Angarola and Serritella Join Johnson & Bell, Ltd.CHICAGO -- Attorneys Joann T. Angarola and William D. Serritella recently joined Johnson & Bell from the Chicago office of McGuireWoods. Joann joins the firm as counsel and concentrates her practice in civil litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. defense and administrative law administrative law, law governing the powers and processes of administrative agencies. The term is sometimes used also of law (i.e., rules, regulations) developed by agencies in the course of their operation. . Her litigation experience includes commercial disputes involving contract and antitrust issues, land use matters challenging the constitutionality of zoning ordinances, personal injury defense, products liability, and employment law cases. In addition, she has appeared before various governmental bodies for the purpose of obtaining development approvals. Joann also spent several years in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. She served as a trustee for the Village of Lincolnwood for seven years and is presently chairman of the Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle and Zoning Board of Appeals. Joann is a graduate of the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. and Loyola University School of Law. Bill joins the firm as a shareholder with more than 30 years experience in civil litigation defense. He concentrates his practice in products liability, business litigation, toxic torts, and railroad litigation. Bill is Chicago and Midwest trial counsel for a number of corporate clients, including manufacturers of material handling equipment, paint and chemical products, machine tools and plastics processing equipment, office equipment and household products. He represents clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts, before administrative agencies, and in arbitration in all types of civil litigation, including business/commercial disputes, employment matters, FELA FELA Federal Employer's Liability Act of 1908 , products liability and other casualty litigation, including asbestos, chemical sensitivity and other toxic tort cases. He has tried numerous cases to verdict as trial counsel for Crown Equipment Corporation, The Sherwin-Williams Company, Harris Corporation, The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Consolidated Rail Corp. and Norfolk Southern, among others. Bill is a native Chicagoan and a graduate of UIC UIC University of Illinois at Chicago UIC Underground Injection Control UIC Union of Islamic Courts UIC United Industrial Corporation UIC Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer (International Union of Railways) and the University of Illinois College of Law The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. . |
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