Melissa Livengood

Christina Beck

Michael Bashem

Michael began his legal career later in life volunteering at the Kankakee County office of Prairie State Legal Services.  He then worked for a legal copy company in downtown Chicago and has spent 10 years working in injury law as a Paralegal in Galesburg, Illinois.  Before that he spent years in manufacturing, and he used…

DeeAnne Cleary

DeeAnne commenced her legal career during college at a personal injury law firm in Rockford, Illinois. She has experience helping injured clients in Plaintiffs’ personal injury and mass tort litigation and is a great addition to our team. Outside of work, she loves reading, spending time with family and being outdoors walking her beagle, running,…

Sondra Kuehn

Sondra has been working as a Paralegal in the personal injury field for 15 years.  She believes that every client has their own unique story and she takes great pride in helping the injured. Sondra lives in Chicago and loves the diversity and adventure of Chicago. When not working, she and her husband enjoy spending…

Kelli Barham

Kelli Barham graduated from Brown Mackie in 2007 with a GPA of 3.8, she received her Paralegal degree and has been working in the law field for 13 years. She has been with VanDerGinst Law since January 2020. She is a paralegal. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her grandbabies.

Melissa Ernat

Recently returning to VanDerGinst Law after a 15 year leave of absence, paralegal for Dennis & Mass Torts. Melissa says, “I’m also a world’s best wife & mother of the year award recipient (but don’t ask my husband or kids about it, they don’t like to brag)!”

Kathy Fox

Kathy says, “I am an oldie but a goodie.” Kathy has been assisting attorneys as a paralegal and helping injured workers for over 45 years. Kathy says she loves her job and co-workers. She finds it very rewarding to help people receive the benefits to which they are entitled. In her leisure time, she is…

Mary Beckhart

Mary is a paralegal and has worked at VanDerGinst Law for almost 30 years. Mary started as a Receptionist, then moved to Intake Manager for approximately 10 years. Mary loves her job and enjoys helping our clients. She says, “I work with an amazing group of people that work very hard to do what they…