An Overview of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation System and Practice Issues before the Commission

What types of evidence do we admit at hearing and how do we get it in? What types of experts do we use and when do we take depositions?

Learn best practices for taking a doctor’s evidence deposition via Zoom. Attorneys on both sides of the case will walk through how to address medical causation issues with a physician, and a court reporter will offer insight on how to conduct virtual depositions smoothly.

Michael Rooney reviews significant developments in caselaw. Topics covered include professional conduct, mortgage foreclosure, dissolution of marriage, Illinois Land Trusts, Mechanics Liens, and Tenancy by Entirety. The written materials include two very important features. First, some cases include a PRACTICE POINTER (and sometimes more than one) to reinforce how the holding in the case affects the practice of law. Second, we have included sufficient blank space following each case so attendees can make notes in the written materials.