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Gardiner Koch & Weisberg - Accident Lawyers
Gardiner Koch & Weisberg
53 W. Jackson Blvd. Ste 950
Chicago, Illinois 60604

Phone: 312-362-0000
Fax: 312-362-0440

Email: tgardiner@gkw-law.com
Website: http://www.gkw-law.com

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Mar 18, 2004, 12:05

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.

Thomas G. Gardiner
Email:
tgardiner@gkw-law.com

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.

Born: Harvey, Illinois, April 5, 1957.

 

James B. Koch
Email:
jkoch@gkw-law.com

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.

College: Loyola University, B.A., 1976; Northwestern University, M.S.Ed., 2001.

Member: Illinois State Bar Association.

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).

Born: Chicago, Illinois, March 11, 1952.

 

Lynn N. Weisberg
Email: lweisberg@gkw-law.com

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.

Languages: Hebrew.

Born: Highland Park, Illinois, April 5, 1963.

Katherine Raynolds

kraynolds@gkw-law.com

 

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

 

Born: Springfield, Illinois, May 7, 1979

 

 

Jennifer N. Miller

jmiller@gkw-law.com

 

Practice Areas: Family law, general litigation       

 

Admitted: 2006, Supreme Court of Illinois, U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois

 

Law School:  Loyola University Chicago School of Law; Certificate in Health Law and Certificate in Trial Advocacy, May 2006;

 

Organizations: Civitas Child Law Clinic; Health Annals; Phi Delta Phi

 

Awards: Dean’s List; CALI Award for Legal Writing

 

College:  Valparaiso University; Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry; 2001

 

Member: American Bar Association; Chicago Bar Association; Illinois Bar Association

 

Born: Hazel Crest, IL, November 2, 1979

 

 

Kenneth M. Battle

kbattle@gkw-law.com

 

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

 

Born: Chicago, Illinois

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