Cary: 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 Cary in May compared to the previous month, according to the ARDC of the Supreme Court of Illinois.

Overall, the city had a total of 16 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
Nicholas E. Alexander	Stryker Corporation	11/08/2007
Case H. Ellis	Law Office of H. Case Ellis	04/27/1976
Andrew Garrison Hamilton	The Sheehan Firm, P.C.	05/04/2017
Melinda Holly Carmen Hartman	Vaclavek Hartman Vaclavek, P.C.	11/04/2010
Steven William Jaenicke	Law Office of Steven W. Jaenicke	05/03/1982
Donna K. Kelly		11/10/1994
Erika Lyn Kruse	Law Office of Erika L. Kruse	11/10/1994
Vito P. Loverde	Law Office of Vito P. LoVerde	11/07/1991
Lucia R. Lopez		08/27/2009
Steven J. McCoy	McCoy & Kula PC	10/30/1973
Michael Charles Poper	Michael C. Poper, P.C.	11/14/1968
Christopher H. Purcell	Sherman & Purcell, LTD.	05/07/1998
Thomas N. Radek	Law Offices of Thomas N. Radek	05/09/1991
Anna Spears	Spears Law Group, P.C.	11/08/2007
Shawna Raelene Vaclavek	Vaclavek Hartman Vaclavek, P.C.	11/06/2008
Thomas A. Vaclavek	Vaclavek Hartman Vaclavek, P.C.	11/09/2000

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