Complex Torts Lawyers in Illinois

Sean W. Bezark focuses his practice primarily on environmental matters for public corporations, privately held companies, banks, lenders, REITs and private equity investment funds.

Elli Leibenstein focuses his practice principally in the area of complex commercial litigation. He also provides advice to clients relating to litigation with, and investigations brought by, State Attorneys General.

Francis A. “Frank” Citera is a nationally recognized trial lawyer with deep experience in product liability, toxic torts, class actions, and other complex litigation matters in both federal and state courts. He is co-chair of the firm’s Product Liability & Mass Torts Litigation Practice.

Paul T. Fox is a founding shareholder of the firm's Chicago office where he serves as Chairman.

Peter G. Rush has more than 35 years of experience handling all aspects of complex commercial litigation.

Steven Jay Seidman practices at Seidman Margulis & Fairman, LLP Read Full Bio

Steven M. Malina, a former Senior Attorney in the SEC’s enforcement branch, focuses his practice on a variety of litigation and regulatory matters with representations of financial services industry clients, hedge fund matters, and securities and general commercial litigation.

Gregory E. Ostfeld is Vice Chair of the firm’s Pharmaceutical Medical Device & Health Care Litigation Practice and Co-Chair of the Chicago Litigation Practice.

Ruth A. Bahe-Jachna has more than 30 years of experience working on and managing large-scale litigation matters, including numerous MDL proceedings.

Jena M. Valdetero serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s U.S.

Martin Kedziora concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation, focusing on real estate disputes, receiverships, post-judgment proceedings and asset recovery, and product liability matters in state and federal courts nationwide. Martin represents and counsels lenders, owners, developers, landlords, tenants, and investors in navigating and resolving a wide range of disputes arising from real estate development and financing transactions, mortgage foreclosures and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, mechanics’ liens, and commercial leases.

Kyle focuses his practice on a range of commercial litigation matters in both state and federal court, with an emphasis on the commodities and derivatives industries as well as blockchain, prediction markets, contract disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, partnership disputes, employment litigation, and consumer class action defense. He also counsels proprietary trading firms, investment advisors, venture investors, and banks regarding regulatory and compliance matters.

Tiffany M. Andras is a lawyer practicing litigation, environmental, class action litigation and 4 other areas of law.

Caitlyn Haller defends high-profile product liability, pharmaceutical, and medical device cases throughout the country in state and federal courts. She works on products liability matters in both state and federal courts ranging from single-plaintiff claims to nationwide consumer class action cases.

Julia Emfinger is temporarily on secondment to a client. Julia Emfinger’ s practice is concentrated on commercial litigation, with an emphasis in real estate litigation, including landlord-tenant and shopping center disputes, mechanics liens and commercial foreclosures.

Jonathan H. Claydon focuses his practice on complex litigation and class action defense with broad experience representing clients in the financial services industry.

Miriam G. Bahcall focuses her practice on a variety of financial services industry litigation and regulatory matters, as well as general commercial litigation.

Brett Doran focuses his practice on class action defense and privacy litigation in federal and state courts, arbitration, and enforcement actions. He defends clients in consumer and product liability litigation, including class actions, and matters involving the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and other federal and state laws.

Gretchen N. Miller is the Co-Chair of the Products Liability & Mass Torts Practice and Co-Chair of the Chicago Litigation Department.

Paul Ferak is Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s global Financial Services Litigation practice. A recognized leader in the financial services industry, he brings deep knowledge of complex litigation and other matters, having served as lead and co-lead counsel in cases nationwide, including those involving cross-border matters.