Legal Services & Lawyers

William R. Pokorny represents management in a wide range of labor and employment matters. He concentrates his practice on litigation and counseling in areas including discrimination, disabilities, ERISA and employee benefits, employment contracts, covenants not to compete, wrongful discharge, wage and hour law, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and labor relations. He represents employers before state and federal courts as well as administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Illinois Human Rights Commission. Mr. Pokorny has experience with a wide variety of clients, including manufacturers, utilities, hospitals and healthcare providers, insurance companies, financial services firms, staffing firms, retailers, restaurant operators, hotels, not for profit agencies, colleges and universities, school districts, and local government agencies.

Mr. Pokorny has represented clients in matters before state and federal courts in Florida, Kansas, Texas, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Ohio, as well as the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Kristin M. Case is the founding Member of The Case Law Firm. She is admitted to practice law in Illinois as well as Missouri and before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Illinois Supreme Court, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Missouri Supreme Court. Ms. Case has extensive experience representing clients during employment negotiations, before administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Illinois Department of Human Rights, and throughout the litigation process both in state and federal courts.

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.

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.

Daniel N. Janich is managing principal and founder of Janich Law Group, a law firm serving the needs of businesses, executives and other professionals in employee benefits, executive compensation, and estate planning and administration. His legal experience has been acquired as a member of several large law firms in Chicago.

Mr. Janich counsels public and private corporations, executives and other business professionals on employment agreements, employee benefit plan design and administration, executive compensation arrangements, employee issues involving mergers and acquisitions, and business succession and estate planning strategies. His legal services are comprehensive in nature, covering tax, securities, and corporate law aspects of employee benefits, executive compensation and estate planning.

Mr. Janich has successfully represented corporate and individual clients in high exposure ERISA and other benefits litigation. The firm serves as benefits litigation counsel to other law firms and corporate law departments, and as mediator or arbitrator of executive compensation claims and other employee benefits disputes.

Mr. Janich is recognized nationally as a leader in the field of employee benefits law. He is a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. He has been selected as an “Illinois Super Lawyer” for 2007 and 2008 in employee benefits and executive compensation. LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell has issued an A-V peer review rating.

Recent speaking engagements include presentations at the annual conferences of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals and the National Center for Employee Ownership, and the annual midwinter conferences of the Employee Benefits Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section, American Bar Association. He has contributed articles on various employee benefits and executive compensation issues to trade and professional journals, including The Journal of Employee Ownership Law and Finance, Workspan, Family Advocate, and Profit Sharing; chapters to legal handbooks, such as Beyond Stock Options, Selected Issues in Stock Options, Selected Issues in Equity Compensation, and Equity Compensation for Closely Held Corporations; and a chapter on contingent workers in the legal treatise, ERISA Litigation. He is also a contributing author and associate senior editor of the legal treatise, Employee Benefits Law.

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.