Anastas Shkurti brings two decades of experience negotiating and closing complex transactions, including commercial loan documentation, loan modifications, forbearance agreements, asset-based lending, intercreditor agreements, workouts, corporate mergers and acquisitions, asset and stock buys and sales, factoring, equipment leases and sales, franchise agreements, IT service agreements, master agreements, employment agreements, and organizing new businesses. Anastas also possesses unique insight in all aspects of commercial real estate construction, bidding, development, land use, leasing, management, rezoning, and municipal law. His litigation experience focuses on complex data analysis, damage calculations, forecasts, modeling, projections, and expert witness preparation. By offering in-house services to several national companies, Anastas has developed a broad perspective for evaluating legal consequences of all aspects of business operations. Anastas also leverages his research and technological background to offer clients cost efficient legal services of uncompromising quality.

Carol Sales concentrates her practice in bankruptcy, insolvency matters, and commercial litigation. She has approximately 20 years of experience representing a wide variety of clients in all stages of litigation. Carol has also represented debtors, creditors, and parties in interest in numerous Chapter 7, 11, and 13 bankruptcy cases for individuals and businesses. She takes a personalized approach to counseling clients to achieve their goals in a cost-effective manner. Carol has been recognized as a Law Bulletin Media Leading Lawyer from 2021 to the present and Emerging Lawyer from 2018 to 2020 in the practices of Bankruptcy/Workouts and Business Litigation across the Chicagoland area. She co-authored the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s (IICLE) chapters on the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019; Representing Clients in Bankruptcy Cases; Chapter 11 Cases for Individuals and Small Business Debtors; Mechanics Liens in Bankruptcy; and Filing a Chapter 7 Petition and Exemptions. She obtained her J.D. cum laude from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. During law school, Carol was a lead articles editor for the John Marshall Law Review and a Distinguished Scholar Award recipient. She worked as an extern in the Circuit Court of Cook County for various judges hearing foreclosure cases and received an LL.M. in real estate law, with honors. Carol has been recognized as a 2026 honoree for Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers® List. This is Attorney Sale’s third year receiving this honor. She also was selected as a honoree for Crain’s Chicago Business 2024 Notable Women of Law.

Lee Poteracki concentrates his practice on transactional matters such as business acquisition and sale, entity choice and formation, and commercial real estate transactions as well as leasing of commercial premises. He also counsels on estate planning and administration of trusts and estates, including not only straightforward distributions but also the disposition or succession to ownership of family business interests owned by the trusts or estates of entrepreneurs.

Herb Elesh is a Immigration Lawyer Practicing in all of Chicagoland. He is active and in good standing within the Illinois State Bar Association. Questionnaire: Lawyer.com Member Questionnaire Please describe a case(s) in the last year or two where you made a big difference. On a Provisional Waiver case I-601 we were able to have USCIS Chicago District Office approve the extreme hardship to a U.S. citizen spouse which led to an approval for the greencard for a husband who entered on a false passport. His name was misrepresented on his passport and USCIS demanded a waiver of the misrepresentation. Based on the wifes medical records and detailed affidavits from myself and my paralegal and affifavits from the Petitioner and beneficiary he was approved for the I-601 and greencard. How did you build a successful practice? mostly word of mouth from satisfied families and clients; What should clients look for in a lawyer? honest, experienced and professional. should be updating himself/herself on laws/regulations/ changes to courts and USCIS and embassies How important is local knowledge to the success of your cases? not as important as new laws and regulations at embassies and USCIS and NVC What information can you provide in a free phone consultation? potential forms of relief such as work permits or green cards or U visa for crime victims or waivers What information do you need in a free phone consultation? potential forms of relief such as work permits or green cards or U visa for crime victims or waivers What differentiates you from other lawyers in your community? value-driven law office with almost 20 years of experience but fees as more affordable given the same level of experience and professionalism of the more expensive downtown law offices What is the most rewarding aspect of your job? having approvals which reunite families here in the US and enable them to build their lives here without fear of deportation. What are your other interests in addition to law? social justice for immigrants in USA including voting and participating in our democracy and helping those new citizens learn English and vote Are you involved in your community? offering pro bono help in the community for U.S. citizen applicants

James J. Riebandt concentrates his practice in the areas of business transactions, real estate, trusts & estates, and labor and employment. Early in his career, he handled a variety of civil litigation cases before developing a transactional practice which now includes business sale and acquisition, formation and representation, residential and commercial real estate sale, purchase and leasing, drafting and review of a variety of financial documents and estate and trust planning and administration. He served as a member of the Palatine Zoning Boarding of Appeals and for twenty-one years he was a Director of the Oakton Community College Educational Foundation including two terms as President. Jim was a founding member of the Holy Cross High School Alumni Education Endowment Fund, serving as President as well. He began his practice with Daley, Reilly and Daley in 1975 and joined Palmer, Blackman and Mancini in 1978 which became Riebandt and DeWald in 1990, where he served as President and Managing Partner until his affiliation with Di Monte & Lizak on January 1, 2013. He is also the long-time public address announcer for the Chicago Bears and the DePaul Blue Demons Men’s Basketball Team.

