Team Profiles
Raymond F. Agrella
Position: Managing Partner
Born: Negaunee, Michigan, September 24, 1937
Admitted to bar: 1967, Illinois
1968, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Lake Forest College (B.A., 1959)
Loyola University at Chicago (J.D., 1967)
Special Assistant Attorney General, 1971-1975
Director, Harris Bank, St. Charles, 1984 to present
Member of Kane County and Illinois State Bar Associations
Lieut., U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, active duty, 1960-1963
Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Family Law; Corporate Litigation; Civil Litigation; Estate Planning; Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation
Contact Raymond: rfa@shearerandagrella.com
Joseph P. Sauber, Jr.
Position: Partner
Born St. Charles, Illinois, January 27, 1960
Admitted to bar, 1985, Illinois
1986, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Elgin Community College
University of Illinois (B.S., 1982)
Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1985)
Member of Kane, DuPage, and DeKalb County and Illinois State Bar Associations.
Practice Areas: Complex Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Mechanics Liens and Construction Litigation; Family Law; Personal Injury;
Contact Joseph: jsauber@shearerandagrella.com
Mary Agrella Fitzpatrick
Position: Partner
Born San Diego, California, April 19, 1963
Admitted to bar, 1988, Illinois;
1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ilinois
University of Illinois (B.A., 1985)
Northern Illinois University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1988) Phi Alpha Delta
Assistant Editor, Northern Illinois University Law Review, 1987-1988
Member of Kane County and Illinois State Bar Associations
Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Family Law; Corporate Law; Probate; Bankruptcy; Real Estate; Estate Planning
Contact Mary: maf@shearerandagrella.com
Jerome L. Bettag
Position: Associate
Born Illinois, September 17, 1962
Admitted to bar, 1994, Illinois
1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Illinois Benedictine College (B.A., 1985)
Northern Illinois University (J.D., 1994) Delta Theta Phi
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate; Zoning Law; Municipal Law
