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JONATHAN M. CYRLUK
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Mr. Cyrluk is a member of Stetler & Duffy, Ltd.  He represents a wide variety of clients in business litigation and white-collar criminal defense. 

His civil practice has included representing individual and corporate clients in a wide variety of disputes, including breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, fraudulent transfers, franchise law, labor and employment disputes, insurance coverage, class action consumer cases, securities cases, bankruptcy and receivership proceedings.  He has represented plaintiffs, defendants and court appointed receivers in State and Federal trial and appellate proceedings.  Notably, Mr. Cyrluk successfully represented a group of former franchisees in a six-month jury trial in Orange County, California.  The case settled after a multi-million dollar judgment was entered in favor of his clients.  Recently, Mr. Cyrluk successfully represented Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc. in a jury trial of a breach of contract action in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.

Mr. Cyrluk’s criminal defense practice has included representing clients at trial, in grand jury proceedings, and in connection with investigations conducted by the United States Department of Justice and state authorities, including cases involving bank fraud, mail fraud, perjury, RICO and environmental crimes.  He has counseled a wide variety of clients regarding compliance with the law and has conducted numerous internal investigations.

Mr. Cyrluk is admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of Illinois, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.  He also has represented clients pro hac vice before federal and state trial courts in California, Florida, Indiana and Louisiana.  He has briefed and/or argued appeals in cases before the Illinois Appellate Court and the United States Courts of Appeal for the Seventh and Eighth Circuits, including Boll v. Stamatakis Industries, Inc., Nostalgia Network, Inc. v. Lockwood (argued), FDIC v. Wabick, et al. (argued); United States v. Snook (argued), and People v. Travnick (argued).

Stetler & Duffy, Ltd. was formed in March 1998.  Mr. Cyrluk is one of S&D’s five original attorneys.  Prior to S&D, Mr. Cyrluk was associated with McDermott, Will & Emery and Novack and Macey.

Mr. Cyrluk graduated magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1992.  He was a member of the Law Review and served as its Topics Editor.  He received his bachelors degree from the University of Illinois in 1989.

 

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