WEXLER BOLEY & ELGERSMA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Legal Assistant
- Assistant for Justin Boley
Amy Catena is the legal assistant for Justin Boley, Tyler Story, and Bethany Turke. Amy has been with Wexler Boley & Elgersma LLP since November 2015 and has welcomed every opportunity for further growth and development along the way. At such a fast-paced, high volume firm, organization and communication are essential to ensuring deadlines are met and expectations are exceeded.
Amy's educational record reflects her focused and goal-driven work ethic. She studied Criminal Justice Administration at Westwood College where she became certified in FEMA Crisis Management, received recognition from the National Honors Society, and made the Dean's List for three consecutive years. Amy came to the firm with knowledge and experience in Consumer Rights Litigation, and Chapter 7 and 13 Bankruptcy. Prior to joining the firm, Amy worked her way up the professional ladder from a receptionist to a legal assistant within four years' time. As a lover of learning, Amy enjoys the challenges she encounters in her daily role and utilizes her efficient problem-solving skills when faced with new and/or ambiguous circumstances.
In her spare time, Amy enjoys traveling, reading, cooking, visiting her identical twin sister in Arizona, and visiting Chicago's famous museums.
"At Wexler Boley & Elgersma, our success comes from a special dedication to exposing the truth, even in the face of increasingly sophisticated frauds. There is nothing more rewarding."
Dan joined Wexler Boley & Elgersma in April 2022 after almost thirty years of accounting roles in a variety of industries. Prior to joining Wexler, he was Controller for a leading provider of legal services to the financial services and mortgage banking industries. In addition to the financial accounting and cash management of the firm, Dan is responsible for Human Resources and Financial Planning & Analysis at Wexler Boley & Elgersma.
"When you believe in your work, it ultimately shows in the quality of the service or product you present."
Job Titles:
- Founder
- Managing Partner
- Founding Partner of Wexler Wallace
"My life's work has been to try to make a difference, which sometimes feels like trying to kick down a brick wall with my bare foot. But no matter how difficult it can be, taking on powerful special interests is both necessary and meaningful."
Wexler Boley & Elgersma has been headquartered in Chicago since the firm's founding in 2000. The main practice areas of the Chicago office include complex business, antitrust, securities, consumer protection, and healthcare litigation. Our office is conveniently located in the heart of downtown overlooking beautiful Lake Michigan.
Ken Wexler is the founding partner of Wexler Wallace, a leading firm in complex class action and multidistrict litigation.
Margaret joined Wexler Boley & Elgersma in September 2022 to work on complex class-action litigation, and has long been interested in protecting the rights of individuals and communities. While in law school, Margaret was active in her school's Pro Bono Clinic, where she argued on behalf of juveniles who received sentences of life imprisonment. She was also an Associate Barrister of the Trial Advocacy and Dispute Resolution Program and won various awards for her work in trial competitions. Her article advocating to allow individuals with felony convictions to sit on juries was published in the Lake County Bar Association Magazine, "The Docket," in July 2020.
After graduating law school, Margaret practiced federal criminal defense in the Northern District of Illinois. From September 2021-2022, she served as a law clerk to United States District Court Judge Thomas M. Durkin in the Northern District of Illinois, where she was exposed to a variety of complex litigation matters, including antitrust and False Claims Act cases.
Throughout her career, Melinda ("Mindy") Morales has represented clients across a broad range of complex litigation on both sides of the courtroom. Mindy has over twenty years of experience in state and federal court advocating for both plaintiffs and defendants at the trial and appellate levels. This gives Mindy a unique perspective that allows her to anticipate her opposing counsel's methods and provides insight into their approach.
Travis joined Wexler Boley & Elgersma in March 2020 as a Paralegal assisting attorneys on various class actions, including Biometric Information Privacy Act, antitrust, and data breach matters.
Prior to joining the firm, Travis worked in several areas of the law, including commercial real estate, estate planning, personal injury, and family law matters. Travis' well-rounded background, as well as his attention to detail, meticulous organization, and devotion, has made him an asset to the firm.
Travis graduated from Indiana University with his degree in criminal justice, and is currently pursuing his law degree, with a focus in trial advocacy and alternative dispute resolution, from the University of Illinois Chicago. While in law school, Travis is actively participating in moot court programs, and during his undergraduate studies was a founding member of the Indiana University Mock Trial organization.
If you've worked with Wexler Boley & Elgersma, chances are you've spoken to Yolanda. Over the 13 years she has worked at the firm, she has become a cornerstone of the organization and prides herself on being both knowledgeable and approachable. Bringing those tenants to her team keeps them prepared for things including staff training and empowerment, IT management and offering attorneys help with day to day administrative tasks and paralegal assignments.
Yolanda has an Associates Degree from Brown Mackie College in Secretarial Sciences. She feels lucky to have found a home as amazing as Wexler Boley & Elgersma and even luckier to have seen her beloved Cubs win the 2016 World Series!
The powers, privileges, and social status granted to many of us in the legal profession come with a responsibility to work continually toward justice-to make laws more equitable, to obtain redress for the injured, to hold the powerful to account, to refuse to go along to get along. This simple principle is both what motivates my work and an ethos that I see embodied in Wexler Boley & Elgersma.