Petersen, Laura A.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Health Care Law
• Professional Negligence (Including physician, attorney, insurance & real estate)
• Appellate Practice

Representative Clients

• Pekin Memorial Hospital
• Methodist Medical Center of Illinois
• Illinois Provider Trust
• ISMIE
• St. Paul Travelers Insurance
• OSF St. Francis Medical Center
• AP Capital
• Country Insurance & Financial Services
• General Casualty Insurance

West Practice Categories

Health & Health Care Law, Insurance Law, Errors & Omissions Insurance, State Appellate Practice, Professional Malpractice Law, Dental Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Other Professionals Malpractice

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1998
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2000

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Illinois State Bar Association
• Peoria County Bar Association
• Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys
• Defense Research Institute
• Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel
• Greater Peoria Claims Association

Honors and Awards

• National Registry of Who's Who
• 40 Leaders Under 40
• Prescott E. Bloom Memorial Distinguished Service Award
• Earned Super Lawyers rising star designation awarded by Law & Politics

Classes and Seminars

• Peoria County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education
• Depositions: Presenting Your Best Case
• EMTALA Update
• HIPAA Basics for Health Professionals
• HIPAA and it's Impact on Collecting and Handling Confidential Medical Records
• Reducing your Medical Practice's Electronic Communication Risks
• The Peer Review Process and the Medical Studies Act: Do They Really Protect What you Think They Do?
• Charting a Course: A Legal Perspective of Creating Medical Records

Education

• University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois, 1998
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Best Overall in the 1998 Frederick Green Moot Court Competition
• University of Illinois, 1995
  B.S.
  Honors: summa cum laude

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi

Published Works

• Peoria Medicine Article Reprints
• Contributing author for The Law of Medical Practice in Illinois, 3d, Vol. 21-22 (West 2007)

Address

227 NE Jefferson Avenue
Peoria, IL 61602-1211

Phones

309-674-1133

Faxes

309-674-6503

Emails

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Websites

http://www.qjhp.com