Del Galdo Among 1 of 7 Illinois Attorneys Named as Best Local, Municipal Government Lawyers

(Berwyn, IL) – A national legal magazine is out with its 2017 list of best Illinois lawyers and tapped seven Chicago-area attorneys as the state’s “super” local government lawyers, including Berwyn-based attorney Michael Del Galdo.

“Super Lawyers” magazine, part of Thomson Reuters, just rolled out its 2017 list of top lawyers – “Illinois Super Lawyers” – and selected, among approximately 85,000 licensed Illinois attorneys, just 5% of Illinois barristers as “super lawyers”.

Within its 70 practice categories reviewed, the magazine identified just seven state, local, and municipal attorneys as “super lawyers”, all of whom are from the Chicago-area, including Del Galdo of the Berwyn-based, Del Galdo Law Group, LLC.

Del Galdo, also received the “super” state, local, and municipal government designation in 2016 and was named to Super Lawyers’ “Rising Stars” – lawyers under 40 – in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. A distinction reserved for only 2.5% of the lawyers in Illinois.

Del Galdo, who founded his now 21-strong attorney firm in 1998, represents multiple park districts, school districts, municipalities, and other units of government in Cook, DuPage, and the collar Counties as the general counsel or special counsel, including: West Central Municipal Conference, Village of Melrose Park; Village of Steger; Town of Cicero; City of Berwyn; City of Chicago Heights; Village of McCook; legislative counsel for the Village of Dixmoor, among others.

Del Galdo said that he owes his selection to providing 24/7 accessibility; unfailing attention to the fine print; and relentless monitoring and parrying of endless new state laws that annually alter the legal playing field in which local governments operate.

“A mayor has to be able to reach you just as easily and quickly on a Saturday night as on a Monday morning,” said Del Galdo. “And your advice must obviously be cognizant of not only the nuances of current law, but also – and equally as important – looming changes to law coming from Springfield.”

Del Galdo, added, “A good local government also needs to be able to work with lawmakers to change or blunt laws that negatively impact our mayors and school boards,” said Del Galdo. “That’s what I do. And that’s what makes our firm unique.”

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