Hall Prangle and Schoonveld LLC (HPS) opened on August 1, 2002, a warm and rainy Thursday. David Hall, Michael Prangle and Eric Schoonveld reflect on the firm’s beginning, success, and future.

The Women's Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI) announced today that Michele Anderson, Hiring Partner at Hall Prangle & Schoonveld, LLC (HPS), is one of the recipients of the 2022 Top Women Lawyers & Legislators in Leadership Awards.

Illinois University College of Law (College of Law) recognized Hall Prangle and Schoonveld, LLC (HPS) as a valued employer partner at a dinner in Chicago on September 21, 2022.  

The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer have named HPS attorney Krista Luzio as one of their 40 under Forty Attorneys to Watch for 2022. Krista earned an undergraduate degree from Butler University and a J.D. from DePaul University College of Law. She joined HPS in 2009 and became a partner in 2016.

Gilma Bernal is in her second year at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Over the summer of 2022, she was a law clerk in Hall Prangle and Schoonveld’s Chicago Office.

While the legal field is moving towards a remote-based world, I am thankful that I clerked in-person at Hall Prangle and Schoonveld over the summer.

Intrapartum uterine contractions and engagement of the fetus in the birth canal can compress the fetal head. There is a long-standing view that this head compression is benign in most cases, and that it’s a common cause of intrapartum fetal heart rate decelerations.

The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Lexis Nexis's Law360 have covered HPS's Appellate team's recent defense before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Unless and until there is a further general order, it appears that the unsettled status of the constitutionality and the retroactivity of the PJI statute will remain in limbo in Cook County for whatever time (two – three years?) it will take before the Supreme Court reviews the statute and issues a decision on these issues.

Jacob Goldstein, Co-Chair HPS Appellate Group, successfully defended a 2020 HPS verdict on appeal before the Illinois Appellate Court, First District.

The plaintiffs appealed the 2020 defensive verdict in a case that was defended by HPS attorneys Marilee Clausing and Matt Kaminski. The case involved claims that a family medicine physician failed to diagnose and treat the plaintiff's rare blood disorder, which caused a catastrophic stroke and permanent neurological damage.

Ann Ford, Partner at Hall Prangle and Schoonveld, LLC (HPS), and Managing Director of HPS Advise, has been named one of Chicago Daily Law Bulletin & Chicago Lawyer’s 2021 Salute! Women in Law Award honorees. According to CDLB’s website, this award is based on the nominee’s “work to mentor and promote other women in the profession, their success in the legal community and being a shining example of leadership.”

It is with deep sadness that we acknowledge the passing of HPS partner Amy Kane, a beloved friend and member of our professional family. Amy’s knowledge, legal skill and trial expertise made her a formidable attorney, but those traits paled in comparison to her kindness, empathy, and generosity of spirit. Amy brought all of this – mixed with humor – to everything she did, making her a joy to work with. Her loss is devastating to all of us.

In early March 2020, HPS attorneys Marilee Clausing and Matthew Kaminski successfully defended a Chicago area family medicine physician against claims that he failed to diagnose and treat the plaintiff’s rare blood disorder, which caused a catastrophic stroke and permanent neurological damage.