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Practice Emphasis:
Jim concentrates his practice