Mona is a legal professional with extensive experience providing counsel and representation to both corporate clients and individuals across a range of practice areas. Her work spans commercial litigation, real estate (commercial and residential), and general corporate law, and she strives to be a trusted advisor and advocate for her clients.
In her litigation practice, Mona represent individuals, businesses, and major creditors in complex commercial disputes and employment law matters. She takes a strategic approach to every case, working to achieve the best possible outcomes for her clients.
As a legal business counselor, Mona guides property owners and business operators, including those involved in multi-unit dwellings, commercial strip malls, gas stations, and small businesses, through acquisitions, dispositions, leasing arrangements, financing, and business formation. She also assists clients with corporate formalities, shareholder disputes, nonprofit designation, MBE/WBE certification, and dissolution processes, drafting key documents such as Shareholder Agreements, Bylaws, Operating Agreements, Unit Plans, and Resolutions.
In the Profession
Mona is passionate about entrepreneurship, both in her legal practice and through leadership roles in professional and community organizations. She previously established her own practice and served as a Managing Associate Attorney at a respected Chicago firm, experiences that have strengthened her perspective on law, business, and community engagement.
Mona is actively involved in professional associations, holding leadership positions in the Arab American Bar Association of Illinois (Treasurer, Board Member, and co-Chair of the Judicial Evaluation Committee), the Illinois Creditors Bar Association (Past President and Past Board Member), and the Chicago Bar Association’s Alliance for Women.
Mona also serves as a Trustee of the Illinois State Retirement Systems (SERS) and is a member of the Advisory Board for the American Middle East Voters Alliance Political Action Committee (AMVOTE PAC).
In the Community
Outside the office, Mona volunteers her time and skills to organizations addressing important societal needs, bringing her experience and perspective to make a meaningful impact.
Legal Background
DePaul University College of Law, J.D., 2002
University of Illinois at Chicago, B.A. Liberal Arts & Science, Major in Criminal Justice and Minor in Sociology, 1996
Admitted: Illinois, Wisconsin, Arizona, Northern District of Illinois, and the District of Arizona.
Memberships: Arab American Bar Association (AABA), AABA of Illinois Scholarship Foundation, National Arab American Bar Association, Illinois Creditors Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Women’s Bar Association of Illinois, and Chicago Bar Association, Trustee of Illinois State Retirement Systems (SERS), American Middle East Voters Alliance Political Action Committee (AMVOTE PAC).