Lecturer Bios
Alexandra Yamron, Esq.
Alexandra Yamron is an In-House Trial Attorney at a top insurance company in Austin. She has over ten years of experience handling insurance defense cases including personal injury, property damage, transportation, municipality litigation, insurance coverage, nursing home, and medical malpractice.
She has successfully tried multiple cases to jury verdict in both Illinois and Texas.
Terry A. Mueller, Esq.
Terry A. Mueller is an attorney with the Law Offices of Steven Lihosit. He concentrates his practice in civil litigation with a focus on negligence and personal injury cases. Mr. Mueller has 25+ years of trial experience and over 100 jury trials. He is a former Assistant Public Defender in DuPage County.
He recently conducted the first virtual civil jury trial in Illinois and also worked on the pilot mock remote jury selection with the 19th Judicial Circuit (Lake County) leading to the Illinois Supreme Court adopting SCR 45.
He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and Lake County Bar Association.
Anthony R. Elman, Esq
Anthony (Tony) Elman is the Lead Trial Attorney at Elman Joseph Samples Law Group, LLC. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters each year from 2016 through 2022, an honor awarded to no more than five percent of attorneys based on professional achievement and peer recognition.
Mr. Elman earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in 1988, his J.D. from Tulane Law School in 1991, and an LL.M. in Health Care Law from the DePaul University College of Law Health Law Institute in 1994. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar and the General and Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1992.
An experienced Chicago-based trial attorney, Mr. Elman is an active member of numerous professional organizations, including:
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- Lake County Bar Association
- Illinois Association of Hospital Attorneys
- American Academy of Hospital Attorneys
- National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives
- Legal Aid for Disabled and Elderly Persons
Honorable Luis A. Berrones
Judge Berrones was appointed an Associate Judge in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit on October 29, 2007 and was reappointed to his position in 2011, 2015 and 2019. Judge Berrones is currently assigned to a Law Division courtroom in the civil division where he hears a variety of civil matters in which a party is seeking damages in excess of $50,000.00.
He previously sat in Chancery court for nine years, domestic violence court for two years and family court. Judge Berrones began his career with the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office where he was a felony trial Assistant State’s Attorney. In 1987 he joined Gardner Carton & Douglas where he practiced for over twenty years representing clients in complex litigation cases involving business and products liability claims in state and federal courts throughout the United States.
While in private practice he also served as an arbitrator in Cook and Lake Counties’ Court Annexed Mandatory Arbitration Programs. Judge Berrones received his Bachelor of Arts degree and law degree from DePaul University.
