SHELDON J. SANDMAN received his JD from The John Marshall Law School and his BA from the University of Illinois.  He began his legal career as an associate with famed criminal defense attorney Julius Lucius Echeles.  After serving in the United States Army, Mr. Sandman represented the State of Illinois as an Assistant Attorney General working to protect Illinois consumers from predatory business practices. Thereafter, he served the people of Cook County as an Assistant State's Attorney trying hundreds of cases before Cook County judges. 

Mr. Sandman founded the law firm of Sandman & Levy in 1963 with Morris A Levy, focusing his practice on representing injured persons.  Mr. Sandman has personally negotiated hundreds of settlements in cases involving wrongful death, dismemberment, medical malpractice and other serious injuries as a result of negligence.  While in private practice, Mr. Sandman continued his public service presiding over disciplinary proceedings for the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission ("ARDC"), the organization sanctioned by the Illinois Supreme Court to ensure ethical practices by members of the legal community. 

Mr. Sandman is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, American Association for Justice, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and is a U.S. Army Veteran.