Donald J. Storino received his Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana in 1969.  He is a 1973 graduate of DePaul University College of Law. He was admitted to the practice of law in the State of Illinois in 1973. Mr. Storino is a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Justinian Society of Lawyers, and the Illinois Institute for Local Government. 

Mr. Storino is principally engaged in the fields of municipal law, real estate and trial practice.  He was formerly employed by the State’s Attorney of Cook County, where he was assigned to the Criminal and Civil Appellate Divisions to prepare briefs for argument before the Illinois Appellate and Supreme Courts.  His experience in this endeavor covered a wide range of legal issues including a complex analysis of the Home Rule provision of the Illinois Constitution.

Prior to establishing the firm, Mr. Storino was an associate attorney at the firm of Chicago law firm of Foran, Wiss & Schultz.  As an attorney, he has represented the Metropolitan Sanitary District, the Chicago Transit Authority, numerous municipalities, school districts and park districts in the acquisition of real estate pursuant to their condemnation powers.  Mr. Storino has also handled the establishment of special service areas for a number of municipalities.

Mr. Storino, who is a founding partner at the firm, currently serves as Village Attorney for the City of Elmhurst, the Villages of Glendale Heights and South Barrington, Illinois, and is responsible for advising those municipalities with reference to all legal matters.  Mr. Storino has served as Village Attorney for the Village of Glendale Heights for over thirty-nine years. Mr. Storino has provided Special Counsel Services to numerous municipalities advising them on complex Tax Incremental Financing Districts, Annexation, and related Land Use and Zoning issues.

Since his admission to the bar, Mr. Storino’s legal expertise and litigation experience has involved nearly every aspect of general practice.  His particular expertise in the area of municipal law has resulted in the firm being considered one of the leading municipal law firms in the Chicagoland area.

He served on the Arlington Heights Plan Commission from 1976 to 1978 and also served as President of the St. Viator High School Board of Trustees from 1995 to 1997.  He served as a Board Member of the Cook County Sheriff’s Merit Board from1999 to 2005.  Mr. Storino served as Judge of the Illinois Court of Claims from 2004 to 2019.  Mr. Storino currently serves on the Notre Dame Law School Council.

Mr. Storino is listed in Martindale Hubbell Law Directory with a rating of AV.  Mr. Storino was recognized by his peers and featured in the January 2014 issue of Leading Lawyers Magazine.