Mark DeBofsky was recently profiled by Super Lawyers magazine in an article titled, “The Lawyer of Lost Causes and Bizarre Cases,” by Trevor Kupfer. The article highlights DeBofsky’s advocacy in Laborers’ Pension Fund v. Miscevic, 880 F.3d 927 (7th Cir.), cert. denied sub nom. Miscevic v. Estate of M.M., 138 S. Ct. 2633, 201 L. Ed. 2d 1029 (2018), involving the applicability of the Illinois Slayer Statute to an ERISA-governed pension plan. DeBofsky was also named by the magazine as one of the top 100 lawyers in Illinois, and Sherman, Casciari, and Reynolds were recognized as “Rising Stars.”
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