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Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys General Defense Garofalo, Schreiber, Storm & Grant, Chartered 55 West Wacker Drive, 10th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60601
Telephone: 312-670-2000Fax: 312-419-1336Toll Free: 877-419-2300Website: www.gssglaw.com Established: 1997
Practice Areas Insurance Defense Workers' Compensation Employer Liability Trial Practice Appellate Practice State and Federal Courts
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Personnel Information Shareholders Joseph A. Garofalo Chicago, IL
Practice Areas Workers' Compensation Insurance Defense Trial Practice Admitted Illinois, 1977 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1987 Additional Biographical Details: Chicago Bar Association Lecturer: "Trial of a Workers' Compensation Case," Spring, 1984; "Case Developments in Workers' Compensation," Spring, 1988; Arbitrator, Circuit Court of Cook County, 1990; Leading Lawyers Network-The Top Lawyers, 2004-present; Illinois Super Lawyers, 2006-present
Memberships: Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association Justinian Society of Lawyers Reported Cases: Johnson Outboards v. Industrial Commission, 77Ill.2d 67, 394 N.E.2d 1176, 31 Ill. Dec. 799 (1979); Auto-Trol Technology Corporation v. Industrial Commission, 189 Ill.App.3d 1065, 545 N.E.2d 939 (1989) Education: North Park College, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1974 DePaul University College of Law, J.D., 1977 Born: 1952
Scott T. Schreiber Chicago, IL
Practice Areas Workers' Compensation Insurance Defense Trial Practice Admitted Additional Biographical Details: Leading Lawyers Network-The Top Lawyers, 2004-present; Illinois Super Lawyers, 2007-present
Memberships: Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association Publications: Author: "The Unsupervised Child: Parental Negligence or Necessity," Valparaiso University Law Review, Vol. 15, P. 167, Fall, 1980 Education: Valparaiso University, B.A., 1978 Valparaiso University, J.D., 1981 Fraternity Information: Managing Editor, Valparaiso University Law Review (1980-1981) Born: 1956
Derek A. Storm Chicago, IL
Practice Areas Workers' Compensation Insurance Defense Trial Practice Admitted Illinois, 1984 U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1987 Additional Biographical Details: Leading Lawyers Network-The Top Lawyers, 2004-present
Memberships: Chicago Bar Association Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association (Board of Directors; Past President) Education: Eastern Illinois University, B.A. (with honors), 1981 DePaul University, J.D., 1984 University of London, England, LL.M. (with merit), 1989 Born: 1959
Daniel L. Grant Chicago, IL
Practice Areas Workers' Compensation Insurance Defense Trial Practice Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Admitted Additional Biographical Details: Leading Lawyers Network - The Top Lawyers, 2018 - present; Chicago Bar Chair 2014
Memberships: American Bar Association Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association Education: Illinois State University, B.S., 1998 DePaul University, J.D., 2002 Born: 1975
Philip G. Brinckerhoff Chicago, IL
Practice Areas Civil Litigation Insurance Defense Employer Liability Trial Practice Construction Law Admitted Additional Biographical Details: Leading Lawyers Network, The Top Lawyers (2012 - present)
Memberships: Chicago Bar Association Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel Education: Marquette University, A.B., 1980 Saint Louis University, J.D., 1985 Born: 1958
James R. Clune Chicago, IL
Admitted Florida, 1978 Illinois, 1980 U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1979 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar, 1981 Additional Biographical Details: Leading Lawyers Network, The Top Lawyers (2013-present)
Memberships: Illinois State Bar Association The Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association Publications: Author: "Illinois Continuing Legal Education-Workers Compensation Chapter 2"; "Employer-Employee Relationship" Education: University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1975 Stetson University College of Law, J.D., 1978 Born: 1953
Andrew L. Rane Chicago, IL
Practice Areas Workers' Compensation Insurance Defense Trial Practice Admitted Illinois, 1994 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Additional Biographical Details: Leading Lawyers Network, The Top Lawyers (2016)
Memberships: Illinois State Bar Association Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 2008-2010) Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A., 1990 Northern Illinois University, J.D. (cum laude), 1994 Honors: American Jurisprudence Award in Administrative Law Born: 1967
Todd E. Wegman Chicago, IL
Practice Areas Workers' Compensation Insurance Defense Trial Practice Admitted Additional Biographical Details: Leading Lawyers Network, The Top Lawyers (2016-present)
Memberships: American Bar Association Workers' Compensation Lawyers Assocation Education: Illinois State University, B.S., 1991 Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 1996 Born: 1969
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Partners Craig M. Scarpelli Chicago, IL
Practice Areas Workers' Compensation Insurance Defense Trial Practice Admitted Illinois, 1996 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois Memberships: Illinois State Bar Association Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association Education: University of Wisconsin, B.A. (cum laude), 1992 DePaul University, J.D., 1996 Born: 1970
Matthew J. Novak Chicago, IL
Practice Areas Workers' Compensation Insurance Defense Trial Practice Admitted Memberships: Illinois State Bar Association Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association Education: Buena Vista University, B.A. (magna cum laude), 2001 The University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 2005 Born: 1978
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Associates Frank A. Barber, Jr. Chicago, IL
Practice Areas Admitted Memberships: American, Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association Education: Rutgers University, B.A. (magna cum laude), 2010 George Mason University School of Law, J.D., 2013 Born: 1989
Taylar R. Young Chicago, IL
Practice Areas Workers' Compensation Civil Litigation Toxic Torts Admitted Memberships: Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations Workers" Compensation Lawyers Association Education: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, B.A. Political Science (with honors), 2016 The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, J.D. (with honors), 2019 Born: 1994
Mark C. Lockefeer Chicago, IL
Practice Areas Admitted Memberships: Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association Education: DePaul University, B.A. (magna cum laude, Dean's List), 2015 Michigan State University College of Law, J.D. (magna cum laude, Dean's List), 2019 Military: U.S. Marine Corp (2007-2011) Born: 1985
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Of Counsel Norman H. Burdick Chicago, IL
Practice Areas Fraud Criminal Law Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud Insurance Law Admitted Illinois, 1976 U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of Illinois, 1976 U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1976 Memberships: Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association Coalition Against Fraud International Association of Fraud Examiners Education: Northeastern Illinois University, B.A. (Dean's List), 1972 The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, J.D., 1975 Born: 1950
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