Patrick C. Johnston

Taking the time to carefully listen to a client’s goals at the outset, Rob Taylor approaches each case with a strategic focus by charting the most effective and efficient path forward. His approach is both practical and realistic, focused on achieving meaningful results without unnecessary detours. Rob is a seasoned attorney who brings extensive expertise in real estate, corporate, and business law. His practice balances a mix of advising clients on a wide array of matters including rea...

Robert A. Clifford is founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices, Chicago’s premier personal injury law firm, recognized globally for its depth of talent, record results, and decades of experience in handling complex personal injury and wrongful death litigation. Under Clifford’s leadership, the firm has significantly impacted the lives of individual clients and their families, recovering over $5 billion in judgments and settlements for victims suffering from catastrophic ...

Patrick J. McCurry concentrates his practice on the corporate and tax aspects of complex business and investment transactions, with a particular focus on transactions involving single-family offices, private equity funds and other financial sponsors (on both buy and sell-side), emerging businesses, partnerships and strategic joint ventures, limited liability companies and closely held corporations. Read full biography: https://www.mwe.com/people/mccurry-patrick-j/

John E. DeLascio is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Insurance Law. John E., who practices law in Chicago, Illinois, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which John E. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Conrad C. Nowak joined Corboy & Demetrio in 2023, bringing with him more than 18 years of defense litigation experience in the areas of personal injury, product liability, toxic tort, construction, aviation, trucking and commercial litigation. A former litigation partner at a national law firm, he successfully represented clients at numerous trials, mediations and arbitrations. He has harnessed that experience to better serve people and families who have suffered due to the negligence of ...

Bob Riley is a trial lawyer. He has tried a broad array of complex, high-stakes cases and has argued appeals in state and federal courts across the country. His practice focuses on product liability, mass torts, and environmental cases; class actions; and general commercial litigation. Bob’s appellate work has given rise to over forty reported decisions concerning trial consolidations, punitive damages, civil conspiracy, class certification, and constitutional interpretation. He litigat...

David J. Rashid joined Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C. in 2023, focusing on catastrophic personal injury, medical negligence, and wrongful death cases. He has expertise in medical malpractice cases involving misdiagnosis, surgical errors, birth injuries, emergency room errors, and strokes. In his first trial with the firm, he secured a $32.7 million jury verdict for a man who underwent a foot amputation due to a delayed blood clot diagnosis, the largest Illinois verdict for such a loss. ...

Daniel T. Ryan is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs. Daniel T., who practices law in Chicago, Illinois, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Daniel T. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Edward R. Winkofsky, Chair of the Gaming Practice, focuses his practice on gaming regulatory compliance, licensure, and private equity investments in the gaming industry. He also advises clients on internal investigations and charitable gaming. Since joining the firm in 2010, Ed has served as regulatory counsel to gaming industry suppliers and operators, sports wagering and iGaming platform providers and content creators, horse tracks, video gaming route operators, lottery providers, tribal l...

For more than 30 years, Walter Weinberg has been advising private equity funds and other corporate clients as well as private equity professionals and executives. He represents sponsors in forming private equity and other funds as well as institutional investors and high-net-worth families who invest in this asset class. His years of experience and sound judgment in guiding clients through mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, financings and other transactions allow him to offer...