Gardiner Koch & Weisberg has successfully represented individuals in catastrophic injury cases and corporations in very significant claims. The firm has substantial litigation experience and has practiced before courts locally and nationally, including argument before the United States Supreme Court. In addition to litigation matter, the firm has substantial experience in counseling companies and its executives on a wide variety of company matters and matters personally affecting the leaders of corporations.
Practice Areas: Family Law; Child Custody; Spousal Support; Alimony; Visitation Rights; Probate; Contested Trusts and Estates; Contested Wills; Criminal Law.
Admitted: 1981, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1986, Wisconsin; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: Northwestern University, J.D., 1981.
College: University of Illinois, B.S., with highest honors in Finance, 1978.
Member: Chicago, South Suburban (Director and Officer; President), DuPage, Kane County, McHenry County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Wisconsin; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; American Trial Lawyers Association.
Biography: Phi Alpha Delta (Treasurer, 1979). Recipient, Outstanding Finance Student Award, University of Illinois, 1978. Member, Million Dollar Advocates. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 1980-1981. Judicial Clerk to U.S. District Judge John F. Grady, 1982. Author: "Consent to Search in Response to Police Threat to Seek or Obtain Search Warrant: Some Alternatives," 71 J. Crim. & C. 175, 1980, reprinted in the book of Criminal Law-1981. Citations: United State v. Ross, 655 F.2d 1159, 1193, 1199 (D.C. Cir. 1981); 2 La Fave, "Search & Seizure," 8.2, 1982; "Surviving School Funding Cuts," Chicago Tribune, Perspective, December 15, 1982; reprinting in 8 ACCT Advisor 1, July 1983; "Prairie State College: A Case Study," 35 ACCT Trustee Quarterly 1, Summer 1986. Book Reviews: "How We Play the Game, Why Sports Dominate American Life," 62 National Forum 47, 1982; "Somebody is Lying: The Trial of Doctor X," 68 ABA Journal 1632, 1982. Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University School of Law, 2003. Assistant State's Attorney, Cook County, Illinois, 1983-1989 (Supervisor, Public Integrity Unit, 1987-1989). Attorney, McBride Baker & Coles, 1989-1992. Trustee, Prairie State Community College, 1981-1993, (Chairman, 1984-1989). Certified, National Institute of Trial Advocacy.
Transactions: Trustee, Village of Glenwood, (Chairman of Police, Judicial and building committees; lead negotiator for three union contracts), 1985-1994.
Practice Areas: Securities; Commodities; Municipal Liability; Civil Litigation; Criminal Litigation; Breach of Contract; Fraud; Professional Liability; White Collar Crime; Contracts; International Contracts.
Admitted: 1979, Illinois, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 1979.
Biography: Instructor, Chicago Latin School. Assistant State's Attorney, Cook County, Illinois, 1981-1986. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1985-1986. Attorney, National Futures Association, 1986-1987. Representative, Special Needs Committee, New Trier High School Board.
Reported Cases: Briefed and Argued F.S.L.I.C. v. Ticktin, 490 U.S. 82 (1989); Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119 (1999).
Practice Areas: Family Law; Child Custody; Spousal Support; Alimony; Visitation Rights; Real Estate; Estate Planning.
Admitted: 1993, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1993.
College: University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A., with honors, 1985; Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, M.S.J., 1986.
Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations.
Biography: Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 1992-1993. First Place, Lowden-Wigmore Prize for Legal Scholarship. Author: "On a Constitutional Collision Course: Attorney No-Comment Rules and the Right of Access to Information, 83 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 664 (1992). Member, Board of Directors, American Judicature Society, 1997-1999. Director, Community Foundation for Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago. Sunday School Teacher. Volunteer, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Erie House, HIAS.
Practice Areas: Corporations, Breach of Contract, Probate, Copyright Registration and Enforcement, Trademark Registration and Enforcement, Entertainment
Admitted: 2005, Illinois, Illinois Supreme Court, US District Court of the Northern District of Illinois
Member:Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, American Bar Association
Education:Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Certificate of Concentration in Intellectual Property, Juris Doctorate, 2005
University of Cincinnati Bachelor of Fine Arts, Electronic Media, 2001
Practice Areas:Personal injury, medical malpractice, commercial, construction, employment, products liability and real estate litigation
Admitted: 1999, Illinois & U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Law School: Case Western Reserve University School of Law, JD, 1999
College: University of Illinois, BA, 1996
Member: American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Cook County Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago Association of Realtors
Gardiner Koch & Weisberg has successfully represented individuals in catastrophic injury cases and corporations in very significant claims. The firm has substantial litigation experience and has practiced before courts locally and nationally, including argument before the United States Supreme Court. In addition to litigation matter, the firm has substantial experience in counseling companies and its executives on a wide variety of company matters and matters personally affecting the leaders of corporations. 
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