The Legal Face-Off is a fast paced, high energy legal program dealing with the hottest issues of the day. Richard Lenkov and Jason Whiteside provide a legal point / counterpoint perspective on issues ranging from Hollywood celebrities to sports stars and everything in between.
Richard Lenkov is a partner in the high-profile law firm of Bryce, Downey and Lenkov, and provides legal defense in the entertainment, insurance, and worker’s compensation areas.
Jason Whiteside is a partner in the high-profile law firm, Whiteside and Goldberg. Jason represents plaintiffs in the entertainment, insurance and workers compensation arenas.
Pitting these two against each other in a one-hour program provides insightful and explosive entertainment each week. Tune in and join the fun.
Richard Lenkov
Rich brings a killer instinct and unparalleled focus to representing his clients. Rich partners closely with his clients, ranging from Fortune 50 Corporations to small businesses, to achieve successful litigation outcomes.
Selected to the 2013 Illinois Super Lawyers List (given to no more than 5% of lawyers in Illinois), named Leading Lawyer from 2012-2014 and honored by SEAK as one of the 50 Most Influential People In Workers’ Compensation, Rich enjoys the respect of his peers. He is also a frequent lecturer and involved in a number of national organizations, including:
- Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
- RIMS
- Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
- Illinois Retail Merchants Association
- Foodservice Industry Risk Management Association
- Workers’ Compensation Defense Institute
Rich is also very involved in his community, including serving on the Board of Visitors for the Northern Illinois University College of Law, as Local School Counsel Chairperson for Agassiz Elementary School and on the Advisory Board of Legal Prep Charter Academy, Chicago’s only legal-themed charter school. Rich was recently honored as NIU School of Law Alumnus of the Year. When not practicing law, Rich enjoys spending time with his family and playing basketball.
Jason Whiteside
Jason M. Whiteside is a founding partner of Whiteside & Goldberg, Ltd., which was formed in August of 2010. Prior to forming Whiteside & Goldberg, Ltd., Jason Whiteside worked as a solo practitioner, operating two offices in the Chicago land area to represent plaintiffs in personal injury cases, as well as petitioners injured on the job in workers’ compensation cases.
Throughout the course of his career, Jason M. Whiteside has obtained over $20,000,000 in settlements or verdicts for those injured through the negligence of others. These accomplishments have lead Jason to be named as one of Illinois’ “Rising Stars” in the respected publications Super Lawyers and Chicago Magazine for three consecutive years now (2010, 2011 and 2012).
In order to be bestowed the honor as a Rising Star, Jason ranks in the top 2.5% of all lawyers in Illinois who are 40 years old and younger.
Mr. Whiteside attended The John Marshall Law School, where he received his Juris Doctorate in 2004. While attending The John Marshall Law School, Mr. Whiteside clerked for the Honorable George M. Marovich at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and simultaneously worked as a law clerk for Baker & McKenzie in the Employment Law Practice Group.
After graduation from law school in 2004, Mr. Whiteside worked for the Law Offices of Peter F. Ferracuti, in Ottawa, Illinois, where he concentrated in the representation of injured workers before the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission as well as the representation of injured plaintiffs. For a time, Mr. Whiteside also worked for an insurance defense firm concentrating in the defense of workers’ compensation cases and large construction negligence matters on behalf of construction companies.
Mr. Whiteside has obtained more than $20 million for his clients in the seven years he has been practicing law. He continues to represent victims and their families in all areas of personal injury law, including medical malpractice, products liability, auto, wrongful death, premises liability, construction negligence, and workers’ compensation accidents. Mr. Whiteside has two convenient offices to meet clients in Cook County and Will County.
