Since 1999, Mr. Ruffalo has consistently maintained the highest “AV” rating (very high to preeminent) among his peers for legal ability, professional reliability, diligence and ethics, maintains a “Superb-10” AVVO ranking and since 2015 has been consistently selected by his peers as a Leading Lawyer among the Nation’s Top Lawyers. Mr. Ruffalo has served as special counsel to the College of DuPage 2009-2015, as the Ethics Officer for the Village of Glen Ellyn (2014-2018) and has served as General Counsel to the DuPage County Bar Association and Assistant Village Attorney for the Village of Hinsdale.  Mr. Ruffalo served as President of the DuPage County Bar Association (2010-2011) and went on to Chair the Judiciary Committee and serve as President of its Foundation (2011-12).  Steven is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the Federal Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
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Mr. Ruffalo was selected as a Fellow of the American Bar Association in 2010 and served on the Board of Directors for the College of DuPage Foundation (2010-2015) where he chaired the Bylaws Committee and the Planned Giving Committee. Mr. Ruffalo currently serves on the Board for ANIMA – Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus and on the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee.