Legal Services & Lawyers

Erik's goal is to help individuals and small businesses with their legal problems. He concentrates his practice in litigation, with emphasis on business-to-business disputes, collections and contract disputes, and real estate disputes.

In the four years since Erik was first admitted to practice, he has taken an active role in hundreds of cases and become a daily fixture in the halls of Chicago's Daley Center (home to the largest unified court system in the United States), as well as State and Federal Courts in the Greater Chicagoland area. As Plaintiffs' counsel, he has had a significent role in winning millions of dollars for his clients; as Defendants' counsel, he has successfuly saved his clients millions of dollars by defeating Plaintiff's lawsuits at summary judgment and on Motions on the pleadings. Erik has taken and defended hundreds of depositions, handled pre-trial and arbitration conferences, and particiated in trials.

He is admitted to practice in before the Illinois Supreme Court, and all the Federal Courts of Illinois (North, Central, and South) and Wisconsin (East and West), as well as the Northern District of Indiana.

Maria is a graduate of the University Of Illinois College Of Liberal Arts and Sciences with a degree in Speech Communication. She received her Juris Doctorate from DePaul University College of Law. She is an experienced litigator who tried over 80 cases in DuPage, Kane, Cook and Will counties. Maria has also advocated for her clients in at least an equal number of arbitration hearings. In recent years her practice has concentrated primarily in family law matters, including divorce proceedings, post decree petitions, child custody and paternity matters. Maria also handled administrative hearings on behalf of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, and now accepts cases on behalf of those wishing to appeal an indicated finding made against them by DCFS. She also handles residential real estate closings and estate planning matters.

Maria is currently a member of the adjunct faculty staff at College of DuPage, where she teaches students in the Paralegal Studies program. She has taught seminars for both the DuPage County Bar Association and The DuPage Association of Women Lawyers. She is a past president of the DuPage Association of Women Lawyers and is currently an officer of the DuPage Chapter of the Justinian Society of Lawyers.

Since meeting her husband, Maria has become an avid open wheel racing fan. You can find her every Memorial Day weekend in Indianapolis cheering on the winning driver at the Indy 500 with at least 300,000 other fans! In her spare time she enjoys photography and cooking; especially creating new recipes. She hopes to complete a cookbook of recipes collected from generations of her family and friends.

Cassandra graduated from Valparaiso University School of Law, with honors, in 2003. Cassandra understands the needs of working families, as she attended Purdue North Central and Valpo Law School full time while also working her part-time job in a hospital laboratory and raising two young children with her husband, Ken. She began her legal career in her late 30's, so that she brings life experience as well as her legal knowledge to the table when helping her clients.

Cassandra has worked primarily out of her Knox, IN, office since 2003, although she regularly travels to courts in counties that surround Starke County, including Porter, LaPorte, Marshall, St. Joseph, Fulton, Pulaski, and Jasper. Family law (e.g. divorce, custody, child support, parenting time, parental relocation, guardianships) is her main area of practice, but she can and does regularly assist clients with general civil matters, collections matters, criminal matters, and landlord/tenant matters.

When assisting you, Cassandra encourages you to take realistic and strategic approaches to your legal matter. She attempts to impart to you a common sense, rational outlook while helping you navigate a complex, legal world. She tries to assist you in lowering your legal fees by giving you the opportunity to do some of the legwork on your case, such as collecting needed documents from various sources. She tries her best to timely return your phone calls and emails. She tries to keep you informed about the status of your matter through correspondence and by sending you monthly activity/billing statements. She tries to thoroughly explain her fee and billing practices, so that you are not left in the dark when it comes to the hard-earned money you are spending on legal fees. She tries to talk with you in an understandable, person-to-person manner, not as some stuffy, authority-figure who speaks down to you.

When not working, Cassandra's "loves" are her family and her horses. Her husband, Ken, works for the Indiana Department of Corrections and has a more-stressful, second job of living with Cassandra (just kidding, Ken!). Her teenage son, Brennan, can often be found playing his flute, piccolo, and french horn for local youth symphonies. Her daughter, Molly, is learning to ride her horse when not cheering for the wrestlers of the WWE. You can often find Cassandra and her horses on the weekends at any of Indiana's state parks, soaking up nature and galloping like wild banditos down the forest trails. As Cassandra likes to say, "The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears" (Arabian Proverb).

At Roney Law Office, LLC, we know that you work very hard for your money. That is why we work very hard for you! We offer a comprehensive flat fee schedule where you know the cost for legal services up front.

With a flat fee structure you pay one amount at the time that you retain Roney Law Office, LLC. After that you pay an additional amount ONLY if there is a fee, court expense or other expense related to your legal matter. You only pay for the additional fee or expense when the fee or expense is actually incurred.

While we cannot offer flat fee services for every conceivable matter, in situations where we are unable to offer a flat fee we offer a very competitive hourly rate. In addition, there are contact rates for businesses referring large volumes of legal matters, such as collections and landlord/tenant matters.

Attorney focusing primarily on securities and employment law. Experience representing customers in disputes against their brokerage firm. Currently representing brokerage firms in various litigation matters, including collection claims against former financial advisors that have left the brokerage firm owing outstanding amounts on their Promissory Notes.

Attorney Drinski served as a Police Officer and Narcotics Investigator for nearly ten years before going to Law School. Although we provide general legal services in most areas of Law, our concentration is criminal defense, family law and personal injury litigation.