Cities within McHenry County saw a decline in the number of lawyers with active licenses in March compared to the previous month, according to the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) of the Supreme Court of Illinois.
In total, there were 233 active legal licenses recorded in McHenry County in March, compared to 237 in the previous month.
The highest number of licenses was granted in Crystal Lake (98).
According to the ABA’s 2025 National Lawyer Population Survey, Illinois had one of the highest concentrations of lawyers in the United States, with 61,945 resident active attorneys statewide.
That total places Illinois among a small group of states accounting for a significant share of the nation’s legal workforce, reflecting its importance within the broader U.S. legal system.
As of April 2026, average lawyer salaries in Illinois ranged from $101,999 for an entry-level attorney handling routine legal work to $258,249 for highly experienced attorneys managing complex cases with significant autonomy. Mid-level attorneys, such as those in Attorney III roles—who handle highly complex legal work with moderate supervision—earned on average $191,169 in Illinois, compared to $187,549 nationwide.
Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this period.
Lawyers in Good Standing in Cities Located Within McHenry County in March
| Lawyer Name | Date of Admission |
|---|---|
| Adam Michael Sault | 11/01/2012 |
| Alexander W. Van Maren | 11/05/2015 |
| Allison Fritz Richard | 05/04/2017 |
| Ana Alicia Schueller | 11/06/2014 |
| Andre Ordeanu | 11/06/2003 |
| Andrea Elizabeth Olness | 11/07/1991 |
| Andrew Garrison Hamilton | 05/04/2017 |
| Andrew R. Papke | 11/09/1995 |
| Angelo J. Mourelatos | 11/09/2006 |
| Anna Spears | 11/08/2007 |
| Anthony Samuel Esposito | 11/07/1985 |
| Arlo D. Harmon | 01/14/2021 |
| Ashley Marie Wilson | 11/04/2010 |
| Benjamin James David | 05/05/2011 |
| Brad James Balke | 11/09/2000 |
| Bradford Scott Stewart | 11/01/2012 |
| Brandy Shae Quance | 11/08/2001 |
| Brette Kristin Dunbar | 10/31/2013 |
| Brian Charles Miller | 11/01/2012 |
| Brian Elias Fernandez | 11/07/2019 |
| Brian Kingston Stevens | 11/07/1991 |
| Cameron Ross Monti | 05/06/2004 |
| Carl Edward Metz II | 11/10/1994 |
| Carl Warren Gilmore | 11/10/1994 |
| Carlos Manuel Arteaga | 01/14/2021 |
| Charles Alan Dunlop | 11/05/1981 |
| Charles Richard McKenney | 11/04/1999 |
| Charles W. Clark | 10/29/1980 |
| Charmaine Guffa Ruckoldt | 11/07/1985 |
| Christine Denese Gale | 11/06/1997 |
| Christopher H. Purcell | 05/07/1998 |
| Christopher S. Haaff | 11/06/1997 |
| Clifford Elwood Lund | 05/19/1977 |
| Colette L. Kennedy | 11/07/2002 |
| Courtney Michelle Clark | 11/10/2005 |
| Craig Steven Krandel | 11/07/1985 |
| Cynthia J. Briscoe | 11/16/1984 |
| Dan Edward Johnson | 11/10/2011 |
| Daniel Joseph Wilbrandt | 11/01/2012 |
| Daniel L. Lyons | 11/09/2000 |
| Daniel Lester Nold | 11/01/2012 |
| Daniel Thomas Hofmann | 10/29/1980 |
| David Andrew Tersteeg | 01/14/2021 |
| David John Giesinger | 11/06/2003 |
| David Jonathan Wolf | 11/10/1994 |
| David Leo Waggoner | 05/18/1976 |
| David Michael Noland | 11/09/2017 |
| Dawn Michelle Roth | 11/04/2004 |
| Denise Mary Kuzniewski | 11/05/1992 |
| Donald Craig Stinespring Jr. | 11/06/1997 |
| Donald Ray Brewer | 05/08/1974 |
| Donna K. Kelly | 11/10/1994 |
| Doreen T. Paluch | 11/07/1991 |
| Drake Wesley Shunneson | 05/08/2008 |
