PROFILES

Jason M. Whiteside is a founding partner of Whiteside & Goldberg, Ltd., which was formed in August of 2010. Mr. Whiteside has obtained more than $20 million for his clients in the seven years he has been practicing law. He continues to represent victims and their families in all areas of personal injury law, including medical malpractice, products liability, auto, wrongful death, premises liability, construction negligence, and workers' compensation accidents.

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Founding Partner of Whiteside & Goldberg, Michael Goldberg has personally obtained over $40,000,000 in jury verdicts, arbitration awards, mediations, and settlements in cases involving motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice actions, wrongful death actions, premises liability, sexual assault, and construction accidents. Michael is licensed to practice law in Illinois and in Wisconsin.

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Joseph received his law license in 2006 and since that time has been practicing in the areas of personal injury and workers’ compensation. Superlawyer Magazine named him an Illinois Rising Star in the legal field in the years, 2012, 2013 and 2014. In January of 2014, Joe joined the Law Firm of Whiteside and Goldberg as an associate attorney.

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Mr. McGarry focuses his practice in personal injury, workers’ compensation and consumer protection remedies, with particular emphasis on advocating on behalf of consumers against creditors and debt collectors for violations of federal consumer law, including the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) and Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), as well as other related state law statutes.

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Since 2013, Mr. Latarski has exclusively represented victims of negligence in personal injury and workers compensation cases. Over the years, Mr. Latarski has recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars through trials, settlements, arbitrations, and mediations on behalf of his clients. In the Spring of 2018, Mr. Latarski brought his passion for fighting for injured victims as well as his depth of knowledge and experience to Whiteside & Goldberg, Ltd.

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Bryan J O’Connor Jr., in his 15+ years of practice, has first-chaired more than twenty-five jury cases, including cases involving railroad negligence, nursing negligence, construction (work place) negligence, and product liability. In a particularly unique case, and as part of his successful settlement of the underlying wrongful death claims against the property owner, O’Connor arranged for an assignment of the property owner's contribution action against the employer, who sought to recoup monies from the wrongful death settlement. At the contribution trial, O’Connor convinced the Jury that the employer was primarily at-fault for the client’s death, thereby precluding the employer from recouping any monies from the wrongful death settlement.  O'Connor has also second-chaired another 10-15 cases, including multiple complex medical negligence cases. 

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As a trial attorney, Patrick considers it a privilege to represent his clients whose lives have been devastated by the carelessness and negligence of others. Patrick understands the time following an injury or the death of a family member, can be a very painful and difficult time for many people, not only because of the physical, psychological and emotional injuries they suffered, but also due to the economic uncertainty causes as well as the unfamiliarity with the civil litigation process. 

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An Albanian national, Mr. Gjeci is a graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, earning his Juris Doctorate in 2022. In 2019, he earned his LL.M. in International Intellectual Property from Chicago – Kent College of Law. Before coming into the U.S., Mr. Gjeci was a practicing attorney in Albania for five years, where he focused on property-land disputes, business and mining law.

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