Undergraduate Education

University of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
Bachelor of Criminal Justice, 1980

Law School Education

John Marshall Law School
Chicago, Illinois
Juris Doctor, 1983

Steve Szeszel was born and raised in Chicago on the Northwest side in the Edgebrook area. Steve graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice in 1980 and earned his Juris Doctor from John Marshall Law School in 1983.

Steve previously worked as an in-house counsel for Allstate Insurance Company from 1983 to 1995 handling insurance defense litigation cases including auto accidents, premises liability, uninsured/underinsured motorist cases. Steve also provided legal opinions on coverage issues for Allstate Insurance. Steve left Allstate for private practice with a concentration in the representation of plaintiff’s in personal injury claims. Steve has also served as an Arbitrator for Cook County Mandatory Arbitration matters from 1990 to 2007, and as an Arbitrator for American Arbitration Association 1986 to the present time.

Steve married Cathy Szeszel in 1988 and they have two daughters; Rachel, age 25, and Nicole, age 23.