| Duane J. St. Pierre | 11/09/1983 |
| Edward Budy | 05/02/2000 |
| Edward Joseph Donahue | 11/09/1989 |
| Eileen J. McCabe | 11/07/1991 |
| Elizabeth A. Pfiffner | 11/10/2011 |
| Elizabeth Felt Wakeman | 11/04/1993 |
| Elizabeth Juliet Dalton | 11/01/2012 |
| Elizabeth Maine Ellis | 11/10/2005 |
| Elizabeth Marie Vonau | 11/08/2001 |
| Emily Kathleen Reyes | 05/04/2017 |
| Emily Rebecca Shragal Mosnick | 11/10/2021 |
| Eric Carl Hendricks | 11/07/2019 |
| Erika Lyn Kruse | 11/10/1994 |
| Frank Anthony Quatrino | 11/08/2007 |
| Gary Deutschle | 10/31/2013 |
| Gary N. Foley | 11/07/1996 |
| Gerald Patrick Lenzen | 11/05/1981 |
| Gianna Venticinque | 05/04/2017 |
| Gina Teresa Cannon | 11/07/1985 |
| Gouthami Vanam Tufts | 11/09/2017 |
| Grace Lillian Jinkins | 11/08/2018 |
| Gregory John Barry | 11/09/2006 |
| Gregory Paul Preves | 11/10/1994 |
| Guy R. Youman | 11/10/1988 |
| H. Case Ellis | 04/27/1976 |
| Heather Eckert | 04/14/2020 |
| Heather Lynn Tody-Schamper | 11/04/2010 |
| Hunter Price Jones | 11/07/2019 |
| Isabella Arlene Romano | 11/10/2021 |
| Jack Michael Giannini | 11/09/1983 |
| Jacob Daniel Behrens | 05/05/2016 |
| James C. Economy | 05/09/1985 |
| James David Demars | 11/08/2007 |
| James Guisty Militello III | 11/07/1991 |
| James Henry Andrle III | 11/04/1999 |
| James Patrick Kelly | 11/07/1991 |
| James Reid Dunlop | 06/19/2012 |
| James Robert Maynard Newman | 05/08/2003 |
| James W. Potthast | 11/27/1972 |
| Jay K. Filler Jr. | 11/03/1978 |
| Jeannie Marie Ridings | 05/05/2005 |
| Jeremy Wade Shaw | 05/09/2002 |
| Jessica Rae Meyer | 11/10/2016 |
| Jill J. Struck | 05/04/2000 |
| John Andrew Busch | 11/10/1988 |
| John Kevin Hanzel | 11/10/2016 |
| John Paul Dickson | 11/04/2010 |
| Jolanta Anita Zinevich | 05/07/2009 |
| Jonathan Michael Thornton | 11/01/2012 |
| Joseph Curtiss Ponitz | 11/10/2005 |
| Joyce Elizabeth Kraeger | 05/02/1995 |
| Julene Marie Perbohner | 11/10/1988 |
| Justin Timothy Neubauer | 11/05/2015 |
| Karen A. Tobin | 11/07/2002 |
| Kathleen Marie Laughlin | 05/04/2006 |
| Keith Douglas Sloan | 11/10/2005 |
| Kelly Lynn Lancaster | 11/06/2003 |
| Kevin Arthur Chrzanowski | 11/10/2005 |
| Kevin Howard Talbot | 05/07/1998 |
| Kimberly Ann Popovich | 05/08/1997 |
| Kimberly Yvette Chainey | 11/24/2021 |
| Kristin Mary Kurczewski | 11/08/2007 |
| Lance Michael Green | 05/21/1974 |
| Laura L. Davis | 01/22/1993 |
| Laurence A. Wilbrandt | 05/08/1986 |
| Lawrence Richard Fichter | 11/18/1963 |
| Lee Christian Lockwood | 11/04/1999 |
| Lewis Francis Matuszewich | 11/29/1966 |
| Lisa Marie Waggoner | 11/06/1986 |
| Lisa Marie Zahn | 11/04/1993 |
| Lucia R. Lopez | 08/27/2009 |
| Malgorzata Maria Mlynarska | 10/31/2013 |
| Marcus Allen Kranz | 11/10/2021 |
| Mark Francis Aiello | 11/06/1986 |
| Mark Gerard Cook | 05/08/1986 |
| Mark Joseph Vogg | 11/10/1988 |
| Mary Ann Scholl | 11/04/2010 |
| Mary Kloris Taradash | 05/01/1980 |
| Meaghan E. Alexander | 11/04/2004 |
| Megan Maureen McAndrews | 11/10/2016 |
| Melinda Holly Carmen Hartman | 11/04/2010 |
| Melissa Annarella Wick | 11/10/1994 |
| Melissa J. Cooney | 11/07/1991 |
| Melvin Edwin Garman | 10/10/1974 |
| Michael Charles Poper | 11/14/1968 |
| Michael J. Domanico | 11/08/1990 |
| Michael Jackson McNerney | 11/26/1974 |
| Michael John Belica | 11/10/2021 |
| Michael Lawrence Pettet | 01/14/2021 |
| Michael Tyler Torres | 11/06/2008 |
| Michelle Christine Gehris | 11/09/2006 |
