Jon Walker was approved to serve as an arbitrator with the Cook County  Mandatory Arbitration Program.

Maria Bocanegra was appointed to the Illinois Department of Labor’s/Labor Advisory Board.

Philip Bareck received two recent decisions – In a Mitsubishi case, the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission significantly increased the award and included benefits for the disputed knee replacement including future medical treatment; In a Caterpillar case, the Arbitrator awarded three times more than Caterpillar’s final settlement offer, which was seven times higher than Caterpillar’s impairment rating – this is one of the first post-September 1, 2011 decisions pertaining to a knee surgery under the new statute.

Jon Walker was approved to serve as an arbitrator with the Cook County  Mandatory Arbitration Program. View all NEWS & ARTICLES

Jon Walker spoke before the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association on the topic: Cross-Examining AMA Impairment Radar: Nuts & Bolts of the Impairment Rating and Deposition strategy.  View all NEWS & ARTICLES

Philip Bareck was named an Illinois Super Lawyer, Top Lawyer in Illinois, listed as one of the Best Lawyers in America and selected by the American Society of Legal Advocates (ASLA) as one of the Top 100 Litigation lawyers in the State of Illinois. Phil presented  on the topic of Utilization Review from the Petitioner/Plaintiff’s perspective at the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education  (IICLE), Advanced Workers’ Compensation: Trial Practice under the New Act. View all NEWS & ARTICLES

David Barish presented on the topic of Wage Loss from the Petitioner/Plaintiff’s perspective at the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education  (IICLE), Advanced Workers’ Compensation: Trial Practice under the New Act; as well as on the topic Ethics: Things a Practicing Lawyer Needs to Know at the Illinois State Bar Association’s (ISBA) Advanced Workers’ Compensation Seminar – Fall 2012. David was also invited to speak before the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission on ethics at the annual arbitrator’s training seminar. View all NEWS & ARTICLES

Stanley Eisenstein was named an Illinois Super Lawyer, Top Lawyer in Illinois, listed as one of the Best Illinois Attorneys and selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America in the field of Labor and Employment Law. Stanley spoke on the topic of State Employment Laws at the 28th annual Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Conference at the Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law  in November and lectured on Hot Topics in Labor Law at the  Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education  (IICLE) June seminar. View all NEWS & ARTICLES

Charles Kiser joined Katz Friedman’s Labor and Employment practice. His labor practice is diverse and has included advising clients in hard fought organizing campaigns, litigating cases before the National Labor Relations Board, arbitrators, and  the federal courts, as well as appellate advocacy in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. View all NEWS & ARTICLES

Martha Garcia taught Workers’ Compensation Law  for the third straight year as an Adjunct Faculty member at Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law. View all NEWS & ARTICLES