DuPage County Bar Association Names Wheaton Lawyer "Lawyer of the Year"

The DuPage County Bar Association named Wheaton lawyer Ted Donner Lawyer of the Year Friday, in recognition of his success in implementing a new vision for the Association's magazine, The Brief.

Donner demonstrated an unwavering focus and passion when faced with a challenge, according to outgoing DCBA President Steve Ruffalo. "I let him know that I really really felt that we could improve the Brief in many respects to make the publication more of a source of pride for our Association," Ruffalo said.  Donner was up to the task and reworked the entire magazine.  Then the bigger challenge was maintaining the quality level for the entire year.

Ruffalo added, "Ted has undertaken an enormous 13 month long responsibility in which he has endeavored to make every issue better than the last. Above all, Ted Donner is a class act who has truly had more fun with this Herculean project than I would have ever thought possible." 

Ted Donner is the principal of Donner & Company Law Offices LLC in Wheaton and an adjunct professor with Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Ted served as Editor-in-Chief of the DCBA Brief, first in 2007-08 and again in 2010-11. His practice is concentrated in matters relating to small to medium-sized businesses, including general business counseling and litigation, insurance coverage and employment law. He is the author of two national treatises for Thomson West, Jury Selection: Strategy & Science and the Attorneys Practice Guide to Negotiations. He serves as a volunteer attorney for Lawyers for the Creative Arts and is a member of the Alpha Sigma Nu National Jesuit Honor Society and the American Bar Foundation. Ted has an A.V. Rating from Martindale-Hubbell and is an "Illinois Super Lawyer."