Jeffrey S. McDonald brings to Robbins DiMonte his background not only as a lawyer, but as a CPA with a masters in Taxation. Early in his career, he was a prosecutor assigned to the Financial and Government Fraud Unit of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office in Chicago. Jeff was responsible for prosecuting many high profile cases involving embezzlement, insurance fraud, conspiracy, high technology computer crimes. Jeff currently concentrates his practice in the areas of closely held businesses, real estate, tax, estate planning and probate. Jeff is a former chair and current member of the Illinois Institute of Business Law, a successor to the Illinois Secretary of State’s Business Laws Committee. This group has been instrumental in writing the Illinois corporations and limited liability acts as well as modifying other Illinois business statutes. Jeff was the chair of the subcommittee that drafted the Illinois Entities Omnibus Act which allows company conversions and domestications in Illinois. Jeff also is a member of the MultiBoard Real Estate contract drafting committee. The committee periodically updates the standard real estate contract used by residential buyers and sellers in Northern Illinois and has been adopted by a majority of the local bar associations. Jeff serves on the Board of Directors of Versiti, a not-for-profit blood center and blood research organization with facilities in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Jeff is an adjunct faculty member at Harper College where he combines his training as a professional chef with the practice of law, teaching hospitality students.

Robert E. Harig is an accomplished transactional attorney with extensive experience in general corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, secured lending and commercial real estate. Bob has represented and advised many businesses in a variety of ways, including organizing new business ventures; structuring, negotiating and closing merger and acquisition transactions; advising clients on buy-sell agreements; and developing equipment purchase, distribution and supply agreements. Bob also has significant experience in representing banks and financial institutions on commercial loan transactions. He has successfully structured, negotiated and closed a substantial number of lending transactions, including revolving and term loan credit facilities, real estate mortgage loans, construction loans and asset-based loans. He has advised banks on restructuring and workout transactions and he counsels lenders on UCC, collateralization and other matters pertinent to their loan structures. In addition, Bob also has extensive experience in all kinds of commercial real estate transactions, including purchases, sales and leases. He has negotiated and drafted commercial real estate purchase agreements and ancillary agreements with respect to single and multi-tenant properties. He represents commercial landlords in the drafting and negotiation of office, industrial, and retail leases, including complex provisions related to tenant improvements, landlord work, rights of first offer and term extensions. Bob’s background in public accounting (CPA, 1992) adds value to his clients. Bob is also co-founder and president of Rosewood Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation which helps schools educate children with special needs.

Adam J. Poteracki practices in the areas of trusts and estates, business transactions, and real estate. He represents fiduciaries, businesses, families and individuals in trust and estate planning and administration, including litigation of disputed probate and trust matters. Adam has extensive experience in all areas of probate practice, including decedents’ estates, minor guardianship, and disabled adult guardianship. He is a director and past president of the Northwest Suburban Estate Planning Council, an organization of attorneys, accountants, trust officers, and other financial professionals dedicated to promoting excellence in estate planning. Adam also represents clients in business transactions and real estate matters. He advises clients on business structuring and governance, the purchase and sale of commercial and residential real estate, tax-deferred exchanges, commercial loan transactions, and mergers and acquisitions, with an emphasis on closely held business growth and succession planning. Adam is licensed to practice law in both Illinois and in Wisconsin and frequently advises clients regarding cross-border legal issues in his areas of practice. Adam is Chair of the Firm’s Business & Real Estate Transactions Group.

Michael Fradin is a practicing attorney in the state of Illinois. He graduated from DePaul University College of Law with his J.D. in 2006. He currently works at Michael L. Fradin, Attorney at Law, his private firm in which he focuses on Accident and Injury law.

Scott Rogoff has been licensed in the Illinois Courts and the Northern District of Illinois Federal courts since 1993. His practice focuses on issues relating to family law, divorce, child custody & visitation litigation, paternity cases, adoptions, domestic violence litigation & child support cases. A skilled litigator and negotiator who has achieved exemplary results on behalf of his clients, Mr. Rogoff understands that navigating the legal process is a stressful, overwhelming and costly experience for most people. Accordingly, Mr. Rogoff dedicates himself to representing his clients effectively and compassionately but at a reasonable and affordable fee. Mr. Rogoff graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a B.A. in History and a Certificate in Criminal Justice. He attended Chicago Kent College of Law where he achieved Dean’s list on several occasions. He was licensed to practice law in 1993 and has been successfully representing clients in the areas of Family Law/Divorce since that time. A member of the Illinois State Bar Association and Chicago Bar Association, Mr. Rogoff has been an active member of the legal community for several years and has achieved great success advocating on behalf of his clients interests.