Current Employment Position(s)

Founding Partner

Lawyer Overview

Karen McNulty Enright is a founding partner of the firm Winters Enright Salzetta & O'Brien, L.L.C.  The firm was formed in 1997 and Ms. Enright concentrates in representing clients who are injured through medical negligence, premises and products liability, automobile and construction accidents.

Karen is a successful trial lawyer and has tried numerous cases involving complex medical and personal injuries. Karen has obtained verdicts and settlements in excess of a million dollars and has been recognized by the million-dollar advocates forum.  Ms. Enright is also a chair-qualified arbitrator for the Cook County Mandatory Arbitration program.

Expert Witness:

Testified in front the Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee on behalf of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association on the subject of Senate Bill 1724.  Testified for the Illinois Board of Governors on Prejudgment interest.

Publications and Lectures:

Karen is also a frequent author & lecturer for the Illinois State Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Chicago Bar Association and Women's Bar Association of Illinois.  Some of her publications, speeches, and the classes she has taught appear below.

Areas of Practice

• Medical Negligence
• Personal Injury
• Automobile Accidents
• Trucking Accidents
• Premises Liability
• Products Liability

West Practice Categories

Motor Vehicle, Personal Injury -- Defense, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense, Premises Liability -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Medical Malpractice, Trucking

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois Trial Bar
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois Trial Bar
• U.S. Supreme Court

Certification/Specialties

• Certified Private Pilot

Professional Associations and Memberships

• The John Marshall Law School Alumni Association (Board of Directors)
• Illinois State Bar Association (Member of the Elected Assembly)
• Illinois State Bar Association - Tort Section Council, Young Lawyers Section (Appointed Member)
• Illinois State Bar Association - Assembly Resolutions Drafting Committee, Amicus Curiae Committee, and Committee on Legislation (Appointed Member)
• Illinois State Bar Association - Standing Committee on Legislations (Appointed Member)
• Women's Bar Association of Illinois, 2007 - 2008 (President)
• Women's Bar Association of Illinois, 2006 - 2007 (Elected First Vice President, Board of Directors)
• Women's Bar Association of Illinois, 2005 - 2006 (Elected Second Vice President, Board of Directors)
• Women's Bar Association of Illinois, 2004 - 2005 (Corresponding Secretary)
• Women's Bar Association of Illinois - Public Office Committee, Annual Dinner Committee, Judicial Reception Committee (Past Co-Chair)
• Women's Bar Association of Illinois - Tort Section, Civil Litigation Committee, and Public Office Committee (Member)
• Women's Bar Foundation (Past Member, Board of Directors)
• Alliance of Bar Associations (Past Member, Executive Committee)
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association - Supreme Court Rules Committee, Medical Negligence Committee (Member)
• Chicago Bar Association - Young Lawyers Division, Bench-Bar Relations, and Tort Committee (Member)
• Society of Trial Lawyers (Elected Member, Board of Directors)
• Mid-Day Club (Member, Associate Board of Directors)
• The Lawyers Club of Chicago (Member)
• Professional Women's Club of Chicago (Member)
• Leukemia Society
• American Trial Lawyers Association
• Cook County Mandatory Arbitration Program (Arbitrator)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Elected Member)

Honors and Awards

• Selected as top 50 Women Lawyers in the State of Illinois by Chicago Magazine
• Selected as One of 40 Lawyers Under 40 In the State of Illinois to Watch By the Law Bulletin Publishing Company
• Illinois State Bar Association 2009 Board of Governors Award
• Women's Bar Association of Illinois Service Award for Uncommon Dedication and Outstanding Service
• Loras College Distinguished Alumni Award
• Who's Who Among American Trial Lawyers
• Million Dollar Lawyers Forum
• Selected as a Leading Illinois Attorney
• Selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer, 2006 - 2009
• Appointed by Federal Court as a Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panelist, 2007 - 2009

Classes and Seminars

• Past Adjunct Professor, Legal Research and Writing, The John Marshall Law School
• Past Adjunct Professor, Criminal Law and Business Law, Chicago College of Commerce
• 2008 Moot Court Judge, National Trial Competition

