Sean Smoot
Sean Michael Smoot received his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Sciences from Illinois State University and his Juris Doctor degree from the Southern Illinois University School of Law, where Mr. Smoot served as the Business Editor of the Southern Illinois University Law Journal. Currently Mr. Smoot serves as…...
Brian LaBardi
Brian LaBardi is a partner with the law firm of Reimer & Dobrovolny PC. He concentrates his practice in public sector pension law and civil litigation with a focus on the employment and labor issues faced by police officers and firefighters. Prior to joining Reimer & Dobrovolny, Mr. LaBardi was…...
Jerry Marzullo
Jerry Marzullo is a partner with the firm and also serves as one of the Deputy General Counsel for the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association. Jerry concentrates his practice in the area of public sector labor and employment law (where he represents both State and Federal Sector Unions) as well…...
Jeff Goodloe
Jeff Goodloe is a founding partner of Puchalski Goodloe, LLP. Jeff’s practice concentrates in the area of public sector labor and employment law and public pension law. He has extensive experience representing Illinois Downstate Firefighter and Police Pension Boards, pension participants, and pension beneficiaries in a broad range of civil…...
Keith A. Karlson, ESQ
Keith A. Karlson is a founding partner of Karlson Garza LLC. Prior to founding KG LLC with Raymond Garza, Keith was a partner at another law firm where he represented Article 3 and 4 pension funds. He was the chief architect and strategist on most litigation and appellate matters. Keith…...
Laura Goodloe
Laura J. Goodloe is a founding partner of Puchalski Goodloe, LLP. Laura’s practice is focused on public pension, employment, and sports based immigration law. Laura has extensive experience representing Illinois police and firefighter pension funds. Her experience covers not only proper administration of pension funds and compliance issues, but also…...
Dennis Orsey
Mr. Orsey graduated from University of Illinois with a B.A. degree with high honors in 1976. He received his law degree in 1979 from Southern Illinois University School of Law where he received the John S. Rendelman Award as Outstanding Senior Law Student and served as Student Bar Association President.…...
Charles A. Atwell Jr
Mr. Atwell began his practice with his father in the City of Aurora, after graduating in 1973 from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. In the mid 1970’s, he was employed as an Assistant Attorney General under Bill Scott and prosecuted consumer fraud cases within the mid-state area. He…...
James L. Dobrovolny
Jim is a 1970 graduate of the College of Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Upon graduating in 1975 from John Marshall Law School in Chicago he began practice with the Illinois Attorney General’s Office under Bill Scott prosecuting environmental cases in the Chicago-land area. In 1977 he became an Assistant…...
Richard J. Reimer
Mr. Reimer is Manager of the law firm of Reimer & Dobrovolny. Mr. Reimer concentrates in representing police and firefighter pension boards and public sector labor and employment law. The firm of Reimer & Dobrovolny consists of three partners and three associates. Mr. Reimer has more than two decades of…...
About IPPFA
The IPPFA was founded in 1985 as a not-for-profit organization whose mandate was to educate public pension fund trustees. In 2009 the IPPFA became the primary education provider for public pension fund trustees in the state of Illinois. Our members manage over eighteen billion dollars in pension assets.