PATRICK M.

KINNALLY
KINNALLY, FLAHERTY, KRENTZ & LORAN, P.C.
2114 Deerpath Road
Aurora, IL 60506
Office: 630/907-0909
Cellular: 630/987-1862
Facsimile: 630/907-0913
pkinnally@kfkllaw.com
Education:

Loyola University, B.A., cum laude, 1972

John Marshall Law School, J.D., 1980

Personal:

Married to Sally (Conterato) Kinnally; 4 children, Moira, Rorry, Cara and Calan.

Bar Admissions:

Admitted to Bar, State of Illinois, 1980

Admitted to Bar, State of Indiana, 1980
Admitted to United States District Court, Illinois; Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 1980
Admitted to United States Supreme Court, 1985

Affiliations:

President, Kane County Bar Association (2010-2011)

Officer, Kane County Bar Association (2003-2010)
Member, Illinois State Bar Association
Member, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association
Member, Minimum Continuing Legal Education Board, Illinois Supreme Court
Member, Commission on Professionalism, Illinois Supreme Court

Background:

Native and resident of Aurora, Illinois. Prior to entering private practice, I was an inspector, examiner, attorney
and teacher for the Immigration & Naturalization Service. Upon graduation from law school, I was appointed law
clerk to Justice James D. Heiple of the Illinois Appellate Court. I have been involved in commercial, injunction,
probate and general litigation, immigration, administrative , environmental and local government law. I have
served as a hearing officer in siting pollution control facilities in Kane, DuPage and Kendall counties. Since 1999,
served as an adjunct professor at Northern Illinois University College of Law, having taught Illinois Civil
Procedure, Immigration & Nationality Law and Trial Skills courses. I am a Certified Mediator/Arbitrator in the
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, serving Kane, Kendall and DeKalb counties. Ongoing contributions as a Continuing
Legal Education speaker and writer for the Illinois State Bar, DuPage County and Kane County Bar Associations.

Employment:

U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service 1973-1980

Law Clerk, Justice James D. Heiple, 3d Dist. Appellate Court 1980-1982
Associate Attorney - Reid, Ochsenschlager, Murphy & Hupp 1982-1985
Partner, Murphy, Hupp, Foote, Mielke & Kinnally 1985-1999
Partner, Murphy, Hupp & Kinnally, P.C. 2000-2002
Partner, Kinnally, Krentz, Loran, Hodge & Herman, P.C. 2002-2005
Partner, Kinnally, Flaherty, Krentz & Loran, P.C. 2006-present

References:

Honorable Judith M. Brawka, Circuit Judge, Kane County, Illinois

Honorable Timothy J. McCann, Circuit Judge, Kendall County, Illinois
Timothy J. Reuland, Attorney at Law, Aurora, Illinois

Representative Clients:

Kane County Board (Special Assistant State’s Attorney)

Kendall County Board (Special Assistant State’s Attorney)
Kane County Forest Preserve District
Fox Valley Park District
Lyon Workspace Products, L.L.C.
Midwest Groundcovers
Public Action to Deliver Shelter/Hesed House

Representative Verdicts/Judgments:

Navar v. City of Aurora (Illinois) - Plaintiff is successful in constitutional challenge to municipal

noise ordinance. 210 Ill.App.3d 126 (1992)

Dawn Equipment Company v. Kentucky Farms - Plaintiff’s jury verdict in patent infringement case.
140 F.3d 1009 (C.A.Fed., 1998)

Vaughan v. Westphal - (Illinois) - Plaintiff’s jury verdict of $13 million tort case (unreported).

In Re: Schweitzer - (Illinois) - Defense jury verdict in $2 million will contest case (unreported).

Valdovinos v. Gallant Insurance Co. - (Illinois) - Plaintiff’s bad faith verdict for breach of insurance
contract. 314 Ill.App.3d.1018 (2000)

Schultz v. Lord & Essex, Inc./Village of Oswego - (Illinois) - Plaintiff’s permanent injunction against
developer for changing watershed so as to increase water drainage onto Plaintiff’s farm (unreported).

Mull v. Kane County Forest Preserve Dist.- (Illinois) - Plaintiff’s judgment involving injuries
sustained bicycling on a path reversed due to immunity under the Local Governmental and
Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act. 337 Ill.App.3d 589 (2003)

A.D. ex rel. J.D. v. Forest Preserve District of Kane Co. - (Illinois) - Defense judgment in willful
and wanton case. 313 Ill.App.3d 919 (2000)

Nelson v. County of DeKalb - (Illinois) - Unsuccessful zoning Challenge. 363 Ill.App.3d 206 (2005)

Our Savior Evangelical Church v. Saville et, al. (Illinois) Zoning Challenge No. 2-08-0105 (Ill.
App. 12/31/2009)(Ill. App. 2009)

Awards:

2006 CASA Kane County - Court Appointed Special Advocates Pro Bono Award
2004 League of United Latin American Citizens Public Service Award
2004 Kane County Bar Foundation Pro Bono Award
 2003 Tradition of Excellence - Illinois State Bar Association
2000 Kane County Bar Association Community Service Award
1988 Citizen of the Year - El Centro Pan Americano
------ Martindale-Hubbell - AV Peer Review Rated
------ Leading Lawyers Network - Commercial, General Litigation
2010 Leading Lawyers Magazine- “Superb Litigator Takes Cases No One Else Wants”
Publications:

“Costs: An Imbroglio for Trial Practitioners”, ISBA Trial Briefs, October, 2000
“Aliens, Guilty Pleas and the Risk of Deportation: Time for a Legislative Response”, Illinois Bar Journal, April,
2001
“Jury Instructions: When is a normal life lost?”, ISBA Trial Briefs, June 2001
“A Summary on Summary Judgment” Du Page County Bar Association Brief; November, 2001
“Backstriking Jurors: Diligent Advocacy or Guile?”, ISBA Trial Briefs, August, 2002
“Closing Argument: Using Enlarged Trial Transcripts and Jury Instructions”, ISBA Trial Briefs, May, 2003
“ Witnesses, Statements and Depositions”, ISBA Trial Briefs, September, 2003
“Trial Practice Update for General Practitioners: Lessons from Recent Cases”, Illinois Bar Journal, October,
2003
“The Occasional Litigators Guide to Making the Most of Pleadings and Motions”, Illinois Bar Journal, August,
2004
“A Few Tips on Litigating Non-Competition Agreements: An Employee’s Perspective”, Illinois Bar Journal, May,
2007
“The Unwanted: Dead Witnesses and the Absence of a Paper Trail: Looking at the Dead Man’s Act and
the Frauds Act”, ISBA, Trial Briefs, February, 2008
“Admonitions in the Criminal Trial Court”, DuPage County Bar Association Brief (September 2010)