Jack Franks
Jack Franks - Marengo, IL, Attorney with State Leadership Background
Jack Franks is an established Marengo, IL, attorney with a background in politics. For more than three decades, he has served as partner with Franks, Gerkin, Ponitz & Greeley and represented clients in complex civil and commercial litigation cases. Jack Franks also handles matters pertaining to banking services , personal injury and those cases dealing with international law.
Mr. Franks earned his political science degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison cum laude and studied at the London School of Economics. He subsequently pursued a degree at the American University Washington College of Law, also graduating cum laude. He contributed to the Administrative Law Journal while in law school.
For 18 years, Mr. Franks had an influential role in Springfield, IL, as an Illinois General Assembly member. His accomplishments included helping bring property taxes to a more manageable level, and he was a key voice in tackling the “pay-to-play” way of doing business in the state legislature. Jack Franks held roles on the Veterans' Affairs and Illinois Aging committees, and spearheaded successful efforts to impeach former Governor Rod Blagojevich.
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Marengo, IL US