Woodstock, IL

Robert T. Edens, also known as Bob Edens, is an award-winning personal injury and workers' compensation attorney with over 20 years of experience fighting for the rights of personal injury victims and injured workers in Lake, McHenry, and Cook counties, and throughout Northern Illinois. He is recognized as a top attorney in Illinois and holds a top rating on AVVO. He is the author of three books covering personal injury, dog bite injuries, and workers' compensation. His practice focuses on representing victims of auto accidents, trucking accidents, motorcycle accidents, dog bite injuries, wrongful death, nursing home injuries, and medical malpractice. He is an active member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the American Trial Lawyers Association, and the Lake County Bar Association.

Since 2004, she has focused her practice in the areas of criminal defense including juvenile and Department of Children and Family Services matters, where she has achieved several favorable jury verdicts on behalf of her clients. She also practices general civil litigation including personal injury and worker’s compensation.

Peter D. Michling

Mr. Michling is a trained Facilitator with over 35 years of legal experience. He specializes in handling Family Law cases to include divorce, child custody, maintenance, parenting time, modification agreements and everything in between. Mr. Michling understands the complexities associated with the trauma of divorce and the need for a common sense approach to reach resolution. He will work hard to help you resolve your issues but if a joint resolution isn’t possible, Mr. Michling will fiercely litigate your case to protect your interests. Mr. Michling is a 60 year resident of McHenry County, he is married with two grown children, and when he’s not practicing law, he can be found running through town or simply enjoying the great outdoors.

John L. Cowlin

John L. Cowlin is a partner at Cowlin, Naughton, Curran, Cuda & Hanzel, focusing on local government, real estate, estate planning, and civil litigation. A lifelong resident of Crystal Lake, he has served as counsel for the city of Crystal Lake, park districts of Marengo, Huntley, and Hampshire, and various local businesses for decades.

Jim Militello is the Managing Partner of Prime Law Group, LLC. His practice is devoted primarily to representing business, individuals and organizations (including public and private entities) in a wide range of civil matters involving business transactions, contractural issues, estate planning, real estate purchase/sale, development and zoning, corporate issues and municipal law. Relying on his background from the McHenry County State’s Attorneys Office and experience in municipal law, Mr. Militello also devotes a significant amount of his practice to governmental entities such as fire districts, townships, road districts, villages, and other units of government. Throughout his legal career, Mr. Militello has represented individuals and businesses at all stages of business development: from startup to wind-down, to buy sells, NDA’s, to family transfers. His business clients range from large, privately held corporations to small businesses and sole proprietors. He also has experience advising units of local governments such as counties, fire districts, municipalities, townships, and road districts. A native of McHenry County, Mr. Militello graduated from Marian Central High School in 1984. He attended Marquette University in Milwaukee and graduated in 1988 with a B.S. with a major in Accounting and minor in Finance. Mr. Militello earned his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School in 1991. Mr. Militello was admitted to practice law before the State Courts of Illinois and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and McHenry County Bar Association. Mr. Militello is also admitted in 2006 to practice in Wisconsin.

Richard P. Naughton

Richard P. Naughton is a partner focusing on estate planning, real estate, and corporate law. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1972 and has held partner positions at FRANZ NAUGHTON & LEAHY and COWLIN NAUGHTON CURRAN & COPPEDGE.

Steven J. Cuda

Steven J. Cuda, born and raised in McHenry, Illinois, has practiced law since 1982. He joined Cowlin, Naughton, Curran, Cuda, and Hanzel in 2024, concentrating in family law, estate planning, probate, real estate, and land development. He previously served as mayor of McHenry and on the McHenry High School Board of Education.