Stephen P. Carponelli

Stephen P. Carponelli (1947 - 2012)

Stephen "Steve" P. Carponelli, age 64, died Thursday, March 1, 2012, at his home in Barrington Hills, IL, after a courageous fight against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS / "Lou Gehrig's Disease"). He earned a Juris Doctor degree in 1972, graduating cum laude from The John Marshall School of Law and was admitted to the practice of law by the Supreme Court of Illinois that same year. Early in his career, Steve co-founded the law firm Carponelli & Krug with friend Robert F. Krug, Jr. Over the course of his 40-year career, Steve combined the teamwork and competitive drive gained from athletics with the business acumen he developed at Drake and the knowledge and advocacy learned at John Marshall to become a highly respected litigator.

He was a multi-year member of the Justinian Society of Lawyers, Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Steve was nominated by his peers to the Leading Lawyers' Network, Super Lawyers and the trial lawyer honorary society, Litigation Counsel of America. In addition to his winning trial work, he also argued cases before the Appellate Court of Illinois, the Supreme Court of Illinois, United States District Court, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States. Steve's broad interests, reflected in his legal expertise, ranged from commercial and corporate matters to family law, criminal law, personal injury and professional negligence. He was a lawyer's lawyer and his proudest accomplishment was representing fellow attorneys in ethical matters before the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.

Read more about Steve here at Legacy.com