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Austin Car Accident Attorney

2011-05-31T17:26:00.002-05:00

Online Video Concepts, LLC releases new website for Austin Car Accident Attorneys Gonzales and Gonzales. Visit our site at http://www.austin-car-accident-attorney.com/

Brownsville Personal Injury Attorney

2011-05-31T17:24:00.001-05:00

Online Video Concepts releases new website for Begum Law Group with offices in Brownsville, San Antonio, McAllen and Laredo, Texas. Visit our website at http://www.texaslegalgroup.com/

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Online Video Concepts | DuPage County Legal Website Development

2011-02-16T22:32:00.000-06:00

Online Video Concepts releases new websites:

Schaumburg Bankruptcy Attorney

Wheaton Personal Injury Attorney

Kane County Criminal Attorney

Lombard Divorce Attorney

Oak Brook Divorce Attorney

Warrenville Divorce Attorney

Naperville Divorce Attorney
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Schaumburg Bankruptcy Attorney | Schaumburg Divorce Attorney

2011-02-16T22:25:00.003-06:00

Online Video Concepts, LLC releases new website for the Law Office of Carol Cadiz with offices located in Scaumburg and Itasca, Illinois. Carol represents clients in the areas of Family Law, Divorce, Bankruptcy, Personal Injury, Car Accidents and Medical Malpractice. Call today for a free initial consultation. Or visit our website at http://www.cadizlaw.com

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Illinois Bankruptcy Law Blog | Illinois Bankruptcy Lawyer

2011-01-24T23:50:00.000-06:00

New Illinois Bankruptcy Law Blog information and resources on Bankruptcy Laws, Bankruptcy Process, videos and Illinois Bankruptcy Lawyers. Visit today Illinois Bankruptcy Law

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Chicago Illinois Personal Injury Attorney Domain for Sale

2011-01-15T23:07:00.000-06:00

Domain Names for sale in the Chicago and collar counties.

http://www.chicago-illinois-personal-injury-attorney.com
http://www.chicago-illinois-personal-injury-lawyer.com
http://www.chicago-illinois-bankruptcy-lawyer.com/

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DuPage County Bankruptcy Attorney Springer Brown

2010-12-11T00:30:00.000-06:00

Online Video Concepts releases website for DuPage County Bankruptcy Lawyers Springer Brown. Consumer and Business Bankruptcy, Chapter 7, Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy. Call 630-510-0000 for a free initial consultation. Offices located in Wheaton, Batavia and Chicago, Illinois.

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Manetti and Griffith Westmont Lawyers

2010-11-09T21:39:00.000-06:00

Westmont Commercial Litigation Real Estate Litigation Attorneys at Manetti and Griffith
If you need a law firm with business and engineering understanding to handle commercial litigation, real estate litigation, probate litigation, or construction litigation, make an appointment with Manetti & Griffith, Ltd. for a free initial consultation.
The Manetti & Griffith, Ltd. law firm in Westmont, Illinois, provides experienced legal advice and counsel to clients in and around Westmont, Illinois, including DuPage and Cook counties and the communities of Naperville, Aurora, Burr Ridge, Lombard, Elmhurst, and Downers Grove. Free initial consultations. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express.

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Naperville Divorce Attorney Gina Pattermann

2010-07-22T21:25:00.000-05:00

Online Video Concepts, LLC releases new website http://www.pattermannlaw.com

The Law Offices of Gina G. Pattermann, P.C. is an experienced firm dedicated to serving the needs of families and individuals dealing with domestic issues such as Divorce, Family Law, Child and Spousal Support, Custody and Visitation, Paternity, Pre-Nuptial Agreements, Post-Decree Modifications, Domestic Violence and Property Division.

For more than 10 years, we’ve been assisting clients in DuPage County and Will County with comprehensive legal representation in family law cases. Whether you’re considering divorce or need assistance with a child support issue, we take pride in our ability to offer a helping hand in times of family crisis. We get to know every one of our clients on a first name basis and provide individualized service in an effort to get you the results you desire.

