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Steven M. Levin is the co-founder and senior partner of Levin & Perconti, and a trial lawyer with more than 25 years of litigation experience and success. Steve began his career as a private criminal defense attorney, during which time he gained extensive trial experience. In 1983 he founded Steven M. Levin and Associates, a firm dedicated to representing plaintiffs in substantial personal injury and wrongful death cases. In 1992, he and John Perconti founded Levin & Perconti, which has since grown into a twelve-lawyer plaintiff personal injury firm with more than 125 years of combined trial experience.

Steve has obtained an extraordinary number of multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients in a tremendous variety of personal injury and wrongful death cases, including birth injury, failure to timely diagnose cancer and workplace negligence. His most recent victories include a $7 million judgment for his client against a doctor who failed to diagnose postpartum bleeding, and a $6.7 million medical malpractice verdict against a hospital involving a birth injury case. Steve has appeared on ABC, NBC and CBS news programs for cases which have attracted both local and national attention.

Over the past eighteen years, Steve has established a reputation as one of the country's top litigators in the highly-specialized area of nursing home abuse and neglect. He has represented hundreds of nursing home residents and their families who have been victimized by improper care and treatment, achieving landmark victories and record-setting verdicts and settlements for his clients in these cases.

More importantly, Steve's vigilance in representing such victims has brought national attention to this rampant and unacceptable problem, sending a message that mistreatment of one of society's most vulnerable groups will not go unnoticed. His comments on nursing home litigation are frequently quoted in national news publications including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

Steve Levin has received an "AV" rating from the Martindale-Hubbell American Law Directory, indicating preeminent legal ability and very high ethical standards. Steven has been honored as an Illinois Super Lawyer by Chicago Magazine in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. He has also been named one of Illinois' top litigators by Leading Lawyers Network, a peer-recommended distinction.

Jordan S. Powell joined Levin & Perconti as a litigation associate in August, 2007. Prior to joining Levin & Perconti, he spent two years as a law clerk at a Chicago based personal injury firm, Kralovec, Jambois & Schwartz. There he gained experience working on Medical Malpractice, Automobile and 4th Amendment Claims, amongst other types of personal injury cases. Jordan is eager to use this prior knowledge in the field of plaintiff’s litigation and serving injured victims.

Mr. Powell was raised in West Bloomfield, Michigan and attended Bloomfield Hills Andover High School, where his ambition, competitiveness and scholastic achievement began. He was a three letter athlete and earned numerous scholar athlete honors.

In 2004, Jordan graduated from the University of Michigan where he was on the deans list and graduated with academic distinction. Jordan earned two degrees – a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Studies. During his time at the University of Michigan, Jordan was also asked to become a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, was President of the Organizational Studies Student Assembly (OSSA) and was a member of the school’s water ski team.

In order to fulfill his lifelong ambition of becoming a trial attorney, Mr. Powell attended law school at Chicago-Kent College of Law were he earned his Juris Doctorate in 2007. Jordan focused much of his studies on developing a well rounded litigation background earning high honors in both his trial advocacy courses as well as high scholastic achievement in a specialized Litigation Technology course aimed at meshing traditional trial law with the high tech era.

During his time in law school, Jordan maintained a leadership role as he was elected by his peers to be on Chicago-Kent’s Student Bar Association. Jordan also worked in the school’s criminal defense clinic where he obtained a 711 license and was able to assist in drafting briefs, arguing motions and trying cases. Further, Jordan has also sought to help the underprivileged and disadvantaged. In the Spring of 2007, he spent a week in the Gulf Coast region assisting the victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. There he was able to offer legal advice to those who needed guidance and helped with the rebuilding of homes. Jordan also annually volunteers at Lincoln Park’s “Spooky Zoo” handing out candy to less fortunate children.

Jordan is prepared to bring his diligence and drive to Levin & Perconti and looks forward to continuing to represent those who have suffered from tragic and catastrophic injuries. Jordan is an active member of the American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, and Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Sofia Zneimer is a lawyer who litigates immigration and injury lawsuits. Sofia Zneimer represents businesses and individuals in need of an immigration benefit, including visa, work permit, permanent residency, or citizenship. Sofia Zneimer also handles immigration, malpractice, and personal injury trials and appeals.

PASSION - INTEGRITY - TRUST - RESULTS

"Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe."

-Sir Winston Churchill

Philip Berenz is a Chicago trial attorney truly committed to assisting individuals and businesses with securing all available remedies and compensation for injuries and disputes and defending them when necessary.

