Judicial Recommendation

Paul Rosenfeld, 47th Ward Committeeperson

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Michael Del Galdo, Del Galdo Law Group LLC

Michael Del Galdo is the founding attorney of Del Galdo Law Group, LLC, a law firm consisting of 30+ attorneys, serving primarily public and private sector clients in the governmental and public sector practice area. Mr. Del Galdo is appointed as general and special counsel to some of the largest units of local government in the State of Illinois. For the 12th consecutive year (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, & 2026), Mr. Del Galdo was one of only 6 lawyers in the State of Illinois selected as a “Super Lawyer” in the practice area of State, Local & Municipal Government.

Ann Williams, Attorney at Storino, Ramello & Durkin and State Representative

Ann M. Williams received her undergraduate degree from University of Iowa in 1992, where she majored in journalism and political science. She graduated from Drake University Law School in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1994. While in law school, Ms. Williams clerked for the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago and was among the first recipients of the Public Interest Scholarship at Drake. When Lisa Madigan was elected as Attorney General of Illinois, Ms. Williams left the firm to join the Attorney General’s team as Legislative Director and served in this role for several years. In this capacity, Ms. Williams was charged with advancing the Attorney General’s legislative agenda before the Illinois General Assembly and was responsible for helping to craft and implement key parts of the Attorney General’s public interest agenda.

Steven Hart, Hart McLaughlin & Eldridge

A seasoned trial lawyer with more than two decades of experience, Steven litigates a wide variety of civil matters including class action, mass torts, personal injury, products liability, toxic tort, environmental, automotive, and transportation cases. He also has a record of success representing both defendants and plaintiffs, from Fortune 500 companies, medium, and small businesses to individuals, in class action cases.

Matt Belcher, Aleksy Belcher

For over twenty years, Matt Belcher has been a zealous advocate for families of injured workers in Illinois circuit courts and the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. The son of a union carpenter and IBEW administrative assistant, Matt graduated from Creighton University School of Law and is admitted to practice before the Illinois Supreme Court, the US District Court Northern District of Illinois, the US District Court Northern District of Indiana and the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, where he is a member of the Federal Trial Bar.

Jack Lydon, Lavelle Law

John J. “Jack” Lydon concentrates his practice in commercial litigation. He represents businesses and individuals in litigation in the courts in Illinois and around the nation. He has vast experience in real estate, business, chancery, probate, and collection litigation. Jack leads the firm’s Election Law practice group which offers a range of election and committee advice and representation, including petition filing, petition challenges, committee campaign reporting requirements, referenda filing, and election challenges. He represents financial institutions and mortgage lenders in contested mortgage foreclosures. He is also regularly appointed as a special representative for deceased borrowers in mortgage foreclosure cases in all counties in Illinois. He represents financial institutions and mortgage lenders in operations, class action defense, mortgage repurchase, consumer protection, TILA, RESPA, FCRA, ECOA, Fair Housing, collection, regulatory, and probate matters. Jack is also a member of the Dealership Practice Group.

Pepi Camerlingo, Camerlingo Parks LLC

As a seasoned and highly respected attorney, Pepi Camerlingo has successfully represented hundreds of clients in proceedings involving issues relating to all aspects of family law. These include resolving and litigating issues that relate to support (child support and maintenance), valuation/allocation of assets including complex business interests, pension/retirement asset valuation and allocation, child disputes (allocation of decisions and parenting time), and uncontested and contested adoption proceedings. Pepi has maintained an excellent reputation in the community for her ethics and dedication to clients. Since 2009, she has held an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell which is the highest peer review rating an attorney can receive for legal ability and ethical standards. This rating signifies that Pepi’s legal peers rank her at the highest level of professional excellence. This rating is based on confidential reviews from other lawyers and judges. She has also been peer-selected after a rigorous nomination and voting process as a Leading Lawyer in the practice area of family law, a distinction awarded to less than 5% of all Illinois attorneys. As a celebration of her negotiation and litigation skills, she was recognized with the coveted 40 Under 40 Award by Law Bulletin Media’s Chicago Daily Law Bulletin in 2008.

Art Mitchell, Attorney

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Tyler Manic, Schain Banks Kenny & Schwartz Ltd.

Tyler’s practice focuses on land use, zoning, licensing, incentives and government relations in Chicago and the surrounding municipalities. He has extensive experience working on a broad range of residential, commercial, and industrial projects with the City of Chicago and suburban plan commissions, liquor commissions, zoning and economic development committees, zoning boards of appeals, city councils, and village boards in all matters related to land use and zoning.

Brendan Shiller, Law Office of Brendan Shiller

Brendan Shiller is an accomplished Chicago-based lawyer and strategic advisor whose career spans nearly three decades of litigation, advocacy, government-relations, political consulting, policy development and community justice work. His legal career is more than two decades old and focused on civil rights, criminal defense, police-misconduct matters, regulatory and licensing issues, and public-policy impact.

Mark Ferrante, Law Offices of Mark V. Ferrante

MARK V. FERRANTE: is the principal in the law firm and a trial lawyer with over 39 years of litigation experience. He has worked for and with some of Chicago’s top trial lawyers before starting his own practice in April, 1991. As the principal of the law firm, Mark Ferrante has successfully litigated or settled various complex personal injury matters involving serious injury or wrongful death caused by medical negligence, products liability, premises liability, construction accidents, swimming pool accidents, and motor vehicle collisions and has obtained multiple multi-million dollar settlements, one which exceeded $12.5 Million.