Kathleen T. ZellnER

Founding Partner

HONORS 

Many attorneys have deep convictions about justice and work hard for the order and freedom that the true rule of law can bring. A few attorneys are acknowledged for devoting their careers to the cause of justice.

Chicago-based attorney Kathleen T. Zellner has been practicing law for three decades, concentrating her practice since the 1990s on civil rights, criminal and medical malpractice cases. Ms. Zellner is known nationally for her commitment to fight for justice — and see justice prevail — in courtrooms across the country. Her many accolades include being:

• Martindale - Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers - AV Rating, 2000 - 2022

• Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, 2020 - 2022 (invitation only)

• Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, 2012 - 2022 (invitation only)

• Fellow of Litigation Counsel of America, 2013 - 2022; Senior Charter Fellow - 2022 (invitation only)

• Lawdragon Member, 2015- 2022; Top 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyer, 2022 (invitation only)

• National Association of Distinguished Counsel -Nations One Percent, 2017 - 2022 (invitation only)

• National Trial Lawyers Top 100 (Illinois), 2013 - 2022 (invitation only)

• Million Dollar Advocates Forum; Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 1999 - 2022 

• Super Lawyers (medical malpractice), 2005 - 2022 

• Super Lawyers Top 50 Female Lawyers in the United States, 2006

• Leading Lawyers in Illinois in civil appellate law, civil rights/constitutional law, criminal appellate law,  criminal defense law: felonies & misdemeanors, personal injury law: professional malpractice, 2021; Top 100 Lawyers in Illinois - all areas of law

• Leading Lawyers in Illinois the top female criminal defense attorney in Illinois, 2012, 2017

• Chicago Magazine - 100 Most Powerful Chicagoans, 2015

• National Law Journal Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, 2002

• Top Ten Most Influential Attorneys in Illinois, American Research Corporation, 2001

• Chicago Tribune - The Year in Women - Top Influential Women Internationally, 2001

• National Law Journal Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, 2002

• National Law Journal America’s Top 50 Women Litigators, 2001

• National Law Journal Ten of America’s Top Litigators for Successful Strategies, 2000

*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.