Garofalo, Schreiber, Hart & Storm Chartered
 

JOSEPH A. GAROFALO, born Chicago, Illinois, September 11, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: North Park College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); De Paul University (J.D., 1977). Recipient: Louis Kokoris Memorial Scholarship in Political Science and Law, 1973–1974. Lecturer, Chicago Bar Association, "Trial of a Workers' Compensation Case," Spring, 1984 and "Case Developments in Workers' Compensation," Spring, 1988. Lecturer, numerous Insurance Carriers, "Fundamentals of Illinois Workers Compensation." Editor, Law Update, Newsletter of Garofalo, Schreiber, Chartered. Arbitrator, Circuit Court of Cook County, 1990. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association; Workers' Compensation Claims Association; Justinian Society of Lawyers.

SCOTT T. SCHREIBER, born Oak Park, Illinois, August 13, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Illinois. Education: Valparaiso University (B.A., 1978; J.D., 1981). Managing Editor, Valparaiso University Law Review, 1980–1981. Author: "The Unsupervised Child: Parental Negligence or Necessity," Valparaiso University Law Review, Vol. 15 P. 167, Fall, 1980. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association.

BENNETT F. HART, born Spencer, Iowa, July 22, 1954; admitted to bar 1979, Illinois. Education: Iowa State University; University of Iowa (B.B.A., 1976; J.D., 1979). Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute and Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association.

DEREK A. STORM, born Mattoon, Illinois, July 28, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois; 1987, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Eastern Illinois University (B.A., with honors, 1981); DePaul University (J.D., 1984); University of London, England (LL.M., with merit, 1989). Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

GREGORY P. SUJACK, born Evergreen Park, Illinois, January 15, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Illinois; 1986, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1991, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar, 1992; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Education: Boston College (B.S., 1981); Loyola University of Chicago (J.D., 1984). Clerk to Hon. William B. Wombacher, Illinois Appellate Court, Third District, 1985–1986. Lecturer, Peoria County Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, 1988. Member: Peoria County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Special Agencies: U.S. Dept. of Labor; U.S. Bene€ts Review Board.

PHILIP G. BRINCKERHOFF, born Chicago, Illinois, June 3, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois including Federal Trial Bar. Education: Marquette University (A.B., 1980); St. Louis University (J.D., 1985). Member: Moot Court Board. Member: Chicago and Illinois Bar Associations, Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and Defense Research Institute. Lecturer: Builders Association of Greater Chicago, "Developments in Employers' Liability," February, 1995; Council on Education in Management, "Using Return to Work to Minimize Malingering," Spring, 1997; and Council on Education in Management, "Closing Dif€cult Claims," Spring, 1998.

STEVEN R. SCARLATI, JR., born Paw Paw Michigan, August 15, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Illinois. Education: Eastern Illinois (B.A., 1986); Western Michigan University; Chicago Kent College of Law (J.D., 1990). Member: Chicago Bar Association.

JAMES R. CLUNE, born Springfield, Massachusetts, July 19, 1953; admitted to the bar, 1978, Florida; 1979, Middle District of Florida and U.S. Tax Court; 1980, Illinois; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A. 1975); Stetson University (J.D. 1978). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Luttrell v. Industrial Commission, 154 Ill.App.3d 943, 507 N.E.2d 533, 107 Ill.Dec. 620 (Ill.App.2d Dist. April 27, 1987). United Air Lines, Inc. v. CEI Industries of Illinois, Inc., 148 Ill.App.3d 332, 499 N.E.2d 558, 102 Ill.Dec. 1, Prod. Liab. Rep (CCH) P. 11,218 (Ill.App.1st Dist. Oct. 3, 1986). Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation; Commercial Litigation; Tort Litigation.

ANDREW L. RANE, born Chicago, Illinois, June 6, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1990); Northern Illinois University (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Administrative Law. Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association.

TODD E. WEGMAN, born Aurora, Illinois, August 2, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: Illinois State University (B.S., 1991); Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1996) Member: American Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association.

CRAIG M. SCARPELLI, born Plainesville, New York, October 3, 1970; admitted to the bar, 1996, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Wisconsin, Madison (B.S. magna cum laude, 1992); DePaul University School of Law (J.D. 1996). Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation; Personal Torts.

KEVIN J. REID, born Farnborough Hants, England, December 12, 1968; admitted to the bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: Boston College (B.A. 1991); DePaul (J.D. 1996). Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation Defense.

WILLIAM R. STANCZAK, born November 14, 1971 Waukegan, Illinois, admitted to the bar, 1998, Illinois and 1999, Florida. Education: Michigan State University (B.A. 1995); DePaul University School of Law (J.D., 1998). Member: Illinois State Bar Association.

DAVID P. HANSON, born Hobart, Indiana May 28, 1974, admitted to the bar, 2000, Illinois and U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Education: Indiana University (B.S. cum laude, 1997); DePaul University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations.

DANIEL L. GRANT, born Plano, Illinois, September 29, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois, Education: Illinois State University (B.S., 1998); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: American Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association; Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association. Practice Area: Workers’ Compensation.

CHRISTOPHER P. CARR, born Washington, D.C., March 19, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Michigan (B.A. 1992); DePaul University (J.D. 1998; Recipient: CALI Award for Excellence in Employment Discrimination, Spring 1997; Dean’s List: Fall 1997, Spring 1998). Member: Illinois State Bar Association; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

JUAN A. RODRIGUEZ-DEL MORAL, born Chicago, Illinois, April 2, 1970; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: DePaul University (B.A. 1993); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D. 2003). Member: Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation.

SHAWN F. LUEDDE, born Carbondale, Pennsylvania, September 9, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: Wright State University (B.A. 2001); The John Marshall Law School (J.D. 2004), Public Interest Scholarship, 2003, Herbert Weschler Moot Court Competition, 2004. Member: Illinois State Bar Association; Workers Compensation Lawyers Association; Chicago Bar Association; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation.

RONAK T. JOSHI, born Toronto, Ontario, Canada, December 2, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Illinois. Education: University of Toronto (B.A. with honors, 2001); The John Marshall Law School (J.D. 2004), Production Editor of The John Marshall Computer and Technology Journal, Moot Court Team. Member: American Bar Association; Illinois State Bar Association, and Indian-American Bar Association.

ANITA S. OAK, born Toledo, Ohio September 8, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Illinois. Education: Ohio State University (B.A. 2000); The John Marshall Law School (J.D. 2003). Member: Chicago, Illinois and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

MATTHEW J. NOVAK, born Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Illinois. Education: Buena Vista University Storm Lake, Iowa (B.A. magna cum laude, 2001); University of Iowa School of Law (J.D. 2005). Member: Illinois State Bar Association; Workers Compensation Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense.



Of Counsel:

GERALD O. SWEENEY, (1920-2003)

RALPH L. BERKE, born Chicago, Illinois, April 7, 1950; admitted to bar, 1974, Illinois; 1981, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court; 1990, U.S. Court of the Armed Forces. Education: Wheaton College (B.A.with high honors, 1971); Northwestern University (J.D., 1974). Military: Lt. Col., U.S. Army Reserve. Practice Areas: Litigation; Estate Planning; Business Transactions.