Dean Frieders

Mr. Frieders has been selected as an Illinois Rising Star 2009 by SuperLawyers Magazine. In selecting attorneys for the honor, SuperLawyers employs a rigorous, multi-phase process including peer nominations, evaluations, and third party research. This honor is named to only 2.5 percent of the Lawyers in Illinois.

Dean Frieders

Undergraduate Education: North Central College, 2001, Summa Cum Laude, Presidential Scholar 1997-2001. American Mock Trial Association. Regional Tournament Outstanding Attorney Award, 1998, Outstanding Witness Award, 1999.

Graduate Education: Illinois Institute of Technology College of Law, 2004, With Honors. Illinois Institute of Technology Moot Court Honor. Society, 2001-2002.

First Admitted to Bar: Illinois, 2004.

Subsequent Admissions: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Additional Legal Experience: Student Editor, Illinois Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section Council Newsletter, 1998-2001, published Focus on the Issue: Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in Employment Contracts, ISBA ADR Section Newsletter, February 2000, published Focus on the Issue: Confidentiality in Mediation, ISBA ADR Newsletter, June 2000. Illinois Bar Association Pro Bono Recognition Award recipient, 2001. Presenter at the 1999 Academy of Legal Studies in Business National Conference, Growing Concerns about Monopolies and Anti-Competitive Behavior in Agriculture, published in ALSB Proceedings. Co-Chair, Kane County New Lawyers Division, 2005-2008. Guest Lecturer, Kishwaukee Community EMS System.

Awards:  Selected as an Illinois Rising Star 2009 by SuperLawyers Magazine; Recipient of the 2007 Kane County Bar Association Outstanding New Lawyer Award.

Memberships: Illinois State Bar Association; Kane County Bar Association; DuPage County Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association. Volunteer Firefighter/EMT, Waterman Fire Protection District 5.

Concentrations: Local Government, Municipal Law, School Law, Employment Discrimination & Sexual Harassment, Personal Injury, Corporate Litigation

Representative Cases: Smart Growth Sugar Grove, LLC v. Village of Sugar Grove, (2nd Dist. 2007) (Upholding municipal Annexation Agreement against developer challenge to zoning); United City of Yorkville v. Village of Sugar Grove, (2nd Dist. 2007), (Upholding municipal Boundary Line Agreement against property owner / municipal challenge to enforceability).

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