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PRESENTS CHICAGO’s tOP RATED LAWYERS OF 2015 2015 TOP RATED SOME MEDICAL BE AWARE OF LAWYERS DEVICES CAN HUrt FINANCIAL ABUSE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF TRUSTED ATTORNEYS MORE THAN HELP OF THE ELDERLY PAGE 3 PAGE 6 PAGE 14 A SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT DISTRIBUTED WITH CHICAGO TRIBUNE PRESENTS LEGAL LEADERS APPEARING WITH PAGE PROOF—FOR APPROVAL ONLY BARKER & CASTRO, LLC MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, APPELLATE LAW, TORTS LAW, WoRKeRs’ compensaTION, COMMERCIAL LITIGATION, INSURANCE LAW Patricia J. Barker Chad M. Castro WHERE RESULTS MATTER Professional Regulation. Scott Irvin also brings We believe our strength lies in our ability to identify over 15 years of experience in general, and craft the best defense for each individual case. commercial and medical negligence litigation. our attorneys’ experience enables us to review a Jennifer Suttle and Elizabeth Jaci are also case and to provide recommendations as to those seasoned trial attorneys. Krista Frick began her cases best suited for trial or early resolution. The legal career with a focus on health care defense protection of our clients’ best interests is always and soon after focused her practice on foremost. Our attorneys have tried numerous cases substantive writing, insurance coverage, post trial, with successful results! and appellate advocacy. BARKER & CASTRO IS A LITIGATION FIRM WITH AT BARKER & CASTRO, WE UNDERSTAND CLIENTS experienced trial attorneys. At Barker & Castro we have choices and therefore “good” results are not recognize that the law is a service profession, and our attorneys are dedicated to providing the acceptable. Instead, we have established a reputation highest quality of service. We strive to fit each where only exceptional results count. We pride client’s needs. ourselves in providing our clients with a comprehensive assessment of each case from the PAT BARKER AND CHAD CASTRO BRING A outset. We then work with our client to create a combined 57 years of dedication and trial defense strategy that will provide the best, most experience to the firm coupled with their cost-efficient outcome. Only with an early, aggressive partners, Anne Scrivner Kuban, Steve Steinback, investigation of the facts and witnesses can a full Scott Irvin, Krista Frick, Elizabeth Jaci and Jennifer Suttle. Pat and Chad began their comprehensive analysis of exposure be provided to medical negligence defense careers at Lord, our clients. At Barker & Castro you will not see or hear Bissell & Brook, one of chicago’s largest firms. “it’s too early to tell” in our evaluation a year into the Pat and Chad have represented many of the case. At Barker & Castro we believe “satisfaction of major medical centers, hospitals and physician the client is not only our top, but our only priority.” groups in the City of Chicago and its surrounding BARKER & CASTRO HAS EXPERIENCED TRIAL areas. Anne Scrivner Kuban began her career at lawyers who have successfully the cook county state’s attorney’s office where tried hundreds of cases in one she prosecuted in excess of 35 felony jury trials, of the highest profile counties and hundreds of bench trials ranging from LEGAL LEADERS financial crimes to murder cases. Steve Steinback in the country, Cook County, began his legal career as a clerk to an Illinois Illinois as well as the collar Appellate Court justice. Upon completion of his counties. our attorneys’ clerkship, Steve began his career specializing in experience is vast, ranging from complicated malpractice CHAD M. CASTRO health care defense. Steve and Chad also PATRICIA JEAN BARKER represent physicians and health care professionals cases to premises liability to JENNIFER M. SUTTLE before the Illinois Department of Financial and long-term care litigation. ELIZABETH EMILIA JACI 115 S. 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INSURANCE SUBROGATION, CATASTROPHIC LOSS, PERSONAL INJURY, COMMERCIAL AND PRODUCTS LIABILITY STEVE JAKUBOWSKI CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION Page 5 BANKRUPTCY, COMMERCIAL LITIGATION, CORPORATE Page 16 RESTRUCTURING HARRISON & HELD, LLP Page 17 ESTATE PLANNING, CORPORATE LAW, FAMILY LAW, LITIGATION Page 10 TO SEE A DIRECTORY OF ALL AV® PREEMINENT™ RatED ATTORNEYS IN CHICAGO VISIT at.LAW.COM/CHICAGOTOPRatED CHICago’s top raTED LAWYERS 3 // ALM LEGAL GROUP ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES LAURA GUNAWAN Welcome to Chicago’s Top Rated Lawyers of 2015, a publication featuring legal MAXWELL HIRSCH ULEI KOU talent from the metropolitan area. BRIDGET MCDONALD The attorneys featured here and in the accompanying online edition have all achieved the peer reviewed MARCY PALACIOS rating of AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell®, the company that has long set the standard for lawyer GEORGE SCHWIMMER ® ratings. The AV Preeminent rating is a significant accomplishment and demonstrates that a lawyer’s CONTENT MANAGER peers have ranked them at the highest level of professional excellence. ANIKHA RIDDICK Our online edition of Chicago’s Top Rated Lawyers, accessible at at.law.com/chicagotoprated, includes the GRAPHIC DESIGNER complete directory of all of the Chicago area’s AV Peeminent® rated attorneys, listed by their practice areas. ASHLEE REDD In addition to insightful profiles of many Top Rated