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Super Lawyers Magazine™ selected for inclusion eight Berger Schatz attorneys to its 2012 Illinois Rising Stars list, which recognizes the most promising up-and-coming lawyers who have been practicing law for 10 years or less, based on peer nominations and peer reviews. Those chosen for Illinois Rising Stars for 2012 are partners Brian J. Blitz, Claudia […]

The Illinois Appellate Court (Fourth Division) reversed a Cook County trial court’s decision terminating the maintenance of a Berger Schatz client. In a unanimous decision, the Appellate Court concluded that the trial court abused its discretion by terminating the former wife’s maintenance without taking into account the full value of her former husband’s property holdings, […]

In a unanimous decision, the Illinois Appellate Court (Second District) affirmed a trial court’s award of summary judgment to a Berger Schatz client, classifying as non-marital the client’s shares in a family business worth tens of millions of dollars, which were acquired before the marriage. Prevailing in a complex and unresolved area of Illinois law, […]

In its Fall 2011 issue, Leading Lawyers featured an interview with Michael J. Berger, recognizing him as one of the premier matrimonial attorneys in Illinois. To read the entire article, click here.

Leading Lawyers Magazine™ named Berger Schatz partner David H. Levy to the list of “Top 100” Illinois lawyers as well as “Top 10 Family Law” practitioners. The Leading Lawyers list utilizes peer nominations and ratings to identify the attorneys whose professional peers regard them as among the top practitioners in Illinois and in their practice […]

Leading Lawyers Magazine™ named 12 Berger Schatz partners to its list of Illinois “2011 Leading Lawyers,” which recognizes attorneys who are regarded by their professional peers as among the top practitioners in Illinois. The partners named to the 2011 list are: Jason G. Adess, Michael J. Berger, Andrew D. Eichner, Leon I. Finkel,  Marcelle Kott, […]

In 2011 partner Claudia Gallo was named to the Law Bulletin’s prestigious annual “40 Under 40” list, which recognizes attorneys whose professional reputations have won the respect of their professional peers. Other recent Berger Schatz attorneys named to the “40 Under 40” list include Brian J. Blitz (2010) and Jason G. Adess (2008).