Alter, Jeffrey M.

Lawyer Overview

Jeffrey Alter is a partner with Anesi, Ozmon after starting with the firm as a law clerk while still in law school.  He is an advocate for severely injured people, specializing in injured workers, and his practice of law is concentrated in the areas of workers’ compensation, police and fire pension, and social security disability claims.  Jeffrey is a husband, father, and trial attorney representing injured workers, achieving notable success at every level of the court system through the Appellate Court of Illinois. He is admitted to the bar in the State of Illinois, and in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Jeffrey is also an active member of the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association, and the American Association for Justice.  Among his professional accomplishments, Jeffrey is a past Committee Chair and seminar speaker of note for the Chicago Bar Association and the Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association.  He is also an author of two chapters in the Workers’ Compensation Notebook, published by the Illinois Trial Lawyers’ Association. He is also a past Committee Chairman for the Chicago Bar Association’s workers’ compensation committee.

Recent Settlement and Verdicts:

• $375,000.00 settlement for a mechanic with a cervical fusion resulting from a work injury, who was unable to return to his former employment.
• $300,000.00 settlement for a Local #1 ironworker with an operated lower back injury.
• $285,000.00 settlement for a laborer with an operated neck injury.
• $277,000.00 settlement for a Local #1 ironworker with an operated lower back.
• $275,000.00 settlement for an automobile mechanic after an award of benefits by the Arbitrator after the employer denied further medical treatment for the injured worker; the Arbitrator awarded all requested benefits, including prospective medical treatment.
• $250,000.00 settlement for a union chemical operator after suffering a lower back injury.
• $238,000.00+ settlement for an ironworker unable to return to work as a result of a back injury.
• $227,000.00 award of benefits for a mechanic with a neck and knee injury on a totally disputed claim.  Award included $100,000.00+ in penalties against the employer.
• $215,000.00 settlement for a Local #1 ironworker with a lower back injury.
• $200,000.00 settlement for a union painter who sustained a knee injury requiring surgery.
• $199,900.00 settlement for a supermarket worker who sustained a knee injury, requiring multiple surgeries.
• $185,000.00 settlement for an ironworker after receiving an award of weekly wage differential benefits at trial.
• $185,000.00 settlement for a laborer with an operated ankle injury.
• $175,000.00 settlement for an office worker with an unoperated sacroiliac joint injury.
• $150,000.00 award of past due benefits for a laborer injuring his knee from a fall at work.
• $139,000.00 award for a worker injured in a fall, but all benefits were denied; claim was settled for an additional lump sum of $185,000.00.
• $77,000.00 award of past due benefits, as well as an award by the Arbitrator for recommended knee surgery.
• $99,999.00 settlement for a widow in a completely disputed and denied claim for benefits.
• Award of weekly wage differential benefits for life for a union laborer injured while working for the City of Chicago.
• Award by the Arbitrator for an artificial disc replacement for an automobile mechanic who suffered a lower back injury.

Frequent Case Types

• Brain Injury in Chicago, IL
• Chicago Social Security Disability Claims in Chicago, IL
• Construction Site Injury in Chicago, IL
• Distracted Driver Accident in Chicago, IL
• Fatal Car Accidents in Chicago, IL
• Ladder Fall Injury in Chicago, IL
• Medical Misdiagnosis in Chicago, IL
• Motorcycle Accident Injury in Chicago, IL
• Scaffolding Fall in Chicago, IL
• Spinal Cord Injury in Chicago, IL
• Surgical Errors in Chicago, IL
• Union Workers Compensation Claims in Chicago, IL
• Wrongful Death Victims in Chicago, IL

Areas of Practice

• Workers' Compensation
• Police Pension
• Social Security Law

West Practice Categories

Social Security -- Disability, Workers' Compensation

Bar Admissions

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

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Chicago Bar Association (Past Committee Chair and Seminar Speaker)
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• American Association for Justice
• Workers Compensation Lawyers Association

Classes and Seminars

• Developing Case Law , Chicago Bar Association (04/2004)
• Liens in Workers' Compensation , Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (11/2007)
• Liens in Workers' Compensation Claims , Chicago Bar Association (05/2008)

Education

• Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1999
  J.D.
• Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1993
  B.S.
  Honors: Graduated with Honors
  Major: Biology

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Published Works

• Res Judicata & Collateral Estoppel-ILTA, 2002-2010
• Liens on Workers' Compensation Claims- ILTA, 2007-2010

Address

161 North Clark Street
Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60601-3204

Phones

312-574-3378
866-610-6219 (Toll free)

Faxes

312-372-3833

Emails

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Websites

http://www.anesilaw.com