Practice Areas:

 

· Premises Liability

· Workers’ Compensation

· Transportation and Commercial Vehicle Accidents

· Personal Injury

· Complex Litigation

· Products Liability

· Professional Liability

· Subrogation

 

 

Admissions:

 

U.S. District Court (Northern District of Illinois)

Illinois Supreme Court

 

 

Education:

 

J.D., Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 1995

B.A., McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1992

 

 

Professional Memberships and Associations:

 

City Club of Chicago

Defense Research Institute

DuPage County Bar Association

Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel

Illinois Manufacturers' Association

Illinois Retail Merchants Association

Illinois State Bar Association

Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association

Northern Illinois University College of Law Board of Visitors

Panel Chairman, Cook County Mandatory Arbitration Program

Risk & Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)

Workers’ Compensation Claims Association

 

Seminars and Presentations:

 

“Investigating Subrogation and Disability” for Frankenmuth Insurance on March 13, 2008

 

“Top Ten Ways to Screw Up Your Workers’ Compensation Case”, Toledo Area Human Resource Association, September 25, 2007

 

“What Rights Do Injured Employees Have & How Do I Deal With Them?”, Hickory Farms, June 13, 2007

 

“Including Overtime in AWW Calculations New Developments”, SRS, May 25, 2007

 

“Traveling Employees”, TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., April 23, 2007

 

“Spoliation of Evidence”, SUPERVALU / REM, April 5, 2007

 

“Top 10 Misconceptions about Illinois Workers' Compensation Law”, Frankenmuth, March 15, 2006

 

“CSI:  Comprehensive Subrogation Investigation”, Gallagher Bassett, May 11, 2006

 

“Spoliation of Evidence: Protecting Yourself From The Start”,  Presented to various clients.    April 27, 2006

 

“An Ounce of Prevention, a Pound of Cure: Albertson's Manuals and Potential Litigation Pit Falls”, Albertsons, Inc., November 11, 2005

 

“Changes to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act”, BryceDowney Clients, August 8-9, 2005

 

“Reducing Litigation Costs: An Insider’s View on What You Can Do To Eliminate/Reduce Legal Fees and Costs”, SEAK Twenty-Fifth Anniversary National Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Medicine Conference, July 18-21, 2005

 

“Mitigating Your Litigation: How to Manage High Exposure Workers’ Compensation Claims”, BryceDowney Clients, May 12, 2005

 

“To Protect or To Serve: Asserting Privilege on Reports”, Albertsons, Inc., March 30, 2005

 

“Illinois Workers’ Compensation Liens and Third Party Defense”, Federated Insurance Company, February 8, 2005

 

“Hot Topics in Illinois Workers’ Compensation”, Gallagher Bassett, October 15, 2004

 

“So Near, Yet So Far Away:  Comparing Workers’ Compensation in Illinois & Wisconsin”, HCR Manor Care, July 19, 2004

 

“Construction Management”, Thilman & Filippini, Construction Management Group International, Inc., June 30, 2004

 

“We’re Off To See the Arbitrator:  Following a Case from Pre-Trial to Oral Arguments”, BryceDowney Clients, May 20, 2004

 

“CSI:  Comprehensive Subrogation Investigation”, Specialty Risk Services, December 4, 2003

 

“Mold:  A Growing Problem”, HCR Manor Care, October 7, 2003

 

“Illinois Workers’ Compensation Law: An Overview”, PMA, June 27, 2003

 

“Unraveling Mysteries in Illinois Workers’ Compensation”, BryceDowney Clients, March 26, 2003

 

“Illinois Workers’ Compensation Law: An Overview”, Gates McDonald, July 17, 2002