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Micheal P. Latz
Email: mlatz@ancelglink.com
Member: Chicago Bar Association and the West Suburban Bar Association
Education: University of Notre Dame (B.S., 1985), Notre Dame Law School (J.D., 1989)
Practice Areas:
Municipal Law, Employment, Civil Rights, Litigation
Bio:Micheal P. Latz received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1985 and his Juris Doctor degree from Notre Dame Law School in 1989. He is admitted to the bars for the State of Illinois, the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Federal District Court for the Central District of Illinois, Federal District Court trial bar for the Northern District of Illinois, Federal District Court for the District of Colorado, and to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Mr. Latz served as a criminal prosecutor in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office in Illinois from 1989 to 1994. He was the lead attorney for the prosecution in many bench and jury trials and was attorney of record in over 50 cases reported in the official reporters for the Illinois Appellate and Supreme Courts, and Federal District Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals. Mr. Latz successfully defended an attack on the constitutionality of the Illinois homicide statute before the Illinois Supreme Court in 1992. Prior to joining Ancel Glink, Mr. Latz was a partner at Bollinger Ruberry & Garvey in Chicago where his litigation practice focused on employment, civil rights, and excess-exposure personal injury claims, as well as insurance coverage disputes. Mr. Latz concentrates his practice with a focus on the defense of municipalities and police agencies in employment and civil rights claims, and in other tort litigation.
Before beginning his career as an attorney, Michael Latz was a teacher and varsity wrestling coach at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois. Mr. Latz serves as an adjunct instructor at Triton College and also teaches trial advocacy. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association and the West Suburban Bar Association.
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