Dean C. Kalant
Associate
email: d.kalant@gozdel.com

Dean Kalant is an associate at the firm. Dean concentrates on business litigation, transactions and counseling, including shareholder, partner and corporate ownership disputes, employment disputes, real estate transactions and financial institution advisement.

Dean graduated cum laude from The John Marshall Law School in May, 2010. During law school, Dean served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Barbara J. McDonald in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Law Division. Dean also worked for the City of Chicago, Law Department while in law school, representing the City in a multi-million dollar civil-RICO action.

In law school, Dean served as a Lead Articles Editor for The John Marshall Law Review. While on Law Review, Dean's student-comment, focusing on close/shell corporation transparency requirements and reform, was selected for publication. Dean was also involved in The John Marshall Moot Court Program, advancing to the elimination rounds in the Ruby R. Vale Interschool Corporate Moot Court Competition in Wilmington, Delaware.

Prior to law school, Dean attended Indiana University - Bloomington. At Indiana, Dean was accepted to the Kelley School of Business and graduated with a major in finance.

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J.D., cum laude, The John Marshall Law School, 2010

Lead Articles Editor, The John Marshall Law Review, 2009-2010

B.S.B. (Finance), Indiana University - Bloomington, 2007

Illinois Supreme Court, 2010

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2010

Who's in Charge Here? Requiring More Transparency in Corporate America: Advancements in Beneficial Ownership for Privately Held Companies, 42 J. MARSHALL L. REV. 4