OFFICE LOCATION
The Sotos Law Firm, P.C.
Phone: 630-735-3300
Fax: 630-773-0980
Chicago Office:
141 W. Jackson Blvd. #1240A
Chicago, IL 60604
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JAMES G. SOTOS
Chicago, Illinois
The firm is led by James Sotos, who possesses over twenty-five years of experience representing public and private sector clients in federal and state litigation at the trial and appellate levels. During that time, Jim has distinguished himself as one of a handful of attorneys who has argued two cases in the United States Supreme Court, and he has achieved an enviable rate of success in the arena of Illinois governmental litigation. Jim enjoys Lexis-Nexis, Martindale-Hubbell's preeminent AV peer review rating and has been recognized both as an "Illinois Super Lawyer" by "Law and Politics" and the publishers of Chicago Magazine and as an Illinois Leading Lawyer by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company. Jim also lectures and publishes frequently on government liability and ethics and for over 20 years, authored the weekly newspaper column "In Federal Courts", for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
Areas of Practice
- Municipal Defense
- Civil Rights Defense
- Government Representation
- Employment Discrimination Defense
- Employee Internal Investigation
Litigation Percentage
- 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Supreme Court of Illinois, 1986
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1986
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1986
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
- U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois Trial Bar
Education
- The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
- J.D. - 1985
- Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio
- B.A. - 1981
- Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha
Published Works
- "In Federal Courts", Weekly column for the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, 1991 to present
Representative Cases
- Buckley v. Fitzsimmons, 113 S.Ct. 2606, 1993, U.S.Ill., 1993129078
- Albright v. Oliver, 114 S.Ct. 807, 1994, U.S.Ill., 1994031547
- Gauger v. McHenry County, 349 F.3d 354, 2003, 7th Circuit
Representative Clients
- City of Chicago
- City of Naperville
- City of Paris
- DuPage County
- McHenry County
- Grundy County
- Lake County
Classes/Seminars
- Lecturer, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation
- Illinois Municipal League
- Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police
- Illinois State Bar Association
- United States Department of Justice
Honors and Awards
- Lexis-Nexis, Martindale-Hubbell's preeminent AV peer review rating
- "Illinois Super Lawyer" by "Law and Politics" and the publishers of Chicago Magazine
- Illinois Leading Lawyer by the Law Bulletin PUblishing Company
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Member, 1986 to Present
- Chicago Bar Association, Member, 1986 to Present
- DuPage County Bar Association, Member, 1986 to Present
- Illinois State Bar Association, 1986 to Present
- 7th Circuit Bar Association, Present
- Federal Bar Association, Present
- American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), Member, 1989 to Present
CONTACT US
OFFICE LOCATION
The Sotos Law Firm, P.C.
Phone: 630-735-3300
Fax: 630-773-0980
Chicago Office:
141 W. Jackson Blvd. #1240A
Chicago, IL 60604
Map and Directions