professional activities

In addition to providing the highest level of services to its clients, the attorneys at Crisham & Kubes are dedicated to improving the legal profession.  They frequently author articles in respected legal publications, as well as present regular seminars and presentations to outside industries.  Attorneys at the firm also work to improve the profession through their affiliations with organizations such as American College of Trial Lawyers, American Board of Trial Advocates, International Society of Barristers, International Association of Defense Counsel, Association of Defense Trial Lawyers, Illinois Defense Trial Attorneys, Society of Trial Lawyers, Appellate Lawyers Association, The Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Institute, the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the DuPage County Bar Association, and the Women’s Bar Foundation, to name a few. Crisham & Kubes attorneys have appeared on local and national television programs, discussing emerging areas of the law, and have taught and lectured and served on adjunct faculties at some of the Chicago area’s leading law schools.

The attorneys at Crisham & Kubes are consistently recognized by their peers as being outstanding in their field, including being nominated as “Illinois Super Lawyers”, “Best Lawyers in America”, and Tom Crisham being named a “Pillar of the Legal Community”. Both Tom Crisham and Jeffrey Kubes have been named among the top 5% of attorneys in Illinois by the Leading Lawyers Network, and Jean Prendergast was named in 2007 as one of “40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch”.

Along with their professional activities, the attorneys at Crisham & Kubes have also participated in a variety of community outreach and volunteer services.