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New Visions Court Counseling

2010-07-22T21:21:00.000-05:00

Online Video Concepts releases http://www.newvisionscounseling.com

New Visions Court Counseling Services, Inc. is a full-service counseling and treatment center with locations in Downers Grove and Naperville. We’ve been serving the needs of Chicago area residents since 1992, with an emphasis on providing services for individuals who find themselves involved in the court system due to alcohol/drug use or maladaptive behavior.

We offer a variety of counseling services, including Drug and Alcohol Treatment, DUI Education and Counseling, Domestic Violence Counseling, Anger Management and Secretary of State Driver’s License Reinstatement. Our master-level counselors are professional, compassionate and highly experienced. They will meet each client wherever they are in their situation, without judgment or criticism. We take pride in creating an environment that is not only supportive, but also highly effective.

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McHenry County Divorce Attorney Thomas Law Office

2010-07-22T21:13:00.002-05:00

Online Video Concepts releases http://www.thomas-lawoffice.com

Thomas Law Office proudly provides comprehensive legal representation in family law cases throughout McHenry County and Kane County. For more than 14 years, Thomas Law Office has been a respected resource for a variety of domestic matters, including Divorce, Legal Separation, Pre-nuptials/Post-nuptials, Child Custody, Child Support, Adoptions/Guardianship and Bankruptcy.

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Rolling Meadows Bankruptcy Attorney

2010-06-27T23:06:00.003-05:00

Online Video Concepts, LLC releases new website http://www.nwsuburban-bankruptcy.com

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Dupage County Attorneys

2010-02-15T11:43:00.001-06:00

Online Video Concepts Releases http://www.momlaw.com

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Findlaw in Trouble Again?????

