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Carl E. Volz

  • Senior Associate

Practice Areas:

  • Municipal Defense
  • Civil Rights Defense
  • Internal Investigations
  • Misc. - Litigation

Litigation:

  • 100%

Biography

Carl is a graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law. Prior to joining the Sotos Law Firm, Carl was founder and sole member of Pontem Law, LLC, at which he advised start-ups and young businesses and practiced shareholder and complex commercial litigation and employment law. Before starting Pontem Law, Carl worked for more than 20 years as a securities litigator with large, international law firms where he led numerous internal investigations and defended public companies and their officers and directors in state and federal courts around the country and in matters brought by state and federal regulators. 

Education

  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
    • J.D.
  • Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
    • B.A., B.S. - 1992
    • Honors: Dean’s List
    • Major: Journalism, Political Science

Bar Admission

  • Illinois, 1995
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 2008
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 2017
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 2016

Past Positions

  • Pontem Law LLC, Founder, 2018 to 2025
  • K&L Gates LP, Partner, 2016 to 2018

Honors

  • Super Lawyer, 2022 - 2024

Professional Associations

  • Illinois State Bar Association, Present

Languages

  • English