About

Ekl Williams & Provenzale LLC is a boutique law firm with a team of experienced litigators who have more than 150 years of combined experience in law practice. We were founded in 1976, and our core principles have always been excellence and professionalism in the pursuit of justice for every client. We offer vigorous advocacy and commitment to individuals and businesses in a broad range of civil matters, real estate disputes, estate litigation, personal injury claims, civil rights, criminal defense, and numerous commercial law concerns.

At Ekl Williams & Provenzale LLC, our clients come first.

We are a specialized Illinois law firm with decades of experience and a commitment to delivering strong legal advocacy, personal attention, and real results. Our areas of expertise include:

• Legal issues related to real estate
• Defense from felony criminal charges
• Commercial and business disputes
• Injuries caused by the negligence of another, including car accidents and slip-and-fall accidents
• Injuries or deaths due to mistakes by a medical professional
• Civil rights matters, including First Amendment freedoms and police abuse cases
• Probate litigation and will contests

Our firm has been a practicing law firm in the Chicago metropolitan area and collar counties for over 50 years, and our lawyers are skilled at handling criminal and civil cases. They dedicate their professional lives to providing superior legal representation to every client. With a history of successful cases, the experienced attorneys at Ekl Williams & Provenzale LLC will aggressively work to protect your rights.

Our Criminal Defense Practice

Here are a few examples of our successes in the area of criminal defense:

• Exonerated a former DuPage County assistant state’s attorney of accusations that he conspired to fabricate a confession of a convicted felon implicated in the abduction, rape and murder of an 11-year-old Naperville girl
• Exonerated a local chief of police of accusations that he conspired to allow gambling at a tavern in his municipality
• Exonerated a local municipal official of allegations that he abused his stepdaughter
• Exonerated a child care worker of an accusation that she murdered a baby in her care

A Long History Of Success In Civil Cases

We have helped our clients get the best possible outcomes for many civil rights cases, such as:

• Obtaining a judgment in a federal court for over $300,000 for a local municipal client from a former municipal official for breaching the fiduciary duties of his municipal office; this is believed to be the highest ever judgment against a municipal official for breach of fiduciary duty
• Recovering a multimillion-dollar settlement for the family of a woman killed by a police officer who fell asleep at the wheel of his squad car
• Recovering a multimillion-dollar settlement for hundreds of employees who worked in a local county building and became sick from toxins released in the building’s air – at the time, this was the largest toxic tort settlement ever in Illinois
• Recovering millions of dollars in settlements for individuals and families injured in various accidents involving automobiles, premises and job-related activities