Attorneys

Susan Gunty
James P. McCarthy

Paul Van Lysebettens

Stephen K. Milott
Robert G. Freyder
Jean M. French
Mary Ann O'Reilly
Catherine L. Carlson
Mara E. Cohen
Jeremy B. Harris
Jennifer B. Groszek
Sheryl E. Healy
Patricia M. Kelly
Scott D. Pfeiffer
James P. Kasper
Tamika D.Marshall
Richard L. McLennan

Paul Van Lysebettens

Paul Van Lysebettens received his Juris Doctorate degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law and received a Bachelor of Music degree from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Van Lysebettens is licensed to practice in the State of Illinois and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the American and Illinois Bar Associations as well as the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel and the Defense Research Institute and has spoken at various defense seminars. He works in numerous counties throughout the State of Illinois concentrating in toxic tort litigation. He is also working with Ms. Gunty as National Coordinating Counsel for defendants sued in asbestos lawsuits.

In 1992, Mr. Van Lysebettens joined Gunty & McCarthy and is now a partner in the firm. In addition to Cook and other collar counties in Illinois, Mr. Van Lysebettens practices throughout Central and Southern Illinois as well as the State of Missouri via pro hac vice admission, defending various companies in toxic exposure matters including benzene, asbestos, silica and other product liability litigation. He supervises the litigation of hundreds of asbestos cases in the Circuit Court of Madison County, Illinois. He has been involved in various committees of asbestos lawyers assigned to re-draft the courts' standing Asbestos Orders in Cook County asbestos litigation and on the Madison County asbestos litigation as well.

Mr. Van Lysebettens also handles various other types of toxic tort litigation including lead paint exposure and caustic chemical spill liability. He also handles railroad liability, product liability litigation involving sports and heavy construction equipment as well as third-party employer defense resulting from worker's compensation litigation. Additional experience includes insurance coverage work, property damage litigation and agency liability defense in sexual assault type cases.

Mr. Van Lysebettens handles litigation from initial file analysis through final case resolution including pretrial conferences, arbitration hearings, trials, and appeals. Mr. Van Lysebettens has significant appellate experience including oral arguments in various Illinois appellate court districts.