Brennan Burtker LLC is honored to announce the recognition of four Partners on the 2026 Illinois Super Lawyers List by Super Lawyers. Partners Mark M. Brennan, Jonathan Cavins, Anthony Longo, and Lee Williams were named as Super Lawyers. We would like to extend our congratulations to all that made the 2026 Super Lawyers List.

Brennan Burtker LLC is proud to announce that the firm has elected Tom Conlon and Elizabeth Polit to the partnership. Mr. Conlon and Ms. Polit have become leaders at Brennan Burtker, exemplifying our commitment to excellence, collaboration, and client service. Their leadership, dedication, and contributions to our clients and our firm have been instrumental to our

Brennan Burtker LLC congratulates Partner Lee Williams and Associate Elizabeth Polit on securing a defense verdict on behalf of their client, a clinically integrated network, after a 3-week medical malpractice trial before the Honorable John H. Ehrlich in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Plaintiffs claimed the network controlled and had the right to

Brennan Burtker LLC congratulates Partner Mark M. Brennan and Associate Stephanie Schumacher on securing a successful defense verdict for a gastroenterologist on November 10 in a multi-party medical malpractice trial. The patient presented to the hospital with non-specific complaints of abdominal pain and constipation in 2020. A routine work-up revealed highly elevated liver enzyme levels.

Brennan Burtker LLC congratulates Partner Rachel Stern and Associate Mac Cepican on securing a defense verdict on November 5, 2025. Plaintiff, age 59, alleged that the defendant internal medicine physician and internal medicine group negligently failed to communicate a referral to urology to him regarding an elevated PSA, which resulted in a delay in the diagnosis

Brennan Burtker LLC is proud to announce that six of our Partners have been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for 2026, and four of our Associates have been named as The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.This recognition highlights the dedication, talent, and commitment of our team as we continue to deliver

Brennan Burtker LLC was proud to sponsor and participate in the 29th annual Race Judicata. The race benefits Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation in their mission to ensure that the law works for everyone.

  Brennan Burtker LLC celebrated its 10-year anniversary on July 3, 2025.  On the eve of the Fourth of July holiday back in 2015, we asserted our own independence for our careers and our clients by founding Brennan Garvey LLC, now Brennan Burtker LLC, and we never looked back. We are so proud and grateful to have

Earlier this year, the Louisiana Court of Appeals cited Partner Anthony J. Longo’s co-authored article, “A Palpable Conflict,” 108 Ill.B.J.26 (2020). In Dunn vs. Regional Transit Authority, 2025 WL 762184, the Louisiana Court of Appeals wrestled with the issue of whether the palpable error exception to the law that case doctrine applied to allow for