Capital member Rich Lenkov was recently featured in a Business Insurance article titled, “Questions Remain Over Effect of COVID Presumption Laws.” The article highlights the panel Rich participated for Business Insurance on July 16. “Workers’ Compensation: Presumption & COVID-19″ addressed essential employees’ COVID-19 claims and broke down the potential rebuttal […]

Capital member Rich Lenkov joined Steve Fretzin’s “BE THAT LAWYER” podcast to discuss non-traditional marketing, servicing your existing clients first, your must do’s for successfully growing your practice and more. “If you don’t service your existing clients first and take care of them, then all the marketing in the world […]

Income member Michael Milstein was recently featured in a Risk & Insurance article titled, “5 Workers’ Comp Litigation Considerations Employers Should Review Before a Claim Heads to Court.” The article highlights the panel Michael moderated for CLM’s 2020 Workers’ Compensation and Retail, Restaurant & Hospitality Conference on June 17. “5 […]

Managing capital member Jeanne Hoffmann and income member Margery Newman have both been selected to this year’s Leading Lawyers’ list of Top Women Lawyers in the Chicagoland area. Leading Lawyers publishes an annual list recognizing prominent women within the Chicago law scene. Selected attorneys are evaluated based on peer recommendations […]

Income members Brian Rosenblatt and Donn LaHaie recently authored articles for the June edition of Illinois State Bar Association’s (ISBA) The Policy. The Policy is ISBA’s insurance law newsletter, providing timely developments and updates on insurance law. Brian’s article, “Dramatic Expansion of Illinois Workers’ Compensation Rights Leads to Injunction, Nullification […]

Associate Chase Gruszka was recently appointed to Vice Chair of the Social Media Committee for the Illinois Defense Counsel (IDC). As part of his new role, Chase will work closely with the committee chair to share valuable material that is of interest to IDC members and increase IDC’s social media […]

Chicago income member Jeff Kehl recently published an article for CLM Magazine titled, “Walmart’s COVID-19 Problem.” Jeff provides a full analysis of the first COVID-19 wrongful death suit filed in Cook County, Evans v. Walmart, (Cook County, Cause No. 2020 L 003938) and examines direct civil suits against employers for COVID-19 deaths. […]

Indiana income member Kirsten Kaiser Kus recently secured a fully favorable decision for a large tarp systems manufacturer.   Plaintiff alleged that he became seriously injured while moving a large 300 lb bulkhead in the course of employment. Plaintiff underwent an emergency L4-5 microdiscectomy and lumbar fusion at L4-5 with […]

Capital member Rich Lenkov was quoted in a Business Insurance article discussing efforts to close older workers’ compensation claims due to the pandemic in “More Legacy Comp Claims Closures Anticipated With Pandemic.” The pandemic’s significant economic impact has forced many claimants who previously declined settlement offers to request to settle their workers’ compensation claims […]

The spring 2020 issue of American Bar Association’s (ABA) Entertainment & Sports Lawyer is now available. The quarterly publication provides readers practical information, public policy and scholarly viewpoints on current entertainment and sports industry matters. Select feature topics for the Spring 2020 issue include: Defenses for non-performance amid COVID-19 2020 […]