| Michelle Janeen Rozovics | 02/10/1997 |
| Mitchell R. Weisz | 05/01/1981 |
| Mollie Spackman Dahlin | 10/31/2013 |
| Natalie Laverne Aguilar | 11/10/2016 |
| Nathan Reyes | 11/06/2008 |
| Nicholas E. Alexander | 11/08/2007 |
| Nicole Anne Meute | 05/04/2000 |
| Nikolay Konstantinov Shapkarov | 11/08/2018 |
| Olivia Provost Dirig | 11/10/2005 |
| Patricia Cronin Kraft | 11/07/1985 |
| Patrick Daniel Walsh | 05/07/1998 |
| Patrick Devin Kenneally | 11/10/2005 |
| Patrick James McAndrews | 10/28/1976 |
| Paul William Pasche | 11/07/1991 |
| Paula Rieghns | 11/10/2005 |
| Paulette Michelle Gray | 11/07/1996 |
| Peter David Michling | 11/01/1982 |
| Peter Gordon Knapp | 11/04/1993 |
| Philip Andrew Prossnitz | 11/09/1983 |
| R. Glenn Gable | 05/07/1987 |
| Rachel A. Moreau Newby | 05/08/2003 |
| Rachell Marie Horbenko | 11/08/2001 |
| Randall Mark Taradash | 04/26/1979 |
| Randall S. Rapp | 11/06/1976 |
| Randi Lynn Freese | 11/04/2010 |
| Raymond Francis Horne | 05/03/1982 |
| Raymond M. Flavin III | 11/05/1992 |
| Rebecca Anne Lamm | 11/05/2009 |
| Rebecca Marie Lee | 11/06/2003 |
| Richard Alan Van Den Bussche | 10/29/1980 |
| Richard Joseph Curran Jr. | 10/15/1975 |
| Richard P. Naughton | 11/08/1972 |
| Richard Robert Rodriguez | 11/06/1997 |
| Robert Emmett Burke | 11/03/1978 |
| Robert Fitzgerald Casey | 05/20/1975 |
| Robert John Lumber | 05/10/2007 |
| Robert Joseph Hauser | 11/16/1970 |
| Robert L. Gray | 11/10/1994 |
| Robert Lightburn Windon | 11/09/2006 |
| Robert Thomas Hanlon | 11/10/2005 |
| Roger Rammel Kasny | 05/20/1975 |
| Ryan M. Ahern | 05/09/2013 |
| Ryan Patrick Farrell | 11/10/2005 |
| Samantha Soda McNicholas | 11/01/2012 |
| Samuel Jay Diamond | 05/20/1969 |
| Samuel Saverio Melei | 11/04/1999 |
| Sarah Beth Jansen | 11/08/2001 |
| Scott Alan Bentley | 11/07/1985 |
| Seema Shaffer | 05/09/1996 |
| Shaina Simone Kalanges | 11/05/2015 |
| Sharon Irene Harris | 05/05/1983 |
| Sharon Lee Rhody | 11/10/1994 |
| Shawna Raelene Vaclavek | 11/06/2008 |
| Sherina Maye Edwards | 11/06/2008 |
| Stephanie A. Kasten | 11/09/2000 |
| Stephen Hermann Docter | 05/06/1999 |
| Steven Gregory English | 05/07/1987 |
| Steven J. McCoy | 10/30/1973 |
| Steven Jay Brody | 05/09/1991 |
| Steven Robert Janezic | 05/07/2015 |
| Steven Robert Verr | 12/23/1986 |
| Steven William Jaenicke | 05/03/1982 |
| Suzanne L. Walters | 11/05/1998 |
| Theodore Alan Gilbert | 04/28/1975 |
| Thomas A. Vaclavek | 11/09/2000 |
| Thomas J. Popovich | 11/08/1990 |
| Thomas James Cynor | 11/04/1993 |
| Thomas Lawrence Cowlin | 05/07/1987 |
| Thomas N. Radek | 05/09/1991 |
| Thomas Patrick Cahill | 05/09/1996 |
| Thomas Robert Burney | 10/29/1977 |
| Thomas W. Schmitt | 04/23/1975 |
| Tiffany Marie Newton | 11/06/2014 |
| Timothy J. Clifton | 11/04/2010 |
| Timothy Paul Neubauer | 11/04/1999 |
| Timothy Peter Brown | 05/06/2004 |
| Todd Andrew Benison | 10/08/2015 |
| Tracey Kathleen Annen | 11/09/1995 |
| Troy Conway Owens | 11/07/1991 |
| Tyler Martin Wilke | 05/09/2019 |
| Tyler Mikan | 11/09/2017 |
| Vito P. Loverde | 11/07/1991 |
| Ward Garrett Brown | 11/05/1981 |
| William Douglas Pulak | 05/07/1992 |
| William F. McIntee | 11/07/2002 |
| William Joseph Elman | 05/21/1959 |
| William Paul Joseph Petsche | 11/10/2011 |
| William Ryan Sugas | 11/08/2018 |
Information in this article was obtained from the ARDC of the Supreme Court of Illinois. The source data can be found here.
