On Friday, April 8, 2016, Mayor Ronald Denson of the Village of Calumet Park and over 500 of his friends celebrated at Idlewild Country Club. Felicia Frazier, Claudia Castro, Luke Keller and Burt Odelson from Odelson & Sterk, Ltd. attended the event.
On Wednesday, April 6, 2016, Odelson & Sterk attorney, Claudia Castro, attended the West Central Municipal Conference’s Annual Springfield Legislative Conference and Reception. At the conference, Claudia met with legislative members to discuss important bills affecting local governments. Below are photos of Claudia with state legislators including Representative Jaime Andrade, several local municipal mayors including…
Many congratulations to Claudia Castro on becoming the President of the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois. We are very proud of her for this very admirable achievement. We wish her success during her term of office.
City successfully defended against multi-million dollar wrongful death suit brought alleging improper maintenance and failure to install proper warning barriers at train station property wherein decedent was killed by a drunk driver who crashed into the ticket building. Appellate Court affirmed the City’s motion for summary judgment.
Even lawyers can get silly for a good cause! This Thursday, May 26, 2016, is National Red Nose Day. The event was created in an effort to help fight poverty-stricken children throughout the world. A portion of every red nose purchased at your local Walgreens goes to several charities and organizations working to end child…
Odelson & Sterk is proud to announce that two recent graduates of IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law who recently passed the bar exam will be receiving their initial training here at the firm. A big welcome to Nicole Wilmet and Mike Graham. We hope your experience here with us gives you a good start into…
Claudia Castro, Mary Ryan Norwell and Michael Smith made an appearance in the March 17, 2016, edition of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin in the “In the News” column by Christine M. Pusateri. The three newest members of the firm bring decades of experience and are a welcome addition to our legal team.
Summit As Village attorneys for the Village of Summit, we were responsible for putting the referendum question for home rule on the ballot. After that was accomplished, Mayor Sergio Rodriquez, Clerk Sergio Garcia, and the Board of Trustees worked very hard to educate the voters as to the benefits of home rule. The voters said…