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Dennis VanDerGinst is the managing partner of VanDerGinst Law, P.C.  He is also the founder and president of MegaHunter, Inc., a company specializing in websites and internet marketing.

Dennis is widely considered to be one of the finest attorneys in the country. He has been featured on the National Public Radio program America’s Premier Lawyers and has been profiled in Fortune magazine. Law Dragon Publications has selected Dennis as one of the Top 3000 lawyers in the country, a distinction bestowed upon less than one half of one percent of attorneys in the United States. He has been selected by his peers as a "Leading Lawyer" in the area of personal injury law. Only the top 5% of attorneys in the country earn that honor. He has also been selected as one of the top 5% of attorneys in the country by the "Best Attorneys Network", which considers not only the votes of other attorneys, but importantly, the input of clients as well. Chicago Lawyer magazine has recognized Dennis as one of the “Top Injury Lawyers In Illinois.”

He has earned induction into Who's Who in American Law for the past eleven years, and is a Life Member of the National Registry Of Who's Who in recognition of his efforts and achievements in the areas of law and business. His tremendous success is also illustrated by his membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an honor reserved for attorneys who have secured million dollar and multi million dollar verdicts and settlements, which Dennis has done numerous times.

Dennis is also very active in county, state and national bar associations. He serves on the Board of Managers for the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. He is the Illinois State Delegate for the American Association for Justice. In addition, he serves on the Board of Trustees for the Pound Civil Justice Institute.

Equally impressive are Dennis’s credentials and knowledge in the area of marketing.  His law firm was one of the first in the country to develop a website and do extensive marketing online, having developed their first website in 1990.  In 1999 he began the company now known as MegaHunter, Inc.  MegaHunter has also published a print Yellow Page directory and Dennis is a publisher member of the Association of Directory Publishers and the Yellow Pages Association.

He has worked with some of the most established advertising agencies in the country including Network Affiliates, CJ Advertising and Practice Made Perfect.  He has been a regular member and presenter at a number of national seminars and consortiums focusing on marketing and including M&L Marketing and Management Seminars, and the Masters Marketing Group. Most recently Dennis has become a shareholder in the advertising agency, TAG Legal Marketing.

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A marketing professional with over twenty years of experience, Mike started working as an errand boy in his family’s advertising agency. After graduating from Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX) in 1984 with a BFA in Television/Radio and Film Production, he began his professional advertising career at a small agency in Dallas, Texas. Soon thereafter he moved back to his hometown of Davenport, Iowa.

Within eleven years of arrival at the agency, he purchased the company and took over as its CEO and President.

In 1999, Mike’s agency joined forces with the ECCO International Public Relations Network (which Mr. Bawden helped to re-structure and grow) to provide global public relations support to a handful of multi-national clients.

Mike’s experience includes time as an adjunct professor of marketing and advertising at St. Ambrose University and Augustana College as well as being a featured speaker and presenter at several national conferences and international conferences on branding and brand management.

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With 25 years of marketing experience, Mike Vondran has helped many clients successfully reach their audience. Through research, expertise, and strategic planning Mike and his team have produced results for clients such as Sprint, General Motors, Diversified Clinical Therapy, and Fox Network, which has established Mike as a “leader in his field.” He is considered a “take charge marketer” by his peers.

Mike began his working career in finance and banking but quickly discovered a passion for marketing and sales. His move to broadcast television landed him the management role of VP of Marketing and Sales for the NBC Affiliate in Davenport, IA. In 1990 he co-founded The Ad Group, a full service advertising agency, which has a client list that extends across the nation. The creation of TAG - Legal Marketing is a natural extension of the firm. TAG utilizes the expertise and strength in retail marketing, and applies this model to the legal profession. This unique breadth of experience is of great value to today’s marketing attorney. Mike and his team of talented professionals are mindful of ethics rules applicable to attorney marketing. Always working within these guidelines, they develop positive, custom creative that delivers a solid message to the target audience. His extensive and eclectic background makes it possible to bring new and exciting insights to a sometimes stagnant legal marketing environment.

Mike also serves his community by offering his expertise with several local charitable/non-profit boards. He resides in Davenport with his wife and son.