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Frank A. Sommario is a Partner at Romanucci & Blandin, LLC in Chicago, where he practices as a petitioner's workers' compensation lawyer. Frank was admitted to the Bar in Illinois (2000), Minnesota (2001), and District of Columbia (2001). He received his Juris Doctorate from DePaul University College of Law in 2000. He is a Certified Public Accountant (1998), who received his Bachelor’s degree in Commerce/Accounting from DePaul University in 1997. He became a Registered Investment A...

Co-chair of the firm’s U.S. Complex Commercial Litigation Practice, Samantha is a trial lawyer who concentrates her practice on complex commercial and patent litigation. Samantha has spent her career litigating complex commercial and patent cases for Fortune 500 companies. She has represented clients in a variety of industries, including agribusiness, pharmaceuticals, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, and insurance, and has litigated breach of contract, trade-secret-th...

Alejandro Menchaca is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Patent and Patent Law. Alejandro practices law in Chicago, Illinois Best Lawyers has recognized Alejandro Menchaca since 2024. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Alejandro Menchaca is held by other lawyers.

Matthew Antinossi's practice includes all ERISA-related areas, and he has extensive experience with the employee benefits aspects of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including ESOP transactions. In addition to his transactional practice, Matthew is frequently involved in representing debtors in the employee benefits aspects of bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring. Such representations frequently involve resolution of complex ERISA Title IV issues. A significant portion of Matthew's...

Eric Singer concentrates his practice in construction law, representing design professionals, contractors, owners, developers, lenders, title insurers and other parties in all aspects of design and construction, including negotiation and drafting agreements for a variety of services and delivery systems; perfection, enforcement and defense of mechanics liens and bond claims; construction insurance counseling; copyrights for architectural works; mediation, arbitration, litigation and other dis...

Sean P. Murray represents individuals and families in complex personal injury litigation throughout Chicago and across Illinois. As part of Murray Legal Group , his practice focuses on Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, including cases involving personal injury , construction injuries , explosions, trucking collisions , and motor vehicle accidents . He also handles matters involving medical malpractice , product liability , civil rights violations , sexual assault , premises liability ,...

Josh focuses on complex real estate transactions including joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions as well as financing, development, management and restructuring of real estate assets. He advises private equity sponsors, publicly traded investment firms, REITs, foreign pension funds and other institutional investors and developers in transactions involving various asset classes, including multifamily, industrial, office, hospitality and opportunity zones. Josh has been recognized as a ...

J. Timothy Eaton is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Appellate Practice and Commercial Litigation. J. Timothy practices law in Chicago, Illinois Best Lawyers has recognized J. Timothy Eaton since 2007. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which J. Timothy Eaton is held by other lawyers.

Nathaniel Carden is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Tax Law. Nathaniel practices law in Chicago, Illinois Best Lawyers has recognized Nathaniel Carden since 2023. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Nathaniel Carden is held by other lawyers.

As a partner in Barack Ferrazzano’s Real Estate group, Julie has extensive experience in a wide variety of commercial real estate transactions, representing both sponsors and investors in all facets of commercial real estate. She is recognized as an industry leader in matters pertaining to real estate development. Julie regularly advises clients in some of the largest and most complex projects in the U.S., from the predevelopment stage through asset stabilization and disposition. She wo...