Noel Quanbeck is the General Counsel of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission (ILCC) and serves as the principal legal advisor responsible for counseling the Commissioners and Executive Director concerning interpretations of the Illinois Liquor Control Act and its Rules and Regulations, and advising the ILCC’s Licensing, Enforcement, and Education Divisions on a wide variety of issues.

Prior to joining the ILCC Noel worked for the City of Chicago Department of Law prosecuting cases before the Mayor’s License Discipline Commission for violations of state and local laws by Chicago licensed businesses.  He also defended denials of liquor licenses and disciplinary actions taken by the Local Liquor Control Commission in hearings before the License Appeal Commission of Chicago and handled scores of cases on administrative review in the Chancery Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Noel graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and was admitted to the bar in 2005.  Before attending law school, he worked for ten years as a hydrographic surveyor with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and later for a Dutch geophysical company.