James Mertes

Attorney/Managing Partner

Legal Concentration:

• Personal Injury
• Medical Negligence
• Workers Compensation
• Litigation and Appeals
• Criminal–Federal and State
• DUI & Traffic
• Family Law

Education:

1990

B.S., Political Science, Minor in Chemistry

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

1993

Juris Doctorate, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

Admissions:

• Illinois State Courts
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (General and Trial Bar)
• United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois (General and Trial Bar)
• United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

Memberships:

• Illinois State Bar Association
• Whiteside County Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• American Association of Justice

Magen J. Mertes

Attorney/Partner

Legal Concentration:

• Personal Injury
• Workers Compensation
• Family Law
• Business and Contracts
• Real Estate
• Probate
• Estate Planning

Education:

2001

B.S., Political Science,

Illinois Wesleyan University,

Bloomington, Illinois

2004

Juris Doctorate, American University, Washington, D.C.

Admissions:

• Illinois State Courts
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (General Bar)

Memberships:

• Illinois State Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association
• Whiteside County Bar Association
• American Bar Association