2010-01-06T21:47:00.001-06:00

Are FindLaw's "Blogs" Tainting Its Clients, Commentators and the Profession of Law?
posted by Eric Turkewitz
J'accuse.In looking at FindLaw's new gaggle of so-called "blogs" that are little more than crappy search engine fodder and client solicitations, I struggled to find the right word to describe them. The ramifications of these crap-blogs are important, because FindLaw is now tainting their clients, diminishing the stature of their vaunted professor-commentators, and lowering the level of discourse in the legal profession as a whole. And because this is likely to be a source of discussion going forward, it also means these so-called "blogs" need an appropriate name.Just as the two-week holiday started, I noted that FindLaw ripped-off the name of my blog, recently creating their own New York Personal Injury Law Blog. (Link coded as "nofollow" to avoid giving Google juice). But the problem, as noted by others, isn't just that they ripped off my name, but that they did so with unadulterated dreck. That was one of many new, similar sites that they created.To be clear, dreck-bloggers aren't interested in creating good content, they simply regurgitate local accident or arrest stories and place a call-to-action link at the bottom. Posts are filled with buzzwords to game Google that, if coupled with the call-to-action for a recent event, places them firmly in the camp of Solicitation 2.0, a subject I dealt with two years ago. Put bluntly, many of these dung-blogs are electronically soliciting clients. E-chasing, for lack of a better word.In this posting, for example, FindLaw re-writes the story of a local accident that killed four and injured two, and in just the third sentence its author spits out:
If speed was the factor that caused this collision, then the families of the victims (and the surviving victims themselves) could hire a New York injury attorney to sue the person responsible.The author made sure to name each of the deceased, provided two separate links back to the list of lawyers that pay FindLaw, and included a call-to-action. (If you have suffered a personal injury...blah, blah, blah.) There is, of course, no natural audience for such a "blog." The postings do not allow for comments, nor is there any attempt at creativity or analysis.An example of how FindLaw prostitutes itself to the alter of Google -- FindLaw's prior reputation and quality writing in its Writ commentary be damned -- is in the "about" section. They place 97 words in two sentences of which a remarkable 37 are keywords, to come up with this contorted piece of SEO "writing":
The New York Personal Injury Law Blog covers news and developments in the area of personal injury and tort law in New York state, and New York City specifically, and helps to connect people with New York injury lawyers. The New York Personal Injury Law Blog is intended to serve as a resource for people working through a personal injury issue in New York, or those who are interested in New York personal injury and tort law generally, including New York personal injury attorneys who wish to keep up with the latest news developments.[Note: I wrote about the problem of keyword clutter previously in I Hate My Website.]As Scott Greenfield puts it at FindLaw Plays Dirty (where he warns others of FindLaw stealing their well-known blog names):
These aren't blogs, of course, in the sense that we understand them. There are mere names designed to trade in on search engine keywords, and capitalize on Findlaw's SEO ability to get their scam blogs higher than yours on the search engine's first page.And as Sheryl Sisk puts it in Findlaw vs. NY Personal Injury Law Blog: The Opening Salvo:
Let's be clear. This isn't a case of innocently or mistakenly adopting a geocentric keyword-rich blog name. Findlaw's not staffed by idiots. They knew what they were doing.What are the consequences of FindLaw's folly in creating such sites? 1) it demeans the lawyers that paid them for listings, who are now associated with the scat-blog; 2) it diminishes the work of the professor-commentators at Writ that they currently use; and 3) it brings down the legal profession as a whole by legitimizing such conduct. Let's take these one at a time:First, it demeans the people that hired this once-prominent company to market for them. Marc Randazza, on seeing Findlaw's mierda-blogs, wrote in Findlaw, are you really that douchetastic?:
They hired a milquetoast writer to author a milquetoast blawg for the sole purpose of selling ad space to sh*tty lawyers who can't develop a reputation on their own.Ouch. Now I happen to personally know some of those lawyers on the FindLaw list, and know that they are fine lawyers. I'm sure they had no idea that FindLaw would associate garbage with their names when they hired the company as their agents.But you know what? Others don't know that. And by creating a turd-blog and associating it with those lawyers, potential clients will come to the exact same conclusion as Randazza. And they will believe that those otherwise reputable lawyers agreed to be part of this ugliness.And Randazza has more (he always does):
Here's a rule of thumb... if a blog post ends with "for more information, contact the lawyers at Douchestein and Dickwadbaum," then it is an advertisement, but, it isn't advertising the lawyer's services. It is advertising that lawyer's stupidity, desperateness, and cluelessness. I would advise any potential client who sees a "blog" that ends its posts that way to turn around, run away, fast as you can, and do not look over your shoulder.To the lawyers that paid money to FindLaw: You've just been sucker-punched. You outsourced your marketing to FindLaw and this is what they created for people to find you. Worse still, some of FindLaw's posts may qualify as electronic ambulance chasing. We're talking serious ethical issues here with e-chasing, and I wonder who the lucky lawyer will be that becomes the test case. When you outsource your marketing you outsource your ethics.Second in line to get clobbered are the professor-commentators on its roster, such as Anthony Sebok, Marci Hamilton, Michael Dorf, Carl Tobias, Sherry Colb, Joanna Grossman, Neil Buchanan, and Julie Hilden, to name a few.All of their work on FindLaw's Writ has now been instantly devalued and diminished by being associated with the BS-blogs that FindLaw created. Once upon a time it was a feather in the cap to be published by West's FindLaw. Not any more. Do they care?The professor-commentators now stand side-by-side with Emily Grube -- the author who appears at several of the sites despite the fact they vary both by practice area and jurisdiction-- whose bio says she is a "writing specialist" with "experience correcting papers created by freshmen to graduate students."Perhaps it's understandable that FindLaw couldn't hire more lawyers to write about the law, given this tight job market with firms now at capacity, actively recruiting and unemployed attorneys so difficult to find. It's not required that a law blogger be a lawyer of course, as Walter Olson of Overlawyered and Point of Law demonstrates, but it just makes it a lot easier to recognize and discuss relevant legal issues.It's worth noting that many others stood up and took notice of FindLaw's ugly conduct -- during a holiday week, no less -- including: FloridaLegal, Molly McDonough (ABAJournal), BlawgWhisperer (ABAJournal), Ron Coleman, Kevin O'Keefe, Nicole Black, Don Cruse; Lawrence Koplow; Tim Hughes; Copeland Casati; Ryan Daniels; Lydia Bednerik; Kevin Underhill; Gerry Oginiski; A Reasonable Suspicion; and Roy Mura. Some of those folks, also happen to have prominent blogs that FindLaw might rip-off next.Lastly, and perhaps most importantly for the legal profession as a whole, FindLaw may have taken a smallish problem with a haphazard smattering of phony "blogs" that have popped up over the years, and given them (and newcomers) cover to act in the same unprofessional manner. Instead of raising the bar of discourse for lawyers they have lowered it. For if one of the pre-eminent names in the legal field thinks it's OK to create a farkakte-blog (and you may have to hit that link unless you know a smattering of Yiddish), what message does that send to other lawyers? To the public? Is FindLaw now so desperate for business, so fearful of Martindale-Hubbell, Avvo and Google Scholar, that they are willing to race down to the muck and tarnish us all?Greenfield wrote that:
For those of you who have placed their reputation in Findlaw's hands, be prepared to be tainted by the company you keep.But I think it is actually worse than that. While such dirt-blogs were previously confined to desperate lawyers here and there, FindLaw now opens the floodgates sewergates for lawyers to create slime for the web, for if it's good enough for the once-vaunted Thomson West, it's good enough for them.Now if I could only find a good word to describe FindLaw's number-two-blogs and their ilk. I know there's a good one out there someplace. When others find that word, I'm sure it will hit the fan.
Labels: Attorney Ethics, FindLaw, Marketing
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New Illinois Laws for 2010

