Joseph P. Basile
Joseph P. Basile
Joseph P. Basile has concentrated his practice in workers’ compensation in all of its levels and civil litigation representing employers, insurers, and third-party administrators. He also has experience in civil litigation and has represented employees in workers’ compensation and social security disability claims. He is a Chair-qualified arbitrator for the Circuit Court of Cook County Mandatory Arbitration Program. Mr. Basile has served as a faculty member for annual IICLE^® Workers’ Compensation Institutes, and he writes the monthly workers’ compensation column for IICLE^® FLASHPOINTS. Mr. Basile received his B.S.B.A. in Business Administration from Saint Louis University and his J.D. with distinction from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, where he was a member of the law review.
John P. Bergin
John P. Bergin
John P. Bergin is a Partner at Lorenz & Bergin, P.C., in Chicago, concentrating his practice in workers’ compensation defense. Mr. Bergin received his B.A. and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago.
James F. Black
James F. Black
James F. Black is a Partner at Black & Jones Attorneys at Law in Rockford, where he concentrates in workers’ compensation. He is a member of the American and Illinois State Bar Associations. Mr. Black received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from St. Louis University School of Law.
James R. Clune
James R. Clune
James R. Clune is a Partner and Shareholder of Garofalo, Schreiber, Storm & Grant, Chartered, in Chicago, where he concentrates in workers’ compensation. He was a copresenter of the Analysis of a Workers’ Compensation Trial with the Risk & Employee Benefits Expo and has presented on workers’ compensation at the National Business Institute Seminar and the Annual Workers’ Compensation Law Institute. He is listed in the Leading Lawyers Network. He is a member of the Illinois State and Florida Bar Associations and is a member of the Trial Bar of the U.S. District for the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Clune received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from Stetson University College of Law.
Michael F. Doerries
Michael F. Doerries
Michael F. Doerries is a Shareholder of Wiedner & McAuliffe in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in workers’ compensation law. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association. Mr. Doerries received his B.S. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Brad A. Elward
Brad A. Elward
Brad A. Elward is currently a law clerk with the Appellate Court, Fourth District. He is a former Partner with Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., in Peoria, where he concentrated his appellate work on handling appeals in workers’ compensation cases before the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, circuit court, Appellate Court, Workers’ Compensation Commission Division, and Illinois Supreme Court. He has authored more than 325 appellate briefs and argued more than 225 appellate court cases, resulting in more than 100 published decisions, and numerous unpublished appellate court orders. Mr. Elward is a Past President of the Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association (2013 – 2014) and Past Chair of the Peoria County Bar Association CLE Committee. He has been named as an Illinois Super Lawyer for appellate practice from 2008 through 2020 and an Illinois Leading Lawyer from 2014 – 2020. He worked as an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois College of Law teaching advanced appellate practice. Mr. Elward received his B.S. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. magna cum laude from the Southern Illinois University School of Law, where he was the Survey Editor of the Southern Illinois University Law Journal and a teaching assistant for legal writing and legal research. The opinions and comments expressed herein and within Mr. Elward's chapters are his and are not those of the Appellate Court.
Steven F. Hanagan
Steven F. Hanagan
Steven F. Hanagan is a Partner at Hanagan & McGovern PC in Mount Vernon, where he concentrates his practice in workers’ compensation, personal injury, and defective products liability law. He is a Past President of the Jefferson County Bar Association, a past member of the Executive Committee of the Southern Illinois American Inn of Court, and a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the Illinois Law and Justice Foundation. Mr. Hanagan received his B.S. from Southern Illinois University and his J.D. cum laude from St. Louis University School of Law, where he received the American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in the Study of Legal Ethics.
Dana J. Hughes
Dana J. Hughes
Dana J. Hughes is a Partner at Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., in Peoria. She focuses her practice on workers’ compensation. She is a member of the Peoria County and Illinois State Bar Associations and served on the Winnebago County Bar Association’s Board of Directors from 2009 – 2012. Ms. Hughes received her B.A. from Northern Illinois University and her J.D. from Northern Illinois University College of Law.
Richard K. Johnson
Richard K. Johnson
