The Attorneys

Thomas C. Zanck - Partner
Practice: Banking, commercial litigation, divorce, insurance defense, personal injury, trial practice, workers' compensation, zoning & land planning.

Legal Activities: Admitted to Illinois Bar, 1968; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (member, Federal Trial Bar), and U.S. Supreme Court, 1975. Member, McHenry County (President 1981-1982) and Illinois State Bar Associations; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; Illinois Defense Counsel.

Education: B.A., (cum laude), Loras College (1965).
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center (1968).

Patrick D. Coen - Partner
Practice: Adoption, business acquisitions, corporation & partnership, discrimination, local government law, environmental, labor, probate & guardianship, real estate, taxation, wills & trusts, estate planning.

Legal Activities: Admitted to Illinois Bar and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois 1976. Member, McHenry County (President 1989-1990), Illinois and American Bar Associations.

Education: B.A (cum laude), University of Notre Dame (1972).
J.D., University of Illinois (1976).

James L. Wright - Partner
Practice: Commercial litigation, environmental, insurance defense, trial practice.

Legal Activities: Admitted to Illinois Bar and U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois, 1980; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1982 (member Federal Trial Bar). Member of governing council, Illinois State Bar Association Environmental Law Section, 1990-1994; Member, McHenry County (President 1996-1997), and American Bar Associations. Author, "Environmental Regulation by Local Government," Illinois Bar Journal (October 1991).

Education: B.A., University of Illinois (1977).
J.D., University of Illinois (1980).

Mark S. Saladin - Partner
Practice: Business acquisitions, corporation and partnership, labor, landlord & tenant, real estate, zoning & land planning.

Legal Activities: Admitted to Illinois Bar and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1983. Member, McHenry County and Illinois State Bar Associations.

Education: U.S. Air Force Academy; B.A. (summa cum laude), Illinois Benedictine College (1980). J.D., John Marshall Law School (1983).

James G. Militello III - Partner
Practice: Commercial transactions, corporation and partnership, fire protection districts, local government & municipal law, internet technology law, environmental, real estate, trial practice, zoning & land planning.

Legal Activities: Admitted to Illinois Bar and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1991, Wisconsin bar, 2006. Member, McHenry County, Illinois and American Bar Associations. Former McHenry County Assistant State's Attorney.

Education: B.S., Marquette University (1988). J.D., John Marshall Law School (1991).

Catherine Keating Howard
Practice: Real estate, wills & trusts, zoning & land planning.

Legal Activities: Admitted to Illinois Bar and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois 1972. Member, McHenry County, Illinois and American Bar Associations, Northwest Suburban Estate Planning Association, frequent speaker on estate planning and real estate for various companies and civic groups.

Education: B.A. University of Illinois (1967). J.D., DePaul University (1972).

Jeremy W. Shaw
Practice: Real estate, zoning & land planning.

Legal Activities: Admitted to Illinois Bar 2002. Member, McHenry County Bar Association and Illinois State Bar Associations.
Education: B.A., Carthage College (1997). J.D., Drake University Law School (2000).

Jennifer L. Johnson
Practice: Debt Collection, Divorce, insurance defense, landlord-tenant, personal injury.

Legal Activities: : Admitted to Illinois Bar 2005. Admitted to U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois 2005. Member, McHenry County, Illinois State and American Bar Associations and Illinois Defense Counsel, DRI, and Downtown Crystal Lake Board of Directors.

Education: B.A., Marshall University (2002). J.D., (Cum Laude) Thomas M. Cooley Law School (2005).

Tamara A. Marshall
Practice: Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense, Divorce, Insurance Defense, Trial Practice.

Legal Activities: Admitted to Illinois Bar, 2002. Member, McHenry County, Lake Couty and Illinois State Bar Associations; Member, Association of Women Attorneys of Lake County.

Education: B.A., University of California, San Diego (1989) J.D. (magna cum laude), Northern Illinois University College of Law (2002).

Robin L. Perry
Practice: Zoning & land planning, trial practice, commercial litigation, employment and labor practice, real estate, local government & municipal law

Legal Activities: Admitted to Illinois Bar, 1997. Admitted to U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1997. Member, McHenry County and Illinois State Bar Associations.

Education: B.S., DePaul University, High Honors (1992); J.D., The John Marshall Law School, Cum Laude, (1997).

John H. Boyd
Practice: Government; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Labor and Employment; Real Estate and Litigation.

Legal Activities: Admitted to Illinois Bar, 2006. Admitted to U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2006. Member, McHenry County and Illinois State Bar Associations.

Education: B.A., The University of Iowa (2000); J.D., The John Marshall Law School (2006).

Linda K. Kuziel
Legal Activities: Paralegal. Member, McHenry County Bar Association; Illinois Paralegal Association; served as Justice on the WSU Judicial Board.

Education: B.S. (magna cum laude), Winona State University (1992).

Veronica K. Blazina
Legal Activities: Paralegal. Illinois Paralegal Association.

Education: B.P.S., Roosevelt University (2003); (paralegal certificate); Harper College (2001).

Zanck, Coen & Wright, P.C.
Attorneys at Law
40 Brink Street
Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014
Phone: 815.459.8800
FAX: 815.459.8429