Specializing in Commercial and White Collar Criminal Litigation
Staes & Scallan, P.C., specializes in commercial and white collar criminal litigation at the trial and appellate levels. Both have secured favorable results for numerous clients in civil and criminal matters. We are routinely referred work by significant Chicago law firms and would be pleased to represent you.
Commercial Litigation
(federal and state courts)
Appellate Litigation
(federal and state courts)
White Collar
criminal litigation
- Appellate Litigation
- Arbitration/Mediation
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Law
- Director and Officer Liability
- Employment Litigation
- Insurance Coverage
- Lender Liability
- Partnership Disputes
- Personal Injury
- Professional Liability
- RICO Litigation
- Securities Litigation

Andrew Staes
Partner
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Practice Areas
Commercial litigation (federal and state courts)
Appellate litigation (federal and state courts)
White Collar criminal litigation
Admissions
Illinois, 1983
Trial Bar United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 1984
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1985
United States Tax Court, 1991
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1992
Education
Illinois Institute of Technology/Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1983
University of Illinois (B.S.B.A. Business Administration), 1980
Recgonition
Named Illinois Super Lawyer in Business Litigation by Thomson Reuters
Selected to America’s Top 100 Criminal Defense Attorneys for Illinois.
Consulting
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) – Script Legal Advisor

Stephen Scallan
Partner
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Practice Areas
Commercial litigation (federal and state courts)
Appellate litigation (federal and state courts)
White Collar criminal litigation
Admissions
Illinois, 1995
Trial Bar United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2002
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2002
Education
University of Notre Dame Law School, 1995
Northwestern University (Bachelor of Arts), 1992
Recognition
Named Illinois Super Lawyer in Business Litigation by Thomson Reuters
Consulting
Proximate Cause Under RICO Southern Illinois Law Journal Vol. 20, Spring 1996.