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Experience and Skills * For Plaintiff: Recently awarded almost $250,000 in binding arbitration of slip and fall in restaurant. Liability arguments rested primarily on circumstantial evidence that restaurant employees created hazard * For Plaintiff: Recent $100,000 policy limit settlement (pre-litigation) for plaintiff in auto accident * For Defense: Obtained favorable defense jury verdict in trial of trip and fall case * For Plaintiff: Won appeal in 2d District case resulting in reversal of summary judgment against plaintiff in trip and fall case with open and obvious hazard issues * For Defense: Won summary judgment in Federal Court false arrest case * For Defense: Favorable settlement on eve of trial in wrongful death transportation case * Proactive, innovative, energetic bodily injury attorney with extensive experience in automobile, transportation, construction, product liability, toxic torts, insurance coverage cases * Significant experience in cases with severe and complex injuries and/or wrongful death claims * Skilled litigator (both defense and plaintiff) with favorable settlements in hundreds of cases * Effective courtroom advocate in counties throughout Illinois, in Federal Court, and pro hac vice in Indiana * Six first chair jury trials and one second chair jury trial (wrongful death), plus bench trials and arbitrations * Thousands of depositions, including hundreds of physician depositions * Experience in governmental organization, small firms and corporate staff counsel settings * Excellent writer and speaker
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