Ankin Law Reviews
What the public record shows about Ankin Law — aggregated ratings, State Bar licence status and disciplinary history. We don't rate lawyers ourselves and we don't take referral fees.
- Client rating
- 4.8★ · 1,350 Google reviews
- Licence verified
- Yes — 2 attorneys checked against the State Bar
- Disciplinary record
- None found as of 2026-08-27
- Years practising
- 59 — earliest bar admission 1967
What clients say about Ankin Law
Themes appearing across 10 Google reviews, read in full and grouped. These are reviewers' words, not our assessment — we take no position on any firm's quality.
Praised for
- responsive and attentive communication
- compassionate client treatment
- efficient case resolution
Criticised for
- unresponsive after case engagement
- rude and condescending staff
- cases delayed or unresolved for years
Source: Google reviews (read them yourself) · Last read 2026-05-26
State Bar licence verification
We looked these 2 attorneys up in the State Bar registry and recorded what it returned. Every row links back to the registry so you can repeat the check yourself.
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Paul Bennett Ankin lead
Active and authorized to practice law No public disciplinary history
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Active and authorized to practice law No public disciplinary history
Verified against the State Bar of Illinois. Last checked 2026-08-27.
Third-party data
Fees & terms
Availability
- Consult methods: phone
Court activity
Civil filings in Cook County Circuit Court where Howard H. Ankin appears by name.
Cook County name search returns cases where the attorney name appears as any party (plaintiff, defendant, or counsel). We cannot programmatically distinguish counsel from party. Click case numbers to verify on the source.
Source: Cook County Circuit Court · Searched 2026-05-26
What Ankin Law says about itself
These are the firm's own marketing claims, taken from their public site. We can't independently verify settlement totals — most are confidential. Source linked below.
Results the firm advertises
- $17 Million — med-mal · unknown
- $10 Million — med-mal · unknown
- $9 Million — other · unknown
- $6 Million — other · unknown
- $6 Million — med-mal · unknown
- $5.6 Million — med-mal · unknown
- $5 Million — med-mal · unknown
- $4.75 Million — med-mal · unknown
Firm-claimed verdicts and settlements from the firm's own marketing page. NOT independently verified court records.
Source: https://ankinlaw.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=GBP&utm_city=chicago · Last checked 2026-05-25
Questions people ask about Ankin Law
Is Ankin Law a real, licensed law firm?
Yes. We checked 2 of its attorneys against the State Bar registry. Paul Bennett Ankin holds bar number 198652f1-aa64-eb11-b810-000d3a9f4eeb in IL, status active and authorized to practice law, admitted in 1967. Last checked 2026-08-27.
What do clients say about Ankin Law?
Across 10 Google reviews we read in full, clients most often mention responsive and attentive communication, compassionate client treatment, efficient case resolution. Recurring criticism centres on unresponsive after case engagement, rude and condescending staff. These are reviewers' words; we take no position on any firm's quality.
Does Ankin Law have any disciplinary history?
No public disciplinary record was found for the attorneys we checked, as of 2026-08-27. Bars publish only formal public discipline, so this is not a guarantee of a spotless history.
Reviewed by AccidentLawyerReview Editorial Team, Editor · Reviewed 2026-05-25 · Next scheduled review: 2026-08-23 · How we research firms · Spot something wrong? Tell us