2010-01-03T21:42:00.002-06:00

2010 New Illinois Laws

Texting While Driving

Under the new ban, drivers can check and send messages only if they pull over to the side of the road, their car is in park or neutral or if they're sitting still in traffic, for instance at a train crossing. The law doesn't prevent drivers from reading directions on the screen of a navigation system.A similar measure also makes it illegal to use a cell phone in a school or construction zone without a handsfree device. Fines can range from $75 to $150, though judges can increase them.

Bowling shoes.

The owners of bowling alleys will now be exempt from lawsuits by people taking a spill in slippery bowling shoes, so long as they post signs warning signs about the dangers of wearing the shoes outside.

Semi Trucks

Speed limits. Semis will be allowed to drive 65 mph on rural interstates, just like other vehicles, instead of being forced to plod along at 55.— Flags. As a nod to buying American, all flags flown at state government buildings must be made in the United States.

Credit Cards

Companies are barred from giving gifts, such as T-shirts or headphones, to college students who fill out credit applications.

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Northbrook Business and Estate Planning Attorneys

2009-12-18T20:22:00.003-06:00

Online Video Concepts releases new website:

http://www.jckpc.com/

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Chicago Criminal Lawyer | Chicago Criminal Attorney

2009-12-15T01:16:00.001-06:00

Illinois Criminal Defense Attorney
Chicago, Illinois, Criminal Defense Attorney
Protecting Your Rights and Interests
Have you been investigated for or charged with a serious criminal offense such as homicide, drug charges or a gun crime? Are you seeking experienced, energetic criminal defense that can free you of these overwhelming difficulties and return you to a normal life?
Veteran Chicago criminal defense lawyer Hal M. Garfinkel is a former prosecutor with 20 years of experience. Past clients and opposing counsel in past criminal cases agree: Hal M. Garfinkel is the Chicago defense attorney you need to speak for your rights in state or federal criminal offenses.
Contact the Law Offices of Hal M. Garfinkel in Chicago, Illinois, for a free initial consultation. Mr. Garfinkel represents clients in Chicago and surrounding cities in DuPage County, Cook County and Lake County, and throughout Illinois. He is available 24/7 by phone, fax or e-mail.
Aggressive, Accessible and Affordable Criminal Defense Representation
Attorney Garfinkel is a fighter with a track record of success protecting his clients' rights and interests in high-profile cases. He is known for being aggressive, accessible and affordable — all qualities that can work in your favor today and in the long-term. You can go a long way toward reuniting with your family and restoring your reputation by contacting his office today.
Handling a Variety of Serious State and Federal Criminal Charges
Hal M. Garfinkel has proven his competence and creativity in handling state and federal criminal defense cases such as:
DUI/DWI
Federal white collar crime
State drug charges
Domestic violence
Sex crimes
Homicide/murder
He is also a member of the Illinois Capital Litigation Bar, where he is certified to handle death penalty cases. He also handles criminal appeals and petitions for post-conviction relief, presenting effective arguments for reconsideration of conviction or sentencing.
Contact Hal M. Garfinkel
Regardless of what criminal charges you may be facing, attorney Garfinkel can be a powerful advocate on your behalf. Contact his Chicago law offices today.
Mr. Garfinkel stresses his 24/7 availability. You can reach him by phone, fax or e-mail to set up a free initial consultation, including at a police station or jail house. He can represent you at bail or bond hearings, immediately putting his experience and ability to work for you.

