Antonio DeBlasio
DeBlasio & GowerMr. DeBlasio is the founder and managing member of DeBlasio & Gower LLC. Tony has over 22 years of experience as a trial lawyer and advisor. He has counseled individuals, business executives, for profit and not-for-profit companies and government bodies in complex litigation matters, internal investigations and dispute resolution strategies. Tony has been selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer in Business Litigation on many occasions. Only 5% of attorneys receive this distinction. Tony has represented clients from a multitude of industry sectors, including, health care, technology, communications, financial, education, real estate, manufacturing, construction, management firms, consulting firms, not for profits, religious organizations, as well as foreign and domestic government entities. The breadth of his experience is evidenced by the representation of foreign clients’ interests in the United States, as well as the fact that he has served as a Special Assistant Attorney General on behalf of an Illinois Governor, as special outside counsel to the Illinois State Board of Education, and as counsel to a receiver appointed by a federal court in an SEC action involving a massive Ponzi scheme. Mr. DeBlasio has successfully prosecuted and defended matters in many adversarial settings, including state and federal courts in Illinois, Arizona, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Iowa, Missouri and Pennsylvania, arbitration and mediation matters before the American Arbitration Association and the American Health Lawyers Association, the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board and the Illinois Court of Claims. Prior to starting the firm, Tony was a partner in the Commercial Litigation Group of one of Chicago’s largest law firms (Gardner, Carton & Douglas n/k/a Drinker Biddle & Reath). Tony then served as a litigation partner at a small, boutique law firm in DuPage County, Illinois that focused on representing government entities.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Probate
- Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Business & Civil Trial Attorney
- Estate Litigation
- Civil Litigation
- Fraud
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Free Consultation
We offer free consultations in personal injury cases. - Credit Cards Accepted
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Contingent Fees
We represent personal injury clients on a contingent fee basis. For other civil and business litigation matters, our firm will consider a contingent fee only in select cases.
- Illinois
- 7th Circuit
- English: Spoken, Written
- Founder, Managing Member
- DeBlasio & Gower
- - Current
- Partner, Litigation
- Kubiesa, Spiroff, Gosselar, Acker & DeBlasio
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- Law firm focusing on government representation.
- Partner, Litigation Group
- Gardner Carton & Douglas k/n/a Drinker Biddle
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- Practicing partner in the litigation group of one of the 15 largest law firms in Illinois
- Litigation Attorney
- Gardner Carton & Douglas k/n/a Drinker Biddle
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- Practicing attorney in the litigation group of one of the 15 largest law firms in Illinois
- The John Marshall Law School
- J.D. (1994) | Law
- Honors: Law Review Graduate, Cum Laude
- Activities: Judicial Extern to the Honorable George W. Lindberg, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Fall 1992)
- Purdue University - Purdue University
- B.A. (1991)
- Honors: Graduate With Distinction Phi Beta Kappa
- Distinguished Service Award
- Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
- Distinguished Service Award
- Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
- Chicago Bar Association
- Current
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Current
- State Bar of Illinois  # 6224762
- Member
- - Current