STEPHAN ZOURAS, LLP

Congratulations to our counsel in Pennsylvania, David Cohen, for being named as a 2024 Super Lawyer for Plaintiff Employment Litigation!

Yesterday several Stephan Zouras staff attended the annual fundraiser, “The Working Lunch”! Led by one of SZ’s own partners and WE Board Member, Teresa Becvar, our firm is proud to sponsor such an important and inspiring fundraiser. WE’s mission is to pursue workplace equity through effecting policy change, expanding access to educational opportunities, and advocating for a fair and inclusive workforce. We encourage our followers to learn more at https://womenemployed.org/

Stephan Zouras is celebrating 17 years! We are incredibly proud of our SZ team and thankful to our clients who have entrusted us with their legal needs. In 17 years, we have…

Recovered over $500,000,000 for hundreds of thousands of people nationwide,

Established groundbreaking precedent at the United States and Illinois Supreme Court on worker and individual privacy rights, and

Helped steer millions of dollars to numerous worthy charities as cy pres recipients

We look forward to more rewarding years to come!

We’re proud that through our advocacy, Stephan Zouras has helped steer over $750,000.00 to several worthy charitable organizations in Illinois as cy pres recipients over the last two years. These organizations, who work tirelessly to provide legal aid and other services to underprivileged sectors of our community, include the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Women Employed, the Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, the Greater Chicago Food Depository and Prairie State Legal Services. We encourage our followers to learn more and support the important work of these groups and their steadfast dedication to secure justice for ordinary hardworking people.

Listen to Jim among a panel of attorneys and the Honorable Morton Denlow discuss BIPA and the Cothron case, in which Jim argued and won before the Illinois Supreme Court. Live web event today at 2:00PM CST presented by the Chicago Bar Association.

We are extremely proud and humbled to be recipients of the of 2023 Honorary Champion Award. Thank you for acknowledging our firm’s efforts in legal aid and service. It was a wonderful event!

Thank you for your kind words and excellent feedback. We are delighted to hear about your experience with Anna and our team at Stephan Zouras. Our firm is always happy to assist anyone that requires legal support in any way that we can.

To learn more about what we do and how we can help you, pleased visit www.stephanzouras.com or call our office at 312-233-1550.

Tomorrow morning Stephan Zouras will be awarded the 2023 Honorary Champion Award at the Illinois Bar Foundation 2023 Breakfast of Champions. SZ is being recognized for our hard work and our ongoing advocacy of the IBF (Illinois Bar Foundation) in the world of class action lawsuits.

Stephan Zouras is pleased to announce the addition of two new associate attorneys to the firm: Danielle Sweet and Justin Caparco! Both Danielle and Justin are outstanding litigators who bring their unique background and experience that we know will help continue our legacy of protecting the rights of ordinary workers and consumers, in data privacy, cybersecurity, wage and hour, consumer fraud and complex class actions. Welcome to SZ, Danielle and Justin!

Chicago-Kent College of Law alums Ryan Stephan and Anna Ceragioli, as well as Stephan Zouras clerk and Chicago-Kent student Brian Devall, attended last night's Malin Institute Member Reception for Chicago-Kent's Martin H. Malin Institute for Law and the Workplace. Always nice to connect with .

Attorneys Anna Ceragioli and Molly Stemper and law clerks Allison, Brian, and Gillian had a great time celebrating the awardees and inductees at Friday's annual HLAI black tie gala. We were so happy to sponsor this event!

We are proud sponsors of this year’s Annual HLAI & HLAI Charities Black Tie Gala and Installation Dinner. We look forward to celebrating the inductees and awardees at this year’s event to to celebrate the important work done by HLAI!

Yesterday, Stephan Zouras participated in - a 5K benefiting . It’s become one of our favorite annual traditions. Join us next year! 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏿🏃🏻‍♂️

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Having won more than $250 million in verdicts and settlements on behalf of hundreds of thousands of clients across the nation, we help you understand your rights and aggressively pursue recovery on your behalf. Because of this, our lawyers and cases have been featured in multiple media outlets and we are grateful for their recognition.

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Stephan Zouras, LLP has filed several federal class action lawsuits on behalf of Illinois, Arizona, and California auto insurance policyholders who have been charged excessive premiums as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

We multiple proposed class actions to end auto insurance companies’ practice of unfairly profiting from the pandemic by continuing to charge and collect excessive premiums and failing to issue adequate refunds.

If you believe you have been overcharged for insurance premiums during the COVID-19 pandemic and/or want more information on your rights, please contact us.​

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Equal rights.
Equal opportunity.
Equal treatment.

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Thank you to our clients for their feedback and great reviews. We strive to do and be our best and are incredibly honored to help. ⚖️

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Stephan Zouras was proud to co-sponsor the 109th Annual Installation Dinner & Awards Gala. Founded in 1914, the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois is one of the oldest – and largest – bar associations in Illinois. We congratulate the WBAI on a stellar event!

Thank you for the great review! We wouldn’t be here without our clients (and will always be ready with chocolates for you). 🍫

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Stephan Zouras, LLP is excited to announce the promotion of Anna Ceragioli to Partner.

Anna has been a member of the Stephan Zouras team since 2017, starting as a law clerk. As an attorney, Anna has successfully represented hundreds of thousands of individuals in Illinois and across the country in litigation involving illegal pay practices and biometric privacy. Her representation has ranged from individual wrongful termination cases to classes of over 50,000 individuals fighting for tuition refunds.

Throughout her time at Stephan Zouras, Anna has made significant contributions not only the the firm, but to the practice of Plaintiff’s employment law generally. Anna secured a landmark ruling in the Northern District of Illinois that damages under the Illinois Minimum Wage Law, including treble damages, are calculated over and above liquidated damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act, dramatically sharpening the teeth of both laws. She also won a complete victory in one of the first in-person federal jury trials for unpaid wages since the onset of the COVID pandemic against a Fortune 500 company.

For three consecutive years, Anna has been named as a Rising Star by Illinois Super Lawyers, a distinction given to no more than 2.5% of the lawyers in Illinois. She was a chair for the Young Lawyers Section of The Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Competition from 2019 to 2022.

A lifelong Chicagoan, Anna is a proud graduate of Chicago-Kent College of Law, where she was just one of 12 graduating students awarded the Chicago-Kent Bar & Gavel Society in 2018. She was president of the Chicago-Kent Moot Court Honor Society during the 2017-2018, when Chicago-Kent placed second in the entire country. Read more about Anna:

https://www.stephanzouras.com/our-story/anna-m-ceragioli/

In memory of many, in honor of all. 🇺🇸

Recently, Jim was invited to speak with the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE). He gave the Wage & Hour Update and spoke about BIPA.

This innovative teaching program provided guidance and instruction to attorneys so they may better deal with numerous issues facing law practitioners. To learn more about the program, please visit: https://www.iicle.com/

To learn more about what we do and how we can help you, please visit: www.StephanZouras.com 🖥️ or call 312.233.1550📱

Congratulations to our newest associate - Lauren Warwick - for passing the Illinois Bar. Earlier this week Lauren was sworn in and is now an official SZ attorney!

Lauren earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with degrees in Psychology, Philosophy, and Spanish. She graduated law school cm laude from UC Law SF (formerly named UC Hastings).

Prior to SZ, Lauren practiced law as a general litigator in California. We are glad she is back in the Midwest and part of our team!

Join us in welcoming Molly E. Stemper to the Stephan Zouras team!

Molly has dedicated her career to the vindication of employee and consumer rights. She began her career prosecuting individual employment discrimination actions before the Northern District of Illinois, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Illinois Department of Human Rights.

At Stephan Zouras, Molly will represent individuals and groups of people whose rights have been violated by corporate injustice, abuse, and greed.

Administrative Professionals Day is a special day where we take a moment to celebrate the people who work in the company to keep everything moving along smoothly. Our assistants, office managers, and receptionists keep our law firm moving forward smoothly as the attorneys focus on representing the people in court. Thank you for all your work.

Teresa Becvar and Anna Ceragioli recently attended the National Employment Lawyers Association Spring Seminar, "The Changing Face of Wage & Hour Litigation" in sunny San Diego.

As a law firm that has represented hundreds of thousands of workers in wage and hour litigation throughout the country, we appreciate that wage and hour law is constantly changing. Thank you, NELA, for putting on a great seminar to discuss the latest trends and laws!

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