05/03/1982 | |
| John Joseph Sheridan | L. J. Sheridan & Co. | 11/18/1965 |
| Michael M. Sieman | Michael M Sieman Attorney At Law | 05/20/1969 |
| Elizabeth Honora Skalitzky | Pactiv Evergreen | 11/07/1991 |
| Nidhi N. Soni | Trustmark Companies | 11/04/2010 |
| Leszek A. Sosnowski | Law Office of Les A. Sosnowski | 11/04/1993 |
| Krystal Rachelle Spayd | Trustmark | 05/25/2017 |
| Mark Peter Standa | Mark P. Standa PC | 11/06/1986 |
| Tony Joseph Steenkolk | Packaging Corporation of America | 05/31/2016 |
| Allison Zousmer Stein | Pfizer | 11/08/1990 |
| Cliff Michael Stein | The Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc. | 05/26/2005 |
| Valerie Ines Steiner | Clark & Steiner, Ltd. | 11/06/2008 |
| Pamela Jane Teigen | 05/12/1989 | |
| Jonathan M. Thompson | 04/04/2017 | |
| Mark Antony Trent | Law Office of Mark A. Trent | 11/09/1983 |
| Marliss Ellena Turek | Marliss E. Turek Attorney At Law | 05/01/1980 |
| Michelle Bailey Vella | Pfizer Inc. | 11/05/1998 |
| Martin Niven Walker | The Walker Law Firm, LLC | 11/10/2005 |
| Gerard Warren | 11/10/2016 | |
| David MacPherson Webster | Webster Law Office | 11/13/1975 |
| David Lee Weinstein | 02/02/1996 | |
| Shea D. Welch | The Trustmark Companies | 11/04/1999 |
| Sarah Elizabeth Wellard | 11/09/2017 | |
| David Keith Wickersham | Vectors Legal LLC | 11/21/2012 |
| Jan Marie Zordani | Bluff's Edge Development LCC | 10/20/1998 |
| Janet Marie Zukowski | 11/01/1982 | |
| Robert Charles Von Ohlen Jr. | Robert C. von Ohlen & Associates | 11/16/1984 |
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