Criminal Defense Attorney

Gardiner Koch Weisberg & Wrona (GKWW) is a Midwest-based law firm that combines the practice with hands-on involvement from its named partners. Founded in Chicago in 1992, the firm has grown to 19 attorneys across offices in Chicago, Naperville, and Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and handles matters in state and federal courts nationwide.

GKWW represents businesses, municipalities, individuals, and families. Our practice areas include personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, catastrophic injury, business litigation , construction and real estate litigation, employment law, estate planning, municipal litigation, real estate, criminal law, condominium and homeowner’s association matters, intellectual property, and family law. The firm has an active transactional practice (including mergers, acquisitions, and business real estate) and serves as outside general counsel to over 200 companies.

The firm has a history of being involved in significant litigation in each of its areas of practice. Its lawyers have argued in state and federal trial and appellate court and has even argued a criminal case before the United States Supreme Court.

Role Description

Our Lake Geneva Office is experiencing significant growth. The criminal law area is one of our fastest growing practice areas. We need an Associate Attorney to work in our criminal law practice. The Associate Attorney will be responsible for managing a caseload under the supervision of senior attorneys. The Association Attorney will spend some portion of time on additional matters.

This full-time, on-site role is for our Lake Geneva office. 

Qualifications

• Some criminal law trial experience or civil experience in trials or taking depositions.

• Ability to communicate with and be responsive to clients.

• Ability to work collaboratively with a team of attorneys and staff.

Unique Aspects Of Position

*Our firm is collaborative. We have three attorneys assigned to most cases. We expect independent analysis and for our lawyers to offer critique of the opinions of others, even partners.

*Our firm culture is to be responsive to client needs and to respond to client communications quickly.

*Our firm provides Associate Attorneys with responsibilities when they can handle them. We want our lawyers to grow and prosper as soon as possible.

*Our firm does not spend its time looking back at Associate Attorney mistakes. We spend our time fixing problems and thinking of how to achieve our goals strategically.