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Arturo Jáuregui

Arturo started Jáuregui and Associates from the ground up.  Before that, he had spent 10 years at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), with four of those years as director.  After spending 28 years in the downtown area, with many great victories for clients, Arturo then made it his mission to be closer to the community that gave him his start. He salvaged a building that had been abandoned for over 25 years.

Education:

University of Illinois at Chicago B.A., Political Science, 1982

University of Iowa Law School; Juris Doctor, 1984

Edward James Santiago

Eddie got his start at the Civil Appeals Division of the Illinois Attorney General’s office, where he successfully handled numerous cases for the State of Illinois before the various state appellate courts and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He also previously worked as in-house counsel for the City Colleges of Chicago and the Chicago Board of Education Law Department.  Mr. Santiago later went into private practice as a litigation associate at the national labor law firm of Seyfarth Shaw, before joining forces with Arturo Jáuregui at Jáuregui and Associates.

Education:

Yale University B.A., Political Science, 1982

DePaul University College of Law, Juris Doctor, 1986

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