Joel J. Sprayregen

Prior to Joel’s retirement from the practice of law, his legal work concentrated on complex corporate and business litigation. He continues to advise clients through Taft Business Consulting.

Joel emphasizes full understanding of the client’s business problems. He has served a variety of public and closely held corporate clients. Many of Joel’s past legal clients placed him on their boards of directors.

Joel has an international reputation, having handled cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States, including the Supreme Court of the United States, and also appearing in the courts of Switzerland. Among the other matters in which he has litigated disputes are:

• Securities
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Banking
• Employee benefits
• Insurance
• Employment
• Construction
• Partnerships
• Products liability

Among many other professional distinctions in Joel’s career, the U.S. District Court in Chicago gave special commendation to a team of lawyers, of which he was lead counsel, for their work in a case involving complex issues of securities law in the merger of the Crown Zellerbach Corporation. Joel was also the American lawyer for the City of Prague, Czechoslovakia, and he served for more than a decade as a member of the Character and Fitness Commission of the Illinois Supreme Court.