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I just wanted to write a short and somewhat self-involved blog entry today to celebrate the fact that today marks the twenty-first year that I’ve been a lawyer. In those twenty-one years I have been honored to represent people injured in many different ways. Some were hurt while working, other…

Governor Quinn, a Democrat in name, appears to be the latest allegedly Democratic state official to publicly court workers’ comp reform that would be injurious to workers. A story widely reported in the State Journal-Register of Springfield, indicates that Quinn seemed to be in favor of a prov…

Illinois lawyers, all lawyers for that matter, get such a bad rap. I’m sure you’ve heard all the lawyer jokes, many of which I find myself laughing at, albeit self-consciously. Lawyers in Illinois have something they can be proud of image-wise. A recent article featured in Illinois Lawye…

Medicare. There, I said it and used the term that sparks so much animosity, passion, and confusion no matter what your political bent. These days, it seems to be seeping into our everyday existence and, you might be very surprised, is very deeply entrenched in both personal injury and workers’…

Two really great meetings and one fantastic seminar coming up with the Chicago Bar Association in May. All are sponsored by the CBA Solo and Small Practitioner’s Committee, of which I am co-Chair. First of all Tuesday May 3rd at 12:15 p.m. the CBA Solo and Small Practitioner’s Committee…

This article was originally posted in the Springfield Journal-Register by Todd Smith, President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA). I couldn’t have said it better myself, although I have tried several times in this space to spread the word about these nefarious “reforms.…

Much has been written in this blog about Illinois lawymakers various attempts to “reform” the Workers’ Compensation Act. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you realize the potentially dangerous slope this alleged reform takes. Everyone who works in Illinois has a right to be…

A common sense and relatively uncontroversial “reform” of the state’s workers’ compensation law passed the Illinois House unanimously. See the latest news report here. As has been written about a great deal on this blog, this case involved a lot more than death, a state troop…