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
Judge Arlene Y. Coleman Romeo was appointed by unanimous vote of the Illinois Supreme Court to the judicial vacancy of Retired Judge Marcia Maras on September 16, 2022. Currently, she is assigned to the First Municipal District where she presides over Small Claims, Consumer Debt and Non-Jury Trials. Prior to her appointment, Judge Coleman Romeo was Principle in the law firm of A.Y. Coleman
