ATTORNEYS

GUSTAVO H. SANTANA, J.D. M.B.A.

Gus started his firm in 1993 and has been at the Northlake location for over 20 years. This office on the edge of Cook and Du Page Counties and centrally located between all the courthouses in those counties. His goal with the firm has always been to provide excellent legal services to clients which will encourage referrals from existing clients. He has brought in loyal, hardworking people with solid values who also value a clients loyalty.

Gus’ family emigrated from Cuba when the Castro regime made living there unsafe. He learned from his parents and family the virtues of doing your best and perseverance which he has carried forward to the firm.

Gus graduated from law school, earned an MBA and immediately opened his firm. He affiliated himself with more experienced attorneys and began taking the most difficult cases. His first jury trial was a murder case and his first civil trial was a case worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. He continues taking on the tough cases both civil and criminal today.

Gus remains involved in the legal community through bar associations and has served as President of the West Suburban Association. He is actively involved in furthering his legal knowledge through seminars and reading new cases daily, passing the information along to other attorneys in the firm..

MICHAEL H. BURTON

Michael Burton is a skilled criminal defense attorney and former Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney with extensive experience in all types of criminal matters. Since beginning at Santana Law Office in 2001, he has demonstrated great attentive and dedicated attitude toward helping others.

Since working at Santana Law Office, Michael has participated in countless hearings, bench trials and jury trial from traffic, misdemeanor to serious felony trials. Michael is in court on a daily basis and his detailed knowledge of the law and court personnel has enabled him to obtain the best results possible for our clients.

Michael has been consistently involved with youth and educational programs in the communities we serve. He has been counsel to the Maywood Education Concerned Community Association “MECCA”. Michael taught at risk youth basketball and life skills like health issues, gang violence prevention, and drug use awareness. He has been a participating member to Peer Jury, a program established to have peers of a minor charged with a crime decide the sentence in order to avoid a permanent conviction. He has educated the public in how to behave during police interactions and has also remained involved in his fraternity’s Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity march, rallys and educational programs.