His passion for his beliefs of aggressive and zealous representation and true empathy for his clients' situations, circumstances, life-altering events and suffering shines through at trial time before a jury, in everyday conversations with the opposing attorneys and insurance companies and in every aspect of every single case.

He listens. He does the "right" thing when nobody is looking.

His trust is unequivocally paramount and he follows strict rules of ethics and professionalism with opposing counsel, the Courts and every person involved in every aspect of every matter. Words are bonds.

And the passion, integrity, and trust end in results (and being the utmost ethical attorney, he must say that results can never be guaranteed by the rules that govern attorneys but he sure does his best to accomplish the goals, intentions-and sometimes dreams-of his clients).

Some Recent Results:

In February and March 2010, Philip settled claims of nursing home abuse and neglect in the six figures against a Chicago area nursing home after his client died due in part to insulin oversight issues.

In December 2009, Philip settled claims of legal malpractice and fraud against one of the largest law firms in the United States and one of its former senior partners.

In December 2009, after stepping in on a 2002 construction defect case, Philip worked with attorney Scott Kogen and settled a matter against the main developer and obtained a default judgment after prove up against other contractors involved in the matter for over $1,300,000.

In November 2009, Philip obtained a judgment against a real estate developer after numerous years of litigation for $653,959.12 for construction defects in a townhome association.

In October 2009, Philip obtained a binding American Arbitration Award of over $238,000 on behalf of a sales representative, including punitive damages and attorneys' fees.

In July 2009, after a 4 day, 12-person jury trial, Philip obtained a jury verdict in excess of $122,000 against the City of Chicago (reduced for comparative negligence) when his client fell into a hole on City property. The initial offer on the matter: $500.00 the first day of trial.

In the Spring of 2009, Philip and Scott Kogen successfully defended a real estate investor being sued for in excess of $4,000,000. The verdict after a week of trial in the law division of Cook County? $0. And the client was granted his attorneys' fees in excess of $350,000.00 pursuant to an agreement.

Philip has obtained other numerous settlements and verdicts in numerous other matters and all types of matters. He has successfully "turned cases around" for defendants when sued and obtained judgments and decisions against plaintiffs suing his clients far in excess of the amounts some plaintiffs originally sought.

Philip has first-chaired numerous bench and jury trials and has practiced extensively in Illinois State and Federal Courts. He has also been admitted pro hac vice to litigate in the Western District of Federal Court in Virginia and is soon to be admitted in the Eastern District of Wisconsin Federal Court and the Federal Courts of Florida in pending litigation. His clients span the United States, Canada, Ukraine and the Sultanate of Oman. He currently litigates throughout the United States through a network of local counsel and personally.

Prior to law school, Philip spent five years in the securities and derivatives trading division of one of the largest banks in the world. There, he served as a financial analyst and an Assistant Vice-President for U.S. financial operations and foreign financial operations in Hong Kong, England, Germany, Asia and Japan.

The Law Office of Jeffrey Friedman, P.C. concentrates in serious personal injury, medical malpractice, work injuries and employment discrimination, including sexual harassment. We offer a free consultation.

Michael devotes 100% of his practice to representing plaintiffs in product liability, medical malpractice, and other personal injury and wrongful death cases.

Since 1990, the attorneys of Mitchell S. Sexner & Associates LLC have provided highly successful representation for clients across Illinois. One of the area's most recognized legal names, Sexner & Associates LLC has multiple offices located in Illinois, with defense lawyers servicing the Chicago courts as well as for counties including Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, Will and McHenry counties. Our attorneys stand ready to help clients with a wide range of legal services. If you would like to speak about your options, no obligation will apply when you call. We believe at Sexner & Associates LLC that helping our clients through difficult times is a privilege. If you choose to allow our attorneys to assist you, we will do our very best to earn your trust. That is our promise to you.


Lawyer Mitchell S. Sexner leads a team of experienced lawyers who vigorously and aggressively advocate for their clients . The entire team of attorneys is dedicated to offering the highest quality of professional representation at each step along the legal process. Mitchell Sexner, who has been recognized by Who's Who in American Law, is also a graduate of Northwestern University and IIT College of Law in Chicago. Before founding this law firm, Attorney Sexner was appointed to serve the County as an Assistant States Attorney and prosecuted criminal and traffic cases for the government, as well as serving the public through the Illinois Secretary of State and Clerk of the Circuit Court. He is licensed to practice Illinois Law and has been admitted to the U.S. District Courts of Illinois, Wisconsin, Hawaii and Texas. He has also argued in front of the Illinois Appellate Court and appeared on television as a featured panelist. Every attorney associated with the team has an equally impressive track record of successes as well.