• to provide legal counsel to the Catholic Bishop of Chicago and to the parishes and agencies of the Archdiocese

• to supervise and coordinate overall legal services, including the use of outside legal counsel, to meet the demand for legal assistance in contract, property, personnel, and other areas of organizational life

155 E. Superior Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611

Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 1979
Chicago, Illinois 60690

Telephone: (312) 751-8239
Fax: (312) 751-5252
E-mail: legalservices@archchicago.org

Staff

John O’Malley has been Director of Legal Services since January 1992. He received his JD from Loyola University, 1975.

Practice Areas: Church/State, Corporate, Misconduct, Trusts & Estates

Maureen Murphy has been Counsel for the Archdiocese of Chicago Legal Office since April 1993. She received her JD from Cornell University, 1984.

Practice Areas: Contracts, Employment, Facilities & Construction, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, School Law, Tax

Hortensia Carreira joined the Office of Legal Services in September 2006. She received her JD from University of Chicago Law School, 2001. Hortensia is fluent in Spanish.

Practice Areas: Real Estate

Patty Hindo joined the Office of Legal Services in October 2003. She received her JD from Chicago Kent College of Law, 1995. Patty is fluent in Spanish.

Practice Area: Immigration

Michael C. Baird, Senior Staff Attorney
(312) 867-2553
mbaird@archchicago.org

Mike Baird joined the Office of Legal Services in March 2008. He received his JD from DePaul University College of Law, 2003.

Practice Areas:            General Practice

Jessica L. Schmidt, Staff Attorney
(312) 751-8306
jeschmidt@archchicago.org

Jessical Schmidt joined the Office of Legal Services in February 2008. She received her JD and MBA from Loyola University Chicago in 2007.

Practice Areas:   General Practice

Janet E. Leonatti, Legal Administrator
(312) 751-8319
jleonatti@archchicago.org

Jan Leonatti joined the Archdiocese of Chicago in August 1992 and the Office of Legal Services in July 1994.

Jan is responsible for the business function and overall operations of the Office of Legal Services and supports all Legal Services staff in their individual roles.

Pawel joined the Office of Legal Services in July 2005. Pawel has an MA in Law from the School of Law, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. He is fluent in Polish and speaks German. Pawel serves as paralegal support to all in-house Archdiocesan attorneys. His primary focus is immigration.

Donna Demars has been with the Office of Legal Services since March 1999.

Donna provides secretarial support to all Legal Services staff.

LaShieka Govan joined the Office of Legal Services in October 2004.

LaShieka provides secretarial support to all Legal Services staff.

Helen Weston joined the Office of Legal Services in May 2007.

Helen provides clerical support to all Legal Services staff.

Jimmy Stathopoulos joined the Office of Legal Services in July 2006.

Jimmy provides clerical support to all Legal Services staff.