Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Year Joined Organization: 2000

Lawyer Overview

Laura has extensive experience in defending health care professionals. She has successfully represented clients in malpractice actions in state and federal court, in administrative proceedings and in appellate matters. She has defended nursing homes, long term care facilities for the mentally ill, home health care providers, doctors, dentists, psychotherapists, optometrists and nurses. She has expertise in both the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act and the Illinois Sexual Exploitation in Psychotherapy Act.

Her practice also includes employment and housing discrimination matters, civil rights litigation, product liability, premises liability and automobile liability. She is also a frequent lecturer at long-term care facilities on risk management and compliance with state and federal guidelines.

Areas of Practice

• Nursing Home & Healthcare
• Insurance Defense

West Practice Categories

Health & Health Care Law, Insurance Law

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1991
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1991
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1992

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Illinois State Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association

Education

• De Paul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1991
  J.D.
• University of Illinois-Champaign, Champaign-Urbana, IL, 1988
  B.S.
  Major: Political Science

Address

Suite 2200
30 North LaSalle
Chicago, IL 60602

Phones

(312) 345-7250 (ext. 224)
(312) 345-7224

Faxes

(312) 345-7251

Emails

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Websites

http://www.mmktrial.com