About Us — Our Attorneys

Mr. Adelman is an experienced and aggressive litigator advocating for PACA trust creditors at all levels of the federal court system nationwide.  He concentrates on Creditors’ Rights and Litigation including PACA trust enforcement.  Using his legal experience and business savvy, he provides PACA trust enforcement at rates among the lowest in his field. 

 

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Adelman handled federal and state civil litigation for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office as an Assistant State's Attorney.  In that role, he gained extensive federal and state litigation and trial experience. After his public service, Mr. Adelman worked in private practice for a firm exclusively devoted to PACA trust enforcement.

 

Mr. Adelman is an Illinois licensed attorney and a member of the Trial Bar of the Northern District of Illinois.  He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Eleventh Circuit and has appeared pro hac vice in multiple U.S. District Courts across the country.   Mr. Adelman also serves as an Arbitrator in the Cook County Circuit Court’s mandatory arbitration program.

 Mr. Adelman has now opened his own full-service law firm.  

Certifications:

· Arbitrator for the Cook County Circuit Court mandatory arbitration program.

Licensed by the State of Illinois and Admitted to Practice: 

· Member of the Trial Bar of the Northern District of Illinois

· Multiple U.S. District Courts

· U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Seventh and Eleventh Circuits

· Appeared Pro Hac Vice in numerous Federal Courts across the country on PACA related matters.

Education:

· John Marshall Law School in Chicago (J.D.)

· University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign (B.A)

Practice Areas: 

· PACA Law

· Business Litigation & Contract Disputes

· Creditor's Rights

· Civil Rights

· Child Support & Domestic Relations

· Estates, Trusts, and Wills

· Residential Real Estate

Other civil matters

Adelman Law Offices, P.C.

Protecting The Harvest By Protecting Your Assets.

 

PACA Hotline:  (847) 675-PACA

David A. Adelman

Gretchen Wehrenberg Stewart

Presently, Ms. Stewart uses her litigation experience on behalf of PACA clients in bankruptcy litigation and PACA trust enforcement.  Before coming to Adelman Law Offices, P.C., Ms. Stewart represented nationally recognized clients in corporate, contract, regulatory, financial and insurance matters.  She advances clients’ commercial litigation interests in state, federal, appellate, and bankruptcy courts. 

 

Ms. Stewart is licensed in Illinois and Indiana, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.  Ms. Stewart has a B.S.J. in journalism from Northwestern University and a J.D. from Indiana University School of Law.

Adelman Law Offices, P.C.

*New Address*

1901 N. Roselle Road

Suite 800

Schaumburg, Illinois 60195

 

Tel:  847/301-4341

Fax: 847/301-4342

 

PACA Hotline: 

847/675-PACA

Maria L.C. Mendoza Adleman

Currently, Ms. Mendoza-Adleman uses her litigation experience in the enforcement of PACA trust rights and contract disputes in federal, state, appellate, and bankruptcy courts. 

 

Before coming to Adelman Law Offices, P.C., Ms. Mendoza-Adleman handled federal regulatory and administrative matters for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as an Assistant General Counsel.   As a general litigator, she appeared before several federal forums including administrative hearings and presented arguments in district and appellate courts.  Ms. Mendoza-Adleman also practiced as an Assistant State’s Attorney litigating numerous civil cases for the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.  As a private practitioner, Ms. Mendoza-Adleman represented clients’ interests in the areas of business and contract law.

 

Ms. Mendoza-Adleman is an Illinois licensed attorney and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.  Ms. Mendoza-Adleman has a B.S. in Speech from Northwestern University.  She comes from Vermont Law School where she served as an editor for the Vermont Law Review and graduated with a J.D., cum laude.

 

 

E-Mail:  Adelman@PacaEnforcer.com

 

E-Mail:  Stewart@PacaEnforcer.com

E-Mail:  Maria@PacaEnforcer.com