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Garofalo, Schreiber & Storm, Chartered | | 55 West Wacker Drive | | 10th Floor | Chicago, Illinois 60601 |
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| Insurance Clients | | ACE USA | Addison Insurance Company | | AIG Claim Services, Inc. | Allstate Insurance Company | | American Contractors Insurance Co RRG | American Country Insurance Company | | American Family Insurance Company | Amerisure Insurance Company | | AmTrust Group | Argonaut Great Central Insurance Company | | Broadspire | Cambridge Integrated Services | | Cannon Cochran Management Services, Inc. | Chesterfield Services, Inc. | | Church Mutual Insurance Company | CMI Octagon, Inc. | | CompManagement, Inc./Sedgwick James | Crawford & Company | | Creative Risk Solutions, Inc. | Crum & Forster Insurance Group | | Frank Gates Acclaim, Inc. | Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. | | GatesMcDonald | Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company | | Hastings Mutual Insurance Company | Illinois Compensation Trust/Hospital Association | | Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund | ITT Specialty Risk Services, Inc. | | Liberty Mutual Insurance Company | Meridian Mutual Insurance Company | | Milwaukee Insurance Company/Unitrin | North American Specialty Insurance Company | | Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation | NovaPro Risk Solutions | | Risk Enterprise Management, Ltd. | Royal & SunAlliance USA | | SeaBright Insurance Company | Sentry Claims Services | | Tar Heel Insurance Management Services | Travelers | | United Fire & Casualty Company | Universal Underwriters Group | | Utica National Insurance Group | Vanliner Insurance Company | | Ward North America, Inc. | West Bend Mutual Insurance Company | | Williams Insurance Group | Zurich American Insurance Company | |
| Non-Insurance Clients | | Accenture, LLP | Acres Group, Inc. | | Advocate Health Centers | Alcoa Engineered Products | | A.M. Castle & Co. | American Airlines, Inc. | | American Bottling Company | AMS Mechanical Systems, Inc. | | Anning Johnson Company | Arch Construction | | Army and Air Force Exchange Service | Arnold Logistics | | Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co. | Bay Shipbuilding Co. | | Bunge Edible Oil | Cadbury Schweppes Bottling Group | | Central Steel & Wire Company | Chicago Bridge & Iron Company | | Chicago Sun-Times, Inc. | C.J. Vitner Company | | Clark Construction Group, Inc. | CNF Transportation, Inc. | | Consolidated Freightway Corporation | Construction Program Group | | Conway Central Express | Corn Products International, Inc. | | Covenant Management | CPC Logistics, Inc. | | Denk & Roche Builders, Inc. | Department of Navy | | Dick Corporation | Dominick's | | G.E. Riddiford Company | GES Exposition Services, Inc. | | Graycor, Inc. | Hyatt Corporation | | International Decorators, Inc. | James McHugh Construction Company | | Jernberg Industries, Inc. | Kenny Construction Company | | Knaack Manufacturing | Lakeside Building Maintenance | | Lear Corporation | Lutheran Social Services/P.A. Peterson | | The Manitowoc Company, Inc. | Marianjoy Rehabilitation/Wheaton Franciscan Services, Inc. | | Marinette Marine Corporation | Marmon/Keystone Corporation | | McNulty Brothers Construction | Meccon Industries, Inc. | | Medline Industries, Inc. | Meyer Steel Drum, Inc. | | Naperville School District #203 | National Beverage Corporation | | New Breed, Inc. | Northwestern University | | Novak Construction Company | Ozinga Brothers, Inc. | | Panera Bread | Patten Tractor & Equipment Co. | | PeopleLink Staffing Solutions | Pepper Construction Company | | Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc. | Pickus Construction | | Power Maintenance & Constructors, LLC | Prairie Material Sales | | Rail Terminal Services | Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | | Rockford Memorial Hospital | Rockford Products | | RUSH Oak Park Hospital | Safway Steel Products, Inc. | | Sears, Roebuck and Co. | Select Staffing | | Septran, Inc. | Signal Administration, Inc. | | Sisters of St. Francis/St. James Hospital | Snap-on Tools Corporation | | Southwest Airlines Company | Spherion Corporation | | Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. | SUPERVALU/Jewel | | Textron, Inc. | Thatcher Engineering | | Turano Baking Company | Turtle Wax, Inc. | | United Technologies Corporation | Vienna Beef, Inc. | | VITAS Hospice Services, L.L.C. | Vitran Express, Inc. | | Wabtec Corporation | Waste Management, Inc. | | West Irving Dye Corporation | Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company | | Wolseley N.A. | Wright Tree Service | | W.W. Grainger, Inc. | | | Back To Top |
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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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)
| | | Memberships: | - Illinois State Bar Association
- 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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Daniel L. Grant
Chicago, IL | | | Practice Areas- Workers' Compensation
- Insurance Defense
- Trial Practice
- Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation
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| | 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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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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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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