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Garofalo, Schreiber, Storm & Grant, Chartered

Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

20 North Clark Street, Suite #2700, Chicago, Illinois 60602

Established: 1997

Practice Areas

  • Insurance Defense
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Employer Liability
  • Trial Practice
  • Appellate Practice
  • State and Federal Courts

Personnel Information

Managing Shareholder


Daniel L. Grant

Chicago, IL

Practice Areas
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Insurance Defense
  • Trial Practice
  • Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation
Admitted
  • Illinois, 2002
Additional Biographical Details:

Leading Lawyers Network - The Top Lawyers; Chicago Bar Chair 2014

Memberships:
  • Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
Education:
  • Illinois State University, B.S., 1998
  • DePaul University, J.D., 2002

Born: 1975

Shareholders


Philip G. Brinckerhoff

Chicago, IL

Practice Areas
  • Civil Litigation
  • Insurance Defense
  • Employer Liability
  • Trial Practice
  • Construction Law
Admitted
  • Illinois, 1985
Additional Biographical Details:

Leading Lawyers Network - The Top Lawyers

Memberships:
  • Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
Education:
  • Marquette University, A.B., 1980
  • Saint Louis University, J.D., 1985

Born: 1958

Todd E. Wegman

Chicago, IL

Practice Areas
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Insurance Defense
  • Trial Practice
Admitted
  • Illinois, 1996
Additional Biographical Details:

Leading Lawyers Network - The Top Lawyers

Memberships:
  • Workers' Compensation Lawyers Assocation
Education:
  • Illinois State University, B.S., 1991
  • Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 1996

Born: 1969

James R. Clune

Chicago, IL

Admitted
  • Florida, 1978
  • Illinois, 1980
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1979
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar, 1981
Additional Biographical Details:

Leading Lawyers Network - The Top Lawyers

Memberships:
  • The Florida Bar
  • Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
Publications:
  • Author: "Illinois Continuing Legal Education-Workers Compensation Chapter 2"; "Employer-Employee Relationship"
Education:
  • University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1975
  • Stetson University College of Law, J.D., 1978

Born: 1953

Andrew L. Rane

Chicago, IL

Practice Areas
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Insurance Defense
  • Trial Practice
Admitted
  • Illinois, 1994
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Additional Biographical Details:

Leading Lawyers Network - The Top Lawyers

Memberships:
  • Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 2008-2010)
Education:
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A., 1990
  • Northern Illinois University, J.D. (cum laude), 1994
Honors:
American Jurisprudence Award in Administrative Law

Born: 1967

Andrew M. Luther

Chicago, IL

Practice Areas
  • Workers' Compensation
Admitted
  • Illinois, 2009
Memberships:
  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
Education:
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A. Political Science, 2005
  • The University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 2009

Born: 1983

Craig M. Scarpelli

Chicago, IL

Practice Areas
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Insurance Defense
  • Trial Practice
Admitted
  • Illinois, 1996
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Memberships:
  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
Education:
  • University of Wisconsin, B.A. (cum laude), 1992
  • DePaul University, J.D., 1996

Born: 1970

Frank A. Barber, Jr.

Chicago, IL

Practice Areas
  • Workers' Compensation
Admitted
  • Illinois, 2013
Memberships:
  • Illinois State Bar Association
  • Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
Education:
  • Rutgers University, B.A. (magna cum laude), 2010
  • George Mason University School of Law, J.D., 2013

Born: 1989

Retired Partners


  • Joseph A. Garofalo
  • Scott T. Schreiber
  • Derek A. Storm

Partner


Kurt E. Hanson

Chicago, IL

Admitted
  • Illinois, 1992
Memberships:
  • Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
Education:
  • Southern Illinois University, B.S., 1983
  • The John Marshall Law School, J.D., 1992

Born: 1961

Associates


Vincent M. Olmos

Chicago, IL

Admitted
  • Illinois, 2024
Memberships:
  • Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
Education:
  • Indiana University-Bloomington, B.S.P.A., 2019
  • DePaul University College of Law, J.D., 2023

Born: 1996

Tyler J. Hendrix

Chicago, IL

Admitted
  • Illinois, 2024
Memberships:
  • Chicago Bar Association
  • Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
Education:
  • Trinity International University, B.A., 2015
  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 2023

Born: 1992

Alexandra R. Marcell

Chicago, IL

Practice Areas
  • Workers' Compensation Defense
Admitted
  • Illinois, 2024
Memberships:
  • Illinois State Bar
  • Illinois Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
Education:
  • Iowa State University, B.S., 2018
  • Northern Illinois University College of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 2024
Law Review:
Northern Illinois University, College of Law - Law Review (Lead Articles Editor)

Born: 1993

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