Judge Debjani Desai is the proud daughter of immigrants and a first generation lawyer. She was taught the spirit of service and hard work from her family and made the decision early on to devote her entire career to public service. She has proudly and compassionately served the underserved and underprivileged her entire career. When practicing as a lawyer, she zealously advocated for victims,
Mr. deCastro is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the Tulane University School of Law. He has been a trial attorney in Chicago for 29 years, litigating at the trial and appellate levels in state and federal courts. He has been named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 every year since 2019. Mr. deCastro has handled cases in 12 different counties
Joy V. Cunningham received her law degree from University of Illinois Chicago, John Marshall Law School. She has had a very diverse legal career, including serving as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for the Northwestern Memorial Healthcare System; Cook County Circuit Court Judge; Assistant Illinois Attorney General; Civil Litigator; Associate General Counsel of Loyola University; and first black woman President of