Pro Bono Activities

• Pro Bono Litigator - Chicago Volunteer Legal Services and Department of Children and Family Services
• Frequent Lecturer at Nazareth Academy on Our America and Giving to the Community
• Loyola Academy Speaker
• Immaculate Conception: Project Gabriel
• New Moms Service Projects
• John Marshall Law School Mentoring Program
• Rebecca's House Volunteer

Education

• John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 1992
  J.D.
• Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, 1989
  B.A.
  Honors: cum laude

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Published Works

• Informed Consent, Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook, 1994
• Informed Consent, Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook, 1995
• Informed Consent, Medical Malpractice Trial Notebook, 1996
• Use of Exhibits at Trial, ITLA, 1995
• Premises Liability and Recreational Immunity, ISBA, 1996
• Expert Witnesses, Illinois Civil Practice & Update Review Seminar, 1997
• I.P.I. 5.01 Civil Jury Instructions, ITLA, 1997
• Products Liability, CBA Shotgun Seminar, 1997
• Products Liability, ISBA, 1997
• Get Caught Up, CBA, 1997
• Managing A Small Law Firm, CBA Women in the Law Lecture Series, 1998
• Best v. Taylor Update, CBA, 1998
• Opening Statements and Closing Arguments in Premises Liability and Auto Mobile Cases, ITLA Seminar, 1998
• Your First Medical Malpractice Trial, ISBA, 1998
• Organization of Opening Statements, ITLA, 1998
• Pre-Existing Injuries, ITLA Annual Convention, 1999
• Settling and Probating Minor Estates, ISBA Annual Meeting, 1999
• Anticipating Objections During Discovery Phase and Motions in Limine, CBA, 1999
• Prosecuting Slip-Fall Cases, CBA, 1999
• Litigating Cases Without Going Bankrupt, ISBA, 1999
• Use of Trial Exhibits, ISBA, 2000
• Admissibility of Board Certification, ISBA Tort Trends, 2000
• Evidence Seminar, ITLA, 2000
• Premises Liability Under the Tort Immunity Act, ISBA Annual Meeting, 2001
• Settling and Probating Minor's Estates, ISBA Trial Practice Skills Series, 2001
• How To Interview and Perfect Personal Injury Cases From Start To Finish, WBAI, 2001
• From Soup to Nuts - How to Run for Judge, CBA, 2001
• 90 Days Before Trial, CBA, 2002
• Civil Practice Update and Review, ITLA Evidence Seminar, 2002
• Illinois Supreme Court Rule 212 (a)(5) Can You Use a Discovery Deposition as Evidence at Trial?, ISBA Tort Trends, 2002
• Prior and Subsequent Injury and Aggravation of Pre-existing Injuries, ITLA Evidence Seminar, 2003
• Proving Damages and Jury Instructions, ITLA Evidence Seminar, 2004
• Young Lawyers Seminar, ISBA, 2004
• Premises Liability, ISBA Annual Meeting, Tort Law Section, 2005
• Premises Liability, ISBA Annual Meeting, Civil Practice Section, 2005
• Medical Malpractice - Drafting Complaints, Loyola Law School Guest Lecturer, 2005
• Nuts and Bolts, ISBA New Lawyers Seminar, 2005
• New Lawyers Forum, ISBA Mid-Year Meeting, 2005
• Hot Topics in Tort; Ethical Issues in Representing a Minor or an Incompetent Person in Tort, ISBA, 2006
• Update on Evidence, ITLA Fall Semester, 2006
• 90 Days Before Trial, CBA, 2007
• Update and Overview, ISBA Medical Malpractice, 2007
• Work Life Balance, CBA Alliance for Women, Women in Law, 2007
• President's Page, WBAI Newsletter, 2007
• Damages, Chicago Risk Management Seminar, 2007
• Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges, CBA Seminar Panelist for Women, 2008
• Decision Makers: The Inside Scoop on Getting Business and Delivering the Goods, ISBA Semi Annual Seminar, 2008
• Update on Evidence, ITLA Update and Review Seminar, 2008
• Legislative Updates, ISBA Annual Meeting Seminar, 2008
• Article on Abraham Lincoln, WBAI Newsletter, 2009

Address

111 West Washington Street
Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60602

Phones

(312) 236-6324

Faxes

(312) 236-6426

Emails

kenright@wesolaw.com

Websites

http://www.wbaillinois.org (Women's Bar Association of Illinois)
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