Terry A. Ekl

Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 50 years of experience

Criminal Law, Civil Litigation, Litigation, Civil Rights, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death

901 Warrenville Rd., Suite 175, Lisle, IL 60532

About Terry A. Ekl

Practice Areas

Education

University of Illinois College of Law, Urbana, Illinois, 1973
J.D.
Hinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale, Illinois
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, 1970
Political Science
- Honors: All-Big Ten Academic Football Team, 1968-1969

Languages

Representative Cases

Karolina Obrycka v. Chicago police officer Anthony Abbate and the City of Chicago (2012)
Bostick, et al. v. Hellmuth, Obata & Kassumbaum, Inc., et al., Circuit Court Number 92 L 1695
People v. Knight, 18th Judicial Circuit, Court Number 96 CF 2589
Peter Burchard v. Richard Furstenau
Lamb v. Combs et al., 17 cv 50280 (Northern District of Illinois)
McCullough v. DeKalb County, 17 cv 50116 (Northern District of Illinois)
Navistar v. Fernandez, 2009 WL 9091041 (2nd District App.)
Bianchi v. McQueen, 2016 Il App (2nd) 150646 (2nd District App.)
opez v. City of Chicago, L 9648 (2006)
lstory Simon v. Northwestern University, 15-CV-1433
Holmes v. LaSalle County, 13-CV-6997

Classes and Seminars

Bar Admissions

Other Affiliations

American College of Trial Lawyers, 2006 (Inducted as a Fellow)
American College of Trial Attorneys, 2009 - Present (Upstate Illinois Membership Committee, Member)
Illinois Supreme Court Illinois Pattern Jury Instruction (Criminal IPI), 2003 - Present (Committee Member)
DuPage County Bar Association, 1996 - 1997 (President)
DuPage County Bar Association, 1992 (Criminal Law Committee, Chairman)
DuPage County Bar Association, 1995 - 1996 (2nd Vice President)
DuPage County Bar Association, 1997 - 1999 (Judiciary Committee, Chairman)
DuPage County Bar Association, 1994 - 1996 (Judiciary Committee, Member)
Chicago Bar Association, 1982 - 1984 (Defense of Indigent Prisoners Committee)

Past Positions

Assistant State’s Attorney’s Office, Felony Trial Division, Cook County, Illinois, 1973 - 1977
Connolly & Ekl, P.C., Clarendon Hills, Illinois 60514, Partner, 1978 - 1988
Connolly, Ekl & Williams, P.C., Clarendon Hills, Illinois 60514, Partner, 1988 - 2006
Ekl Williams PLLC, Lisle, Illinois 60532, Partner, 2006 - 2011
United States Marine Corp. Reserve, First Lieutenant, 1969 - 1973
Cook County, Hired as a Special Assistant State’s Attorney, 1983

Fraternities and Sororities

Terry A. Ekl

Patrick L. Provenzale
29 years of experience
Employment, Appellate, Bad Faith Insurance, Constitutional Law, Insurance, Litigation, Premises Liability, Professional Malpractice, Sex Crimes, Trademarks, Brain Injury, Civil Rights, Education, Intellectual Property, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Discrimination, Nursing Home Abuse, State, Local & Municipal, Wrongful Death
Kevin A Halverson
29 years of experience
Criminal Law, Personal Injury, Constitutional Law, Sex Crimes, Civil Rights, DUI & DWI, Domestic Violence, Traffic, Drug Crime, White Collar Crime, Wrongful Death
Tracy Stanker
Civil Litigation, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Litigation, Civil Rights, Personal Injury
Patrick J. Williams
42 years of experience
Probate, Real Estate, Business Law, Foreclosure, Wills, Collections, Construction, Contracts, Trusts, Debtor & Creditor

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