Catherine R. Brukalo is an attorney at Masters Law Group, LLC. Mrs. Brukalo earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Mrs. Brukalo attended University College London in London, England, where she earned a Master of Arts Degree. After completing her studies in London, England, Mrs. Brukalo traveled to Krakow, Poland, where she was an intern at the United States Consulate General for the United States Department of State. Her work at the United States Department of State gave Mrs. Brukalo an opportunity to represent the United States Consulate to various private and governmental organizations. Mrs. Brukalo was formally recognized for her contributions at the Consulate General by then United States Ambassador to Poland, Christopher R. Hill.

Mrs. Brukalo received her Juris Doctorate from The John Marshall Law School, in Chicago, Illinois, where she competed nationally in one of the school’s Trial Advocacy teams, was Co-Editor in Chief of The Decisive Utterance and was one of a small group of students who resurrected the school’s Polish American Student Association.

Mrs. Brukalo’s experience in the courtroom began in a felony drug courtroom when she worked with the Cook County State’s Attorney as a Law Clerk under Supreme Court Rule 711 and has continued through the present with her experiences in representation of clients in matters of personal injury, wrongful death, professional malpractice, probate, breach of contract claims, real estate transactions and domestic relations. Mrs. Brukalo has successfully represented clients in both state and federal court.

Mrs. Brukalo has served the legal community in the past in various capacities: as a member of the Illinois State Bar Association (including election to its Assembly, a member of the ISBA Standing Committee for the Law Related Education of the Public, for which she coordinated the ISBA Lawyers in Classrooms program, as well as serving as an instructor for continuing education courses for both lawyers and judges); a member of the Advocates Society (including having been elected to leadership positions as well as serving as a Co-Chair of the Advocates Speaker’s Bureau Committee); a Member of the Civil Practice Section of the McHenry County Bar Association, for which she served as Chair of its Outreach and Strategic Planning Interest Group, as well as serving as an instructor for continuing legal education classes; a member of the Chicago Bar Association, where she serves on the Judicial Evaluation Committee; the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association; as a member of the Advisory Council for the Civil Justice Improvement Project of the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit.  In 2018, Mrs. Brukalo received a Presidential Commendation from then ISBA President, the Hon. Russel W. Hartigan, for her outstanding contributions to civics education in Illinois through her exemplary work on the ISBA Lawyers in Classrooms program. Additionally, Mrs. Brukalo has been recognized by her peers, through Illinois Super Lawyers, as an Illinois Rising Star for 2015 – 2017, and a Super Lawyer for 2023 – 2024.

Mrs. Brukalo offers her clients native Polish language proficiency and is regularly published on legal matters in a Chicago-based Polish-language newspaper.  As well, she speaks in the local community in both English and Polish languages.

Mrs. Brukalo has undergone Mediation and Arbitration training as well as has been certified as a Life Coach. She also currently sits on the Board of the Niles Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in Niles, Illinois, as a Director.

Mrs. Brukalo concentrates her practice in the area of domestic relations, which includes divorce, parentage, allocation of parental responsibilities and child support.