Bio
A substantial part of my law practice has been representing injured workers before the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission and I am a proud member of WCLA.
For over 45 years I have represented injured parties in cases in the Circuit Court of Cook County and in various other Circuit Courts in Illinois, as well as in the United States District Court of the Northern District of Illinois. I am a certified trial attorney in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. I have represented parties and presented arguments in appeals in the Illinois Appellate Court, the Illinois Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
As part of my practicing as a trial attorney with offices in Chicago I have also engaged in pro bono legal work for social justice activists and organizations and as an appointed attorney in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois . In this capacity, I have represented persons charged with both misdemeanor and felony crimes in the Circuit Court of Cook County and elsewhere in Illinois, and have tried a number of criminal cases on a pro hac vice basis in the United States District Court, Middle Division of Georgia, Columbus Division.
