Please join SBH in congratulating partner Mark J. Smith, who has been awarded the Law Bulletin Media/Jury Verdict Reporter 2025 Trial Lawyer Excellence Award for Defense Attorney Achievement .  This award recognizes defense trial lawyers who have consistently been able to deliver minimized damages for their clients on high profile cases. We appreciate Mark’s phenomenal advocacy for our clients!

Meet Sarah Knoll, a new Associate Attorney at SBH, sworn into the Illinois bar today! After growing up nearby the shores of Lake Michigan, Sarah graduated, magna cum laude, from Michigan State University with a major in Kinesiology. Sarah then moved to Chicago for law school, where she obtained her Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, with a certificate in Advocacy. While in law school, Sarah served as both Associate and Advanced Directive Executive Ed