Wayne B. Addis
Wayne B. Addis is a member of Addis Greenberg & Schultz, L.L.C. His practice emphasizes
surety, construction law, representation of general and specialty
contractors, municipal law and criminal defense work.
He represents clients in a wide variety of litigation matters
before Federal and State Courts, arbitration and mediation panels
and administrative agencies. With over 30 years of experience, Mr Addis has achieved tremendous results both at trial and through settlement.
Before joining the firm in 1989,
Mr. Addis was a staff attorney for Colfax Corp. and its sister
corporation, National Wrecking Company, widely recognized asbestos
abatement and demolition contractors. He received special
education and certification in asbestos abatement management from
the University of Illinois School of Public Health.
Mr. Addis also spent
seven years as Assistant State's Attorney for Cook County, serving
as a First Chair Felony Trial Assistant and Civil Litigator.
He also was appointed as a Special Assistant State's Attorney
to the President of the Cook County Board.
At the inception of
his legal career, Mr. Addis served as a Felony Trial Attorney
for the Cook County Public Defender's Office.
Mr. Addis is a graduate
of Northern Illinois University (B.A. 1975) and Northern Illinois
University College of Law (J. D. 1978).
He is admitted and
qualified to practice in the United States District Court for
the Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar since its inception
in 1982, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
He is a member of:
- The American Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Practice Section and Criminal Justice Section);
- The Chicago Bar Association;
- Northwest Suburban Bar Association (past Co-Chairperson of the Criminal Law Committee and Member of the Judicial Screening Committee);
- The Association of Trial Lawyers of America;
- The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers;
- The Lake County Bar Association (Criminal Law Committee);
- The Chicago Surety Claims Association;
- National Bond Claims Association;
- Illinois State Bar Association;
- The North Suburban Bar Association
