Joel J.H. Funk Named "Rising Star" in 2017 by Chicago Magazine & Illinois Super Lawyers

    ELMHURST, IL, November 27, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Joel J.H. Funk, shareholder at Hart David Carson LLP, has been selected to the 2017 Illinois Rising Stars list.

Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.

Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys who embody excellence in the practice of law.

Joel J.H. Funk is a founding partner at HART DAVID CARSON, LLP. Mr. Funk provides legal and business advice to companies in a wide range of industries, with a particular focus on commercial/residential real estate development, corporate mergers & acquisitions, and complex estate planning/asset protection. Mr. Funk has extensive experience in corporate and transactional work, including commercial acquisitions, elder law/disability planning, and fashion, retail & lifestyle corporate counsel. Mr. Funk has an extensive background in structuring and negotiating licenses, outsourcing and services agreements, and other complex commercial agreements, as well as senior executive employment and compensation arrangements.

Mr. Funk began his career with Walsh, Knippen, Pollock & Cetina with a focus on corporate litigation, personal injury, and medical malpractice. Mr. Funk was an NCAA baseball athlete, is an accomplished vocalist and guitar player, and currently resides in the Chicago-metro area with his wife and daughter.

HDC is a top boutique law firm serving the Chicago-metro area whose attorneys have extensive experience in corporate counseling, complex estate structuring, asset protection, litigation, workers compensation, & personal injury.

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