| Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys |   | | General Defense | |
Garofalo, Schreiber, Storm & Grant, Chartered | | 55 West Wacker Drive | | 10th Floor | Chicago, Illinois 60601 |
| Telephone: 312-670-2000 | | Fax: 312-419-1336 | | Toll Free: 877-419-2300 | | www.gssglaw.com |
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Joseph A. Garofalo
Chicago, IL | | | Practice Areas- Workers' Compensation
- Insurance Defense
- Trial Practice
| | Admitted | - U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1987
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| | 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
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| | 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
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| | Born:1952 |
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Scott T. Schreiber
Chicago, IL | | | Practice Areas- Workers' Compensation
- Insurance Defense
- Trial Practice
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| | Additional Biographical Details: | | Leading Lawyers Network-The Top Lawyers, 2004-present; Illinois Super Lawyers, 2007-present | | | Memberships: | - Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
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| | 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
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| | Fraternity Information: | | Managing Editor, Valparaiso University Law Review (1980-1981) |
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| | Born:1956 |
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Derek A. Storm
Chicago, IL | | | Practice Areas- Workers' Compensation
- Insurance Defense
- Trial Practice
| | Admitted | - U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1987
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| | Additional Biographical Details: | | Leading Lawyers Network-The Top Lawyers, 2004-present | | | Memberships: | - Chicago Bar Association
- Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association (Board of Directors; Past President)
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| | Education: | - Eastern Illinois University, B.A. (with honors), 1981
- DePaul University, J.D., 1984
- University of London, England, LL.M. (with merit), 1989
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| | Born:1959 |
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Daniel L. Grant
Chicago, IL | | | Practice Areas- Workers' Compensation
- Insurance Defense
- Trial Practice
- Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation
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| | Additional Biographical Details: | | Leading Lawyers Network - The Top Lawyers, 2018 - present; Chicago Bar Chair 2014 | | | Memberships: | - American Bar Association
- Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
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| | Education: | - Illinois State University, B.S., 1998
- DePaul University, J.D., 2002
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| | Born:1975 |
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Philip G. Brinckerhoff
Chicago, IL | | | Practice Areas- Civil Litigation
- Insurance Defense
- Employer Liability
- Trial Practice
- Construction Law
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| | Additional Biographical Details: | | Leading Lawyers Network, The Top Lawyers (2012 - present) | | | Memberships: | - Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
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| | Education: | - Marquette University, A.B., 1980
- Saint Louis University, J.D., 1985
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| | Born:1958 |
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Steven R. Scarlati, Jr.
Chicago, IL | | | Practice Areas- Workers' Compensation
- Insurance Defense
- Trial Practice
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| | Memberships: | - Will County and Chicago Bar Associations
- Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
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| | Education: | - Eastern Illinois University, B.A., 1986
- Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 1990
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| | Born:1963 |
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James R. Clune
Chicago, IL | | | | Admitted | - U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1979
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar, 1981
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| | Additional Biographical Details: | | Leading Lawyers Network, The Top Lawyers (2013-present) | | | Memberships: | - Illinois State Bar Association
- The Florida Bar
- Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
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| | 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
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| | Born:1953 |
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Andrew L. Rane
Chicago, IL | | | Practice Areas- Workers' Compensation
- Insurance Defense
- Trial Practice
| | Admitted | - U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
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| | Additional Biographical Details: | Leading Lawyers Network, The Top Lawyers (2016)
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- Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 2008-2010)
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| | Education: | - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A., 1990
- Northern Illinois University, J.D. (cum laude), 1994
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| | Honors: | | American Jurisprudence Award in Administrative Law | | | Born:1967 |
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Todd E. Wegman
Chicago, IL | | | Practice Areas- Workers' Compensation
- Insurance Defense
- Trial Practice
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| | Additional Biographical Details: | Leading Lawyers Network, The Top Lawyers (2016-present)
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- Workers' Compensation Lawyers Assocation
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| | Education: | - Illinois State University, B.S., 1991
- Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 1996
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| | Born:1969 |
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Craig M. Scarpelli
Chicago, IL | | | Practice Areas- Workers' Compensation
- Insurance Defense
- Trial Practice
| | Admitted | - U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
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| | Memberships: | - Illinois State Bar Association
- Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
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| | Education: | - University of Wisconsin, B.A. (cum laude), 1992
- DePaul University, J.D., 1996
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| | Born:1970 |
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David P. Hanson
Chicago, IL | | | Practice Areas- Workers' Compensation
- Insurance Defense
- Trial Practice
| | Admitted | - U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar
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| | Memberships: | - American Bar Association
- Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
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| | Education: | - Indiana University, B.S., 1997
- DePaul University, J.D., 2000
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| | Language: | | | | Born:1974 |
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Laura D. Hrubec
Chicago, IL | | | Practice Areas- Workers' Compensation
- Subrogation
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| | Memberships: | - Illinois State and Indiana State Bar Associations
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| | Education: | - North Central College, B.A. (cum laude), 1998
- DePaul University College of Law, J.D., 2002
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| | Born:1976 |
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Matthew J. Novak
Chicago, IL | | | Practice Areas- Workers' Compensation
- Insurance Defense
- Trial Practice
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| | Memberships: | - Illinois State Bar Association
- Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
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| | Education: | - Buena Vista University, B.A. (magna cum laude), 2001
- The University of Iowa College of Law, J.D., 2005
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| | Born:1978 |
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Jason L. Cutler
Chicago, IL | | | Practice Areas- Workers' Compensation
- Insurance Defense
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| | Memberships: | - Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations
- State Bar of Wisconsin
- Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
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| | Education: | - University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., 2008
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| | Born:1983 |
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Frank A. Barber, Jr.
Chicago, IL | | | |
| | Memberships: | - American, Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations
- Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
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| | Education: | - Rutgers University, B.A. (magna cum laude), 2010
- George Mason University School of Law, J.D., 2013
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| | Born:1989 |
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Monika W. Trujillo
Chicago, IL | | | |
| | Memberships: | - Illinois State Bar Association
- Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
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| | Education: | - Roosevelt University, B.S. Psychology, 2010
- Chicago - Kent School of Law, J.D., 2014
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| | Language: | | | | Born:1987 |
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Lucas D. Downing
Chicago, IL | | | | Admitted | - U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2015
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| | Memberships: | - American, Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations
- Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
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| | Education: | - Northern Illinois University, B.A., 2010
- The University of Tulsa College of Law, J.D., 2014
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| | Born:1986 |
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Jonathan M. Prihodka
Chicago, IL | | | |
| | Memberships: | - American and Chicago Bar Associations
- Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
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| | Education: | - The University of Iowa, B.A., 2013
- DePaul University College of Law, J.D., 2017
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| | Born:1991 |
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Ralph L. Berke
Chicago, IL | | | Practice Areas- Workers' Compensation
- Insurance Defense
- Litigation
- Estate Planning
| | Admitted | - U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1981
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1990
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| | Education: | - Wheaton College, B.A. (with high honors), 1971
- Northwestern University, J.D., 1974
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| | Military: | | Ret. Lt. Col., U.S. Army Reserve | |
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Norman H. Burdick
Chicago, IL | | | Practice Areas- Fraud
- Criminal Law
- Workers' Compensation
- Insurance Fraud
- Insurance Law
| | Admitted | - U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of Illinois, 1976
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1976
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| | Memberships: | - Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations
- Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association
- Coalition Against Fraud
- International Association of Fraud Examiners
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| | Education: | - Northeastern Illinois University, B.A. (Dean's List), 1972
- The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, J.D., 1975
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| | Born:1950 |
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