Richard K. Johnson is a Partner at Katz, Friedman, Eagle, Eisenstein, Johnson, Bareck & Bertuca in Chicago, where he concentrates his practice in workers’ compensation. He is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers, and the Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association. Mr. Johnson received his B.S. from Northwestern University and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.
Tracy L. Jones
Tracy L. Jones
Tracy L. Jones is Owner/Partner of Black & Jones, Attorneys at Law, in Rockford. Ms. Jones received her B.A. from Northern Illinois University and her J.D. from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Women’s Caucus. She also was a judicial clerk for Chief Judge Donald C. Hudson in the 16th Judicial Circuit.
Kylee J. Jordan
Kylee J. Jordan
Kylee J. Jordan is an associate at Rusin & Maciorowski, Ltd., in Carbondale, where she focuses on workers’ compensation. She is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the American Inns of Court. She is a Neal Fellow, is a recipient of the Southern Illinois University School of Law Pro Bono Award, and was nominated for the Illinois State Bar Association Law Student Division Public Service Award. Ms. Jordan received her B.A. from St. Ambrose University and her J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law.
Patrick M. Keefe
Patrick M. Keefe
Patrick M. Keefe is a Partner at Keefe & DePauli, P.C., in Fairview Heights, where he concentrates in workers’ compensation. He has been an author and lecturer for IICLE®, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, and the Workers’ Compensation Claims Association. He is a member of the St. Clair County, Illinois State, and Missouri State Bar Associations. He received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, completed coursework towards an M.A. from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and received his J.D. from St. Louis University School of Law.
Ann-Louise Kleper
Ann-Louise Kleper
Ann-Louise Kleper is an Attorney at Dworkin & Maciariello, Ltd., in Chicago, where she concentrates in representing injured employees in their workers’ compensation claims. Ms. Kleper has spoken for IICLE®, the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations, the American Academy of Disability Physicians, the University of Illinois College of Medicine, and the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is a member of the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations, the Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association, and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Ms. Kleper received her B.A. magna cum laude from Brandeis University and her J.D. cum laude from Boston University School of Law.
Paul A. Krauter
Paul A. Krauter
Paul A. Krauter is a Member of Evans & Dixon, LLC, in Chicago, where he concentrates in workers’ compensation. He is a member of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association. Mr. Krauter attended Purdue University and received his B.A. from the University of Illinois and his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School.
Roman P. Kuppart
Roman P. Kuppart
Roman P. Kuppart is a Member of Culley, Feist, Kuppart & Jordan, LLC, in Harrisburg, where he focuses on occupational diseases. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Kuppart received his B.A. from the University of Georgia and his J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law.
Peter J. Lorenz
Peter J. Lorenz
Peter J. Lorenz is a Partner at Lorenz & Bergin, P.C., in Chicago, where he concentrates in workers’ compensation defense. He is a member of the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations and the Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association. Mr. Lorenz received his B.S. from Loyola University and his J.D. from Creighton University School of Law and was a member of the Moot Court Board and National Political Science Honor Society.
Bradford J. Peterson
Bradford J. Peterson
Bradford J. Peterson is a Shareholder of Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, P.C., in Champaign, where he concentrates in workers’ compensation and personal injury defense. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, and the National Association of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals. Mr. Peterson received his B.A. with honors from Illinois State University and his J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law.
Jon C. Walker
Jon C. Walker
Jon C. Walker is an associate at Woodruff Johnson & Evans Law Offices in Chicago, where he concentrates in workers’ compensation, social security disability, and personal injury. He is a member of the Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Chicago Bar Association. Mr. Walker received his B.A. from the University of British Columbia and his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.

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Workers’ Compensation Practice 2019 Edition

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Joseph P. Basile

John P. Bergin

James F. Black

James R. Clune

Michael F. Doerries

Brad A. Elward

Steven F. Hanagan

Dana J. Hughes

Richard K. Johnson

Tracy L. Jones

Kylee J. Jordan

Patrick M. Keefe

Ann-Louise Kleper

Paul A. Krauter

Roman P. Kuppart

Peter J. Lorenz

Bradford J. Peterson

Jon C. Walker

Workers’ Compensation Practice 2019 Edition