Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Susan Capra is a registered nurse as well as a practicing attorney concentrating in medical malpractice litigation. Ms. Capra has been with Robert Clifford since 1989, having graduated with Honors from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago in 1990. She has worked on dozens of cases involving multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements. She received a $2.6 million verdict for a 44-year-old man who died after the failure of a doctor to diagnose a pulmonary embolism. It was the largest verdict in the history of Adams County, Illinois. Ms. Capra also was involved in a $1.4 million settlement involving negligent obstetrical care resulting in pre-term delivery. She received a $2 million policy limits settlement involving a man's loss of his leg due to undetected infection following podiatric surgery. She brings to each case her expertise as well as her sensitivity as a nurse, having practiced at Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital.

Ms. Capra is a frequent lecturer on various topics involving medical negligence, and she also has authored several articles-ranging from the future of hospital peer review to the use of expert witnesses in medical malpractice cases and litigation involving cocaine babies.

Clifford Law Offices is proud of Ms. Capra's distinguished accomplishments and commitment to the profession, leading to her being named partner at the firm January 1, 2000.

Areas of Practice

• Medical and Hospital Negligence
• Personal Injury

West Practice Categories

Health & Health Care Law, Hospital Law, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1990
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1990

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member)

Education

• DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1990
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: With Honors
  
  Law Review: DePaul Law Review, Member, 1988 - 1990
• De Paul University, Chicago, Illinois
  B.S.N., Bachelor of Science in Nursing
  Honors: Sigma Theta Tau

Published Works

• Patrick v. Burget: The Future of Hospital Peer Review in the Antitrust Arena, 39 DePaul L. Rev., 1989
• Cocaine Babies: Meeting the Challenge, 80 Ill. B. J., 1992

Address

120 N. LaSalle Street,
31st Floor
Chicago, IL 60602

Phones

(312) 899-9090
(800) 899-0410 (Toll Free)

Faxes

(312) 251-1160

Emails

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Websites

http://www.cliffordlaw.com