Law Society

Hon. John A. Simon ’78 is an Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, presiding over cases in the First Municipal District. Prior to his judicial appointment in 2020, John practiced civil litigation for over 25 years with the firm Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP (formerly Drinker Biddle & Reath, and before that, Gardner Carton & Douglas).

John began his legal career as law clerk for the Honorable Richard L. Curry in the Chancery Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, followed by seven years as an Assistant Illinois Attorney General in the General Law Division.

During his tenure in the Office of Attorney General and in the private practice, John tried many cases in federal and state courts and argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Illinois Supreme Court, the Seventh Circuit, and the Illinois Appellate Courts.

A member of the National Immigrant Justice Center’s Leadership Council for over twenty years, John represented asylum seekers from El Salvador, Guatemala, Columbia, Eritrea, and Cameroon as well as Dreamers from Mexico identified by NIJC as needing pro bono legal services. John is an active member of the scholarship committee of the Diversity Scholarship Foundation, which recognizes the achievements of and provides financial assistance to diverse students from law schools within the Seventh Circuit’s review area.

John’s Jesuit education began at Saint Ignatius College Prep and continued at Santa Clara University, Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City and Loyola Law School in Chicago.

John is from a family of many Ignatian lawyers beginning with his father Raymond F. Simon ’50, and including siblings Matthew ’75, Gregory ’80, David ’83, Kevin ’85, and Maria ’85. John and his wife Tanya Solov are proud parents of four St. Ignatius graduates: Katya ’11, Sasha ’13, Isabella ’15 and Misha ’18.

John J. Buttita is a partner of BDN Associates, an Oak Brook, Illinois law firm serving high-net-worth individuals, family investment entities, and family offices. John served as Chair of the private client practice groups at Altheimer & Gray from 1994 until 2003, and Jenner & Block from 2003 until 2014. John also served as Chair of the Lurie Children’s Hospital Legacy Advisors Executive Committee from 2004 until 2014, and as a member of the Chicago Art Institute Planned Giving Advisory Committee. John is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbard, and has authored numerous articles, most recently “A Practical Approach to Family Office Structure” which appears in the March 2020 issue of the Journal of Taxation.

John received his undergraduate degree in Economics with Highest Honors from DePaul University in 1976, is a 1979 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, and a member of the Illinois Bar and the New York Bar.

John lives in Riverside, Illinois, with his wife, Nancy. Their daughters attended Saint Ignatius College Prep (Sara ’99 and Elisabeth ’04).

John J. Muldoon, III ′76 spent the first 11 years of his career as an Assistant State’s Attorney for Cook County, Illinois, where he tried many high-profile cases, including several death penalty cases.

In 1995 he left the State’s Attorneys’ Office to become general counsel for the Rosenthal Collins Group, which included a futures commission merchant (FCM), securities broker-dealer, a proprietary trading company and other related businesses. During that time, he co-chaired a coalition of FCM’s and co-wrote a brief filed in the US Supreme Court.

In 2001, John and Michael formed Muldoon & Muldoon, LLC. While Michael concentrates his practice representing victims and family members of victims of personal injury and wrongful death, John represents victims of financial fraud, employment discrimination and those accused of whitecollar crime and non-violent felonies. John has tried 57 jury trials to verdict, including civil rights cases against Walgreen Co. and U.S. Steel.

John earned his Juris Doctor from Chicago Kent College of Law and holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Notre Dame, and once he finishes his thesis, he will be a degree candidate from Chicago-Kent’s Masters in Financial Law program.

John is also very active in virtually all activities of his parish, St. Andrew, when he is not skating with his beer-league hockey team.

John and his wife Laura live on the North Side with their daughters Maddie and Caitlin.

Michael K. Muldoon ′78 has been representing victims and family members of victims of personal injury and wrongful death for over 35 years. While his home base has always been Cook County, he has represented clients in all the collar counties and other counties both in and out of Illinois. Michael has shown the same dedication and professionalism to his clients that have simple automobile cases as he does to his clients that have complex cases that have resulted in multi-million-dollar jury verdicts. He is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois and the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Michael has authored or co-authored chapters in books published by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education and has lectured at seminars sponsored by the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Chicago Bar Association, Lorman Education Services and other legal organizations. He has been a part of several professional organizations, including the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the Illinois State Bar Association, and currently serves on the ISBA Judicial Evaluation Committee as well as the ISBA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Committee. Michael is also active in charitable and religious organizations, as well as volunteering as a boys basketball coach at St. Cletus grade school in La Grange since 2004. Michael had been with Corboy & Demetrio P.C. for ten years before joining with his brother John to form Muldoon & Muldoon, LLC in 2001. He continues to concentrate on representing victims of personal injury and wrongful death. Michael earned his Juris Doctor from the Chicago Kent College of Law and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Notre Dame. Michael and his wife Lisa are proud parents of Kirby ’15 and Cailey Rose

Marcy Twardak is the Chief Administrator and Chief Financial Officer of the nationally recognized law firm of Corboy & Demetrio, P.C. Marcy manages the firm’s finances as well as human resources, new business, marketing, and all nonclient areas. In addition, Marcy oversees the firm’s charitable endeavors, which allows her to combine her professional life with her life-long dedication to philanthropy, particularly in the areas of education, church, and services for disabled persons.

For the last three years, Marcy has served as Chair of the Leader Council of Mercy Home for Boys & Girls. She is a past Chair and current Board Member of the Ovarian Cancer Symptom Awareness Organization (OCSA).

Marcy serves as Secretary of the Philip H. Corboy Foundation and serves as a Vice President the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago, where she has been a member since 2005. Marcy participates in the annual Big Shoulder’s Fund Lend a Shoulder Day and is a member of the Reverend Robert E. McLaughlin Faith Foundation Committee.

For more than 20 years, Marcy has devoted many hours to organize volunteers and take part in Sunday brunches at Misericordia Home. For the last decade, Marcy has hosted her famous “Sip, Shop and Splurge” Misericordia shopping fundraisers. Misericordia has chosen Marcy to be the recipient of the Sister Rosemary Connelly Service Medallion Award at the 2022 annual Heart of Mercy Ball.

A graduate of Immaculata High School and Mundelein College, Marcy received the coveted Mother Mary Frances Clarke Award from Immaculata in 2015. Since 2008, Marcy has served on the Mundelein College Alumnae Board, serving as the Board’s President from 2013- 2015.

Marcy is active on the Women’s Council at Saint Ignatius College Prep. She has served as President of the School Board at Saint Juliana School and as Chairperson of the Saint Gall Parish “Friends of St. Gall.” She also serves on the Rerum Novarum Committee at Mundelein Seminary, after serving on the Board of Advisors of Saint Joseph Seminary for many years. She received the Mater Dei award from the Seminary in 2013.

Marcy lives in Chicago with her husband, Bob, a retired Battalion Chief of the Chicago Fire Department. Her three children, who still live in Chicago, attended Saint Ignatius College Prep (Katie ’02, Patrick ’05 and Maggie ’06).