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Jacksonville DUI Attorney

2009-12-15T01:12:00.002-06:00

Jacksonville DUI Attorney Gordon Fenderson a new member of the www.1800dialdui.com network. Call today for a free consultation.

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Greg Wildman of Online Video Concepts Validates The Use of Attorney Videos

2009-11-05T16:56:00.003-06:00

HG.org Premium Listing Now Supporting Video
Anne Lang

Provided by HG.org

HG.org, a leading United States and international online attorney and law firm directory, continues to build on its success by supporting attorney videos.

Capitalizing on the objective to make law, government and related professional information easily accessible to the legal profession, businesses and consumers, HG.org has built on its already robust set of features giving legal professional the ability to more effectively and efficiently connect with consumers.

“Using video to market your law firm is not new. The key is getting quality video products marketed correctly. With HG.org, law firms now have the best legal network to showcase their digital media.” said Greg Wildman, President and Owner of Online Video Concepts, LLC. He says "The Internet will become the broadcast market of choice, melding together text search and video search." According to Mr. Wildman, successful law firms will need to fully embrace the power of video.
With more than 850,000 unique visitors to the sites each month, legal professional looking for a complete and powerful online directory solution will benefit from a Basic or Premium Listing on HG.org while establishing legal marketing between clients and lawyers in a unique one-on-one atmosphere.

Some of the recent features of a Premium Listing include:

Video – Because first impressions are import, this feature allows potential clients get a sense of the law firm and lawyer in a way that simple text never could.

Mobile – Because you never know when you will need to make that call, this feature allows anytime, anywhere access to potential clients via mobile phone.

Visit HG.org and follow this link to list your firm with a free basic listing or a Premium listing (from $195/year) and get listed on m.hg.org at no extra cost.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Anne Lang
HG.org, LLC is a leading publisher of online legal directories, including HG.org and HGExperts.com. Launched in 1995, HG.org provides free basic listings and paid premium listings to over 26,000 law firms and attorneys in more than 200 countries. Other services on HG.org include law firm and attorney marketing guides, a law practice center, legal job postings, a legal events calendar, legal article publication, legal business and law student centers, bar and legal association directory, litigation support information and more .

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DuPage County Bankruptcy Attorney | DuPage County Bankruptcy Lawyer

2009-09-10T08:54:00.002-05:00

Visit DuPage County Bankruptcy Attorney at Steven H, Mevorah and Associates for a free consultation.

www.mevorahbankruptcy.com

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Online Video Concepts Releases New Website Knobbe, Laho, Gradishar & Mack, LLC

2009-09-09T12:11:00.003-05:00

Visit the new website of Knobbe, Laho, Gradishar & Mack, LLCVisit our website at www.klgmlaw.com DuPage County Family Law Attorneys.

