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Super Lawyers Magazine rated Berger Schatz founding partners Michael J. Berger, David H. Levy, and Barry A. Schatz among the Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyers for 2012. The Super Lawyers rating service is based on a blue-ribbon review process that includes peer nominations and evaluations as well as independent research; the “Top 100” list includes the highest-rated attorneys in all practice areas. In 2011, Michael […]

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 […]

Partner Michael J. Berger was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in Illinois® 2012 in the field of matrimonial law. (© 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC.) Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is […]

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).

The justices of the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, recently affirmed a lower court’s permanent maintenance award for a Berger Schatz client, making it the highest maintenance award ever upheld on appeal in Illinois. For a link to the appellate court judgment, click here. For more information on Mr. Finkel’s successful client representation, click […]