An Inside Look:
What do you like best about practicing law?
I enjoy helping businesses and their owners grow and prosper.
What wisdom have you learned “on the job” that you didn’t learn in law school?
I understand the importance of surrounding myself with similar thinking people who inspire me and offer selfless advice and guidance.
What would you tell a young lawyer just starting out today?
I would advise them to pursue an area of law or a client segment that excites and resonates with them—to find something they are passionate about.
What do you do when you are not practicing law?
I love helping my daughters with their horseback riding, playing soccer and spending as much time as possible with my family in Wisconsin.
What three words best describe you?
Dependable, loyal, optimistic.
What are your “words to live by”?
“Make it happen!”
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Richard J. Lofgren, Esq. 
Rick formed The Entrepreneur’s Legal Resource (ELR) in 2008 in order to focus his legal experience exclusively on small to mid-sized businesses. Prior to forming ELR, he founded a Chicago-based law firm, Keegan Laterza, Lofgren & Gleason, LLC in 2002, after practicing at some of Chicago’s largest and most prominent law firms: Clausen & Miller, Jenner & Block and Freeborn & Peters.
As a corporate and transactional attorney, Rick assists entrepreneurs in initial business planning, startup, business formation, all types of corporate transactions, including business asset and stock sales and purchases.
As a trial advocate, Rick handles matters as both plaintiff and defense counsel relating to employment, discrimination, employee benefits, insurance coverage, construction, contracts, defamation, products liability, wage and hour claims, unfair competition claims, personal injury and commercial litigation.
Rick has practiced in state and federal courts all over the country. He is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Rick is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Additionally, Rick frequently practices before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, The Illinois Department of Human Rights, The Illinois Human Rights Commission, the Illinois Department of Labor, The Indiana Civil Rights Commission and The Ohio Civil Rights Commission.
As an appellate advocate, Rick has argued cases before the Illinois Appellate Court and the Illinois Supreme Court.
The following are some of the reported cases Rick has litigated: Kruse v. Aamed, Inc., 1997 U.S. Lexis 2530 (N.D. Ill. 1997); Manufacturing & Mktg. Concepts, Inc. v. Southern California Carbide, Inc., 920 F.Supp. 116 (N.D. Ill. 1996); Jacobson v. Knepper & Moga, P.C., 293 Ill.App. 3d 565, 688 N.E.2d 813 (1st Dist. 1997); Jacobson v. Knepper & Moga, P.C., 185 Ill.2d 372 (Ill. 1998); Safeway Insurance Co. v. Daddono, 334 Ill. App.3d 215, 777 N.E.2d 693 (1st Dist. 2002). Rick is also the author of several publications, including Clarifying the Recent Federal Developments (Sexual Harassment), Kenneth R. Dolin (co-authored by Richard J. Lofgren) and Eliminating Natural Causes and False Indicators, Robert Schwarz, Thomas A. McDonald and Richard J. Lofgren, Arson Training & Prosecution Manual.
Rick earned his J.D. with High Honors in 1985 from The John Marshall Law School, where he graduated 5th in his class, was a member of the Law Review, an oralist and brief writer for the Marshall-Wythe National Moot Court Competition and member of the Order of John Marshall.
Rick is an active member of the Chicago Bar Association, DuPage Bar Association, the Illinois Bar Association, Rotary One, Vistage International, President’s Resource Group and the Glen Ellyn Business to Business Group.
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