LAW OFFICES OF
MICHAEL W. PINSOF, P.C.
191 WAUKEGAN ROAD ​SUITE #305
NORTHFIELD, IL 60093
OFFICE PHONE (847) 446-1000
​CELL PHONE (847) 338-7004
E-FAX: (847) 586-9160
E-MAIL: mpinsof@sbcglobal.net
University e-mail: mpinsof@roosevelt.edu 
Office Hours: M-F 8:30 AM-6:00 PM (Saturday by appointment only) 
 

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Mike received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Iowa in 1976, and his Juris Doctor from DePaul University College of Law in 1979.  He has been licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois since 1979, and is licensed to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in which he is a certified member of the Federal Trial Bar; and in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.  Mike has argued appeals in the Illinois Supreme Court, and the Seventh Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.  In addition to his law practice, Mike is an adjunct  professor of Paralegal Studies at Roosevelt University where he has taught for 22 years, a published law journal author, and a frequent invited speaker at academic conferences.   His recent works have appeared in the St. Thomas Journal of Complex Litigation, Stetson University Journal of Advocacy and the Law, Quinnipiac Health Law Journal, The Law Teacher, and the Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report.  Mike recently presented his original work entitled "A Consumer's Recovery of Damages for Lost Personal Time: Has the GM Ignition Switch Litigation Ignited a Paradigm Shift"?, at the 2019 Central States Law Schools Association ("CSLSA") Annual Scholarship Conference at the University of Toledo College of Law.  He presented his piece "I Can't Get No Satisfaction: Singing Out the Need for Uniform Statutory Reform in the U.S.", at the International Association of Consumer Law Conference at Indiana  University College of Law, and at the CSLSA 2018 Annual Scholarship Conference at Texas A&M University College of Law.   At the 2017 CSLSA Annual Scholarship Conference at Southern Illinois University College of Law, Mike presented "Remedies for the Insured's Breach of a Cooperation Clause: Sheath the Insurer's Shield to Survive on its Sword?", and at the 2017 Developing Ideas Conference hosted by the University of Kentucky College of Law.  Mike presented original works of scholarship at the 2014 International Conference on Contracts at St. Thomas University College of Law,  the Second Annual 2015 Legal Writing Scholars' Workshop at Washburn University College of Law, the CSLSA 2015 Annual Scholarship Conference at the University of Toledo College of Law, the 2015 Legal Writing Institute One-Day Workshop at Washington University-St. Louis College of Law; and the CSLSA 2016 Annual Scholarship Conference at the University of North Dakota College of Law.   Mike is a certified arbitration panelist in the Circuit Courts of Lake and Cook County, Illinois, and is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association.  His community service includes serving as an assistant  coach of a local high school mock trial team, and volunteering as a mediator of small claims and eviction cases.  Mike and Robin, his wife of 43 years, have four amazing children, and five beautiful grandchildren, Reya,  Jordan, Devin, Benjamin, and Levi. 

AREAS OF PRACTICE INCLUDE:
Commercial, employment, business, and contract litigation, including appellate practice;
Real Estate litigation (Evictions and condominium disputes); 
Real Estate, commercial and business transactions;
Leases/Landlord-Tenant Law (Both landlord and tenant representation);