Thomas J. Cynor

Personal:

  • Born and raised in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago (Arlington Hts. IL)
  • Married (Dr. Kathy Cynor) with two children (Quinn, Charlie)

Education:

  • Forest View (Arlington Hts.) H.S. (86’)
  • University of Illinois (Champaign/Urbana) – B.A. Double Major Political Science/Philosophy (90’)
  • University of Illinois (Champaign/Urbana) – J.D. (93’)

Professional Experience:

  • Licensed to practice law
    • Supreme Court, State of Illinois (’93)
    • Northern District of Illinois ( U.S. Federal Court) (’93)
  • Law Clerk
    • Smith and Kagawa (Danville, IL)
  • Litigation Attorney
    • Smith and Kagawa (Danville, IL)
    • Satter, Beyers and Spires (Pontiac, IL)
    • Law Office of Thomas J. Cynor Esq. (Pontiac, IL)
    • Gundlach, Lee, Eggman, Boyle and Rosseler (Belleville, IL)
    • Kemper Ins. Environmental Litigation Dept. (Long Grove, IL)
  • Research Attorney
    • McHenry County (22nd Judicial Circuit, IL)
  • 711 License
  • Certified Court Arbitrator (20th Judicial Circuit, IL)
  • Public Defender Conflict Counsel (Livingston Co., IL)
  • Court Appointed Special Prosecutor (Livingston Co., IL)
  • Municipal Attorney and Village Prosecutor (Village of Washington Park, IL)
  • National Coordinating Counsel Environmental Litigation Kemper Insurance (Long Grove, IL)

I started trying criminal cases with my 711 license prior to graduating law school. I have tried (jury and bench) hundreds of complex civil and criminal matters over the last fifteen years of my professional career in numerous States and numerous counties in Illinois. I have handled case loads as diverse as murder and class X felonies cases to complex multijurisdictional civil asbestos litigation and state tobacco litigation. My client’s have ranged from multi-national corporations to law enforcement to indigent families.

Community/Public Service:

  • Environmental Control Commissioner (Village of Arlington Hts. IL)
  • Executive Board Member Kiwanis (Livingston Co. IL)
  • Executive Board Member Jaycees (Livingston Co. IL)
  • Executive Board Member P.R.O.U.D. [Pontiac Re-developing Our United Downtown] (Pontiac, IL)
  • Executive Board Member Livingston Co. Historical Society
  • Board of Directors Y.M.C.A. of McHenry Co. (Crystal Lake, IL)
  • McHenry Co. Community College ESL Instructor (Woodstock, IL)
  • Salem Children’s Home Youth Counselor (Livingston Co. IL)

Political Experience:

  • Precinct Committeeman Dorr 7 (McHenry Co. IL)
  • Former Chair Membership Recruitment Committee/Volunteer Director (MCDCC)
  • Former Chairman (MCDCC)
  • Treasurer (MCDCC)
  • Member of the Democratic National Committee (DNC)
  • Member of Re-elect Congresswoman Melissa Bean Legal Team
  • Member of Re-elect Mayor Richard M. Daley Legal Team
  • Member of People for Woodstock (PAC)

Clubs/Organizations:

  • Member Illinois State Bar Association
  • Member McHenry County Bar Association
  • Member McHenry County Historical Society
  • Member Sierra Club of Illinois
  • Member American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois