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JED STONE
APPELLATE LAW

Stone & Associates, ltd. is a leader in the field of criminal defense. Jed Stone has defended persons charged with serious crime in both federal and state courts. he has argued criminal causes in the supreme courts of illinois, louisiana, wisconsin and before the Supreme court of the United States. Stone is a leading lawyer in criminal defense and a respected advocate on appeal. he is a Fellow of the American Board of criminal lawyers. the chicago Bar Association has declared him a master Advocate. the American Society of legal Advocates lists Jed Stone as one of their top 100 lawyers. with 38 years of experience at the bar, Jed Stone and his team of lawyers, investigators, paralegals and staff stand ready to defend you or a loved one charged with a serious crime.

Jed Stone is a past president of the illinois Association of criminal defense lawyers and former chair of the illinois coalition to Abolish the death penalty. he holds a faculty appointment at lake Forest college where he teaches courses in criminal law and procedure. Stone was recently inducted in the nAAcp civil rights hall of Fame in lake county, illinois chicago-Kent college of law awarded Stone the Abraham lincoln marovitz public interest law Award in 2008.

if you only get one phone call, make it count: call Stone & Assoicates.

415 washington Street, Suite 107, waukegan, il 60085 p: 847.336.7888

Jstone@jedstone.com • www.jedstone.com

.TEXAS DALLAS

R. Brent cooper, a named shareholder in the dallas office of cooper & Scully, p.c., focuses his practice on commercial litigation, insurance and appellate law. he has tried numerous cases covering areas of business litigation, construction litigation, catastrophic personal injuries, complex litigation, intellectual property, constitutional and business tort cases. in his 36 years of practice, he has been at the forefront of texas law, particularly in the area of bad faith.

Board certified in personal injury trial law by the texas Board of legal Specialization, mr. cooper has been appellate counsel of record in over 300 published court opinions and honored by the State Bar of texas insurance Section as a “true texas legend.” he has been recognized as a leading attorney in insurance law by chambers USA for 2007-2012 and texas Super lawyers since it’s inception in 2003.

R. BRENT COOPER

.TEXAS DALLAS

Michelle’s role as an appellate specialist in the dallas office of cooper & Scully, p.c. includes being a “go-to” person for novel research issues and complex pretrial filings, being a “safety net” for purposes of preserving pretrial and trial issues for appeal, and, if the case goes south, being the “cleaner” for purposes of advocating for reversal on appeal.

Board certified in civil appellate law for more than 12 years, michelle has handled dozens of appeals and original proceedings in a variety of courts including the texas Supreme court, all texas courts of appeals, the Fifth circuit court of Appeals, and other appellate courts around the nation. She is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme court.

michelle currently serves on the texas pattern Jury charge committee (volume 3, malpractice, premises, products), with her term continuing through 2014. michelle also serves as the vice-chair for the Appellate law Section of the dallas Bar Association and is a Fellow in the college of the State Bar of texas. She’s been selected as one of texas monthly’s “texas Super lawyers” since 2003 and a top appellate lawyer in the nation in “Super lawyers corporate counsel edition” for 2010.