Ron Sandack
PARTNER
Ron’s full-circle practice grew from serving clients both as a business advisor, and as a commercial litigator. He assists clients with business formations, employee handbooks, vendor contracts, and transactions. Ron also has significant creditors’ rights experience, including the representation of several prominent banks and other lenders. Having this experience provided Ron with the insight needed to better assist his clients when required to defend them in court or prosecute claims on their behalf. Ron’s litigation services typically involves requests for emergency equitable remedies, relating to breach of contract, unfair competition, violations of restrictive covenants to protect trade secrets, goodwill, and breaches of representations and warranties relating to transactions. Ron has represented clients in disputes arising from shareholder claims concerning corporate control and succession of privately held companies. He has also litigated numerous employment disputes.
Ron has appeared for clients in the Federal Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in numerous other Federal Courts pro hac vice, argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and appeared in numerous Illinois state courts as well as several Illinois Appellate Court districts. Ron graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1986 and received his law degree from DePaul University College of Law in 1989. Thereafter, he joined the firm of Smith, Williams & Lodge. Before joining Gaido & Fintzen in 2004, Ron was with the Chicago law firms of Lowis & Gellen and Levenfeld Pearlstein. Additionally, Ron has served as a State Senator, State Representative, Mayor of Downers Grove, and on numerous civic and charitable organizations.