Crain's Chicago Business 2021 Notable Gen X Leaders in Accounting, Consulting and Law

Gina DeBoni

Managing partner, Romanucci & Blandin

In addition to managing the office, Gina DeBoni advocates for the firm’s clients who have suffered from traumatic personal injury, police misconduct, hazing, sex trafficking and other devastating events. DeBoni mobilized legal resources in the Sterigenics case when it was learned the Willowbrook-based company had emitted a carcinogenic chemical for decades. She has met with the acting EPA administrator about regulating the toxic chemical, ethylene oxide. She advocates on behalf of a mother of a sex trafficking victim who was murdered in Chicago. DeBoni’s client testified before a U.S. Senate committee, and they attended a White House ceremony when reforms were signed into law prohibiting online advertisement of children for sex. She was elected to the Village of Glenview board of trustees earlier this year.