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Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA, a full-service creditors' rights law firm now in its 89^th year of client service, congratulates Attorney Charles Andrew ("Drew") Walgreen for being named to the 2019 list of Illinois Rising Stars.

Mr. Walgreen is a member of Weltman's Commercial and Consumer Collections practice groups, as well as its Real Estate Default Group. He is experienced in the prosecution of all aspects of Illinois and Wisconsin mortgage foreclosures, breach of note litigation, and eviction actions on behalf of national loan servicers, note holders, and secured lending institutions. Mr. Walgreen's focus areas also include contested motion practice, discovery, municipal building court actions, title curative work, execution and levy on money judgments, arbitrations, bench trials, and other forms of high risk litigation.

Super Lawyers, a Thompson-Reuters® business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. 

Attorneys selected to the list of Rising Stars (attorneys 40 years old or younger, or who have been in practice for 10 years or fewer) represents no more than 2.5% of the lawyers in the state. The lists are published online at SuperLawyers.com and in Super Lawyers Magazine for distribution to attorneys in the state or region, and ABA-accredited law school libraries.

Mr. Walgreen earned his J.D. from Marquette University Law School, where he received two CALI Excellence for the Future Awards (Asian Law and Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Resolution), and his B.A. in political science from the University of Michigan. He is licensed to practice law in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Florida, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin.