About Jamaal

Jamaal R. Buchanan joins Disparti Law Group as an Associate Attorney after prosecuting more than 100 bench trials and several jury trials as a Cook County Prosecutor. He also was personally selected to work as a Special Prosecutor within the Community Justice Center Division and assisted with Task Force cases within the Financial Crimes Unit. Most recently, Mr. Buchanan worked as an Associate at a different personal injury law firm representing clients in personal injury and wrongful death matters. Prior to that, he worked as a Senior Attorney representing clients in general insurance defense, commercial litigation, transportation, and premise liability matters for household names such as FedEx and Mariano’s. Mr. Buchanan has also worked as a trial attorney where he represented major insurance companies in personal injury and subrogation matters involving multiple defendants. Mr. Buchanan has broad experience in other areas of the law, including working as an investigator for the State Bar of California’s Office of Chief Trial Counsel, reviewing and investigating ethics complaints filed against attorneys. Also, from 2010 to 2020, Mr. Buchanan founded and ran Buchanan Management & Consulting, providing legal and business consulting services for entertainers and industry related companies and serving as Principal Manager of more than 25 actors. While working in California, Mr. Buchanan worked as a Sr. Litigation Law Clerk at famed lawyer Johnnie Cochran’s law firm in Los Angeles from 2006-2009.

Education

Bachelor of Arts

Bradley University

Juris Doctor

Vermont Law School

Contact Jamaal

Location

121 W Wacker Drive, Suite 2300, Chicago, IL 60601

Chicago, IL

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