Compare your results on Google with Google Caffine

2009-09-04T10:26:00.002-05:00

Google Caffine

Compare your current search results compared to the new Google Caffine.

http://www.comparecaffeine.com/search-com.php

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DuPage County Divorce Attorneys | Online Video Concepts Clients

2009-08-31T19:34:00.003-05:00

DuPage County Divorce Attorneys Websites. Online Video Concepts has released the following DuPage County Divorce Lawyer websites or has optimized them for the web. Check out our results.

www.stglawfirm.com
www.family-law-illinois.com
www.klgmlaw.com
www.oakbrooklaw.com
www.genevafamilylaw.com
www.wheatondivorce.com
www.andersonandassociatespc.com
www.illinoisdivorcetips.com
www.lincolnlawgroup.com
www.peschlawoffice.com
www.jackowieclaw.com

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Chicago Attorney Videos and Website Client Testimonials

2009-08-31T19:30:00.002-05:00

Read what Greg Wildman's clients at Online Video Concepts, LLC have to say.

I have put Greg in charge of virtually all of my internet and website marketing, from video to website management to advertising. I recommend Greg to anyone who wants to make more money!” November 26, 2008 - Don Ramsell

- Ramsell & Associates

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"Dear Greg:
I am extremely pleased with the increase in traffic and revenue since you took control of my online marketing campaign! The number of times I am appearing on the first page of Google due to your efforts is unbelievable (6 out of the 10 listings for ‘Wheaton dui attorney’ alone). Please accept this letter as an expression of extreme gratitude for all of your efforts. I also have no objection to you sharing this letter with potential clients, so long as none of them are thinking about competing against me!

Sincerely,
1800DIALDUI
Donald J. Ramsell

p.s. I should have listened to you 6 months ago when you told me how effective online videos would be.

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"I could not be happier with Greg Wildman and his staff. I made the switch from another legal vendor to his company and not only is the price more reasonable, but the customer service, product, and results are phenomenal! I would recommend Greg to to anyone.

Kerrisa Chelkowski
Law Office of Kerrisa Chelkowski

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“Greg rocks! I trust him with my web marketing. He has demonstrated a strong commitment to promoting my business. He is always professional and has given me superb results at a great price. He really cares about his clients' success.” November 28, 2008 - Kathryn Harry

- Law Office of Kathryn L. Harry & Associates

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Dear Greg:

I am writing you to express my accolades concerning the firm's long time representative, Greg Wildman. Greg has worked with our company for many years - perhaps as many as 15. During that time, he has found a way to use the right amount of ingenuity, humor, pressure, kindness and business knowledge to convince me of the best products to purchase to assist our company with its marketing, as well as to promote educational and research tools to assist our attorneys with their practice.

I tend to be extremely "sales adverse". However, no matter what product he is selling, Greg finds a way to make me comfortable with the thought that he does not want to waste my time or his. He has learned our companies culture, and he watches out for our interests. He works with me when he thinks he has a product that is truely something we would be interested in. And e is usually right in his critique of the situation.

Greg's assistance with creating our website was invaluable to me. One of the the best things he did was to convince me that it was not that difficult to do, and he would be available to assist me throughout the process. He was true to his word, and we now have a website that, as a small law firm, we can be truly be proud of.

Greg as tat wonderful trait, missing in so many saleman, of knowing when to push a little more and when he should back off. I believe this trait comes from a talent for understanding people that many sales people lack. Greg knows when I mean no, and he can try be again at a better time.

Greg has always sown tremendous follow up with his sales. He never makes the sale and leaves you standing. He pursues the situation to be certain you are getting what you paid for and that you are pleased with the product. Also, Greg is dependable. If he says he will do something, he will do it. No funny business, no twisting the deal slightly after it's been approved. I always come away knowing exactly what I purchased and the terms and conditions under which I purchased it. I may not always be appy about it, but I always feel I was treated fairly and given the best product offered for the best price available.

If I can ever be of assistance in answering any question about Greg, I would be happy to speak with anyone.

Sincerely,
Susan C. Rolewick
Office Administrator Rolewick & Gutzke, P.C.

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Fred Spitzzeri runs for DuPage County Circuit Judge

2009-08-30T14:21:00.002-05:00

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Involvement in the Republican Party

Fred was first appointed as a precinct committeeman in the Naperville Township Republican Organization over ten years ago. Soon thereafter, Fred became Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. As Chair of this committee, Fred successfully oversaw fundraising activities for NTRO for five years, raising approximately $100,000.00 for Republican Party candidates and causes. Recognizing his leadership skills, Fred’s fellow committeemen subsequently elected him as Recording Secretary, Vice Chairman and eventually Chairman of NTRO from 2006 to 2008. During this time, Fred also sat on the Executive Committee of the DuPage County Republican Party, serving along with Senator Kirk Dillard and Senator Dan Cronin.

In 2002, Fred was appointed by the Naperville Township Board as a Township Trustee. Since then, voters have twice re-elected Fred as a Township Trustee by wide margins over his opponents. During his tenure, Fred has used his knowledge and skills as an attorney and small business owner to streamline meetings and to reduce the tax rate for the citizens. He is a fiscal conservative.

Fred has also introduced new programs such as “Flag Day” to honor our country and “Local Government Week” to promote openness and transparency in government.

Fred helped draft the Township Ethics Ordinance and has served as its unpaid Ethics Advisor since its inception.

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Community Activities

Fred first moved to Naperville almost 20 years ago. He has been actively engaged in the community ever since, serving as a Little League coach and sponsor, alumnus of the Naperville Citizens Police Academy, member of the Chamber of Commerce and Adjunct Professor at North Central College (NCC). At NCC, Fred teaches a class called “Conflict Resolution” in the Leadership Ethics and Values Division. The class, offered at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, focuses on generating problem solving strategies to resolve disputes.

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Academic Background
Fred graduated from DePaul University with an undergraduate degree in psychology “With Highest Honors”. While an undergraduate, Fred was a member of several honor societies, enjoyed intramural sports and was Chapter President of his fraternity, Alpha Phi Delta.

Following graduation, Fred obtained a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from DePaul University and worked with special education students for several years in a suburban school district.

Fred attended Loyola University School of Law at night while working for the school district during the day to support his family. Notwithstanding his heavy workload, Fred excelled in law school, serving as Captain of both the National Trial Practice Team and Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Team and winning the Seventh Circuit (Midwestern) Championship of the ABA’s Client Counseling Competition. Fred graduated law school “Cum Laude” (with honors) and received the Loyola University Leadership and Service Award.

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Legal Experience
-Early Career

Upon graduation from Loyola University’s Law School in the top 10% of his class, Fred accepted a position with a prestigious law firm located in the Civic Opera Building in Downtown Chicago. There, Fred honed his courtroom skills litigating cases with and against some of the finest lawyers in the Chicagoland area. Fred developed considerable courtroom expertise representing insurance companies and their insured’s business owners in a wide variety of complex civil litigation in both State and Federal Court.

-Later Career

In 1993, Fred left the firm and opened his own office in DuPage County. During this time, he became an active member of the DuPage County Bar Association, serving as Chair of the Civil Practice Committee and the Judiciary Committee, among others, sitting on its Board of Directors and eventually serving as President of the DCBA in 2007-08.

In 1989, the DuPage County court system adopted a mandatory arbitration program in the Civil Law Division. The Chief Judge hand-picked Fred and a number of other local attorneys to serve as the initial group of certified arbitrators for the program. With 20 years of experience as a certified arbitrator, Fred is one of the more experienced arbitrators in the State of Illinois and estimates that he has arbitrated over 500 cases during this time. He is one of the co-authors of the “Arbitrators Handbook” used in the 18th Judicial Circuit, DuPage County, Illinois.

Fred is also a certified mediator. He has successfully mediated over 90% of the cases which he has handled in this regard.

At one time, Fred served as a prosecutor for the Illinois Secretary of State’s office. He helped to keep our streets safe by prosecuting drunk drivers and keeping them off the road. His success earned him a promotion to Hearing Officer, adjudicating administrative hearings involving persons whose driver’s licenses had been revoked. Fred has also served as an Administrative Law Judge for the Illinois State Board of Education resolving disputes between special education students and their school districts.

Fred is admitted to practice before both the Illinois Supreme Court and United States Supreme Court.

Fred is currently a sole practitioner in Naperville, Illinois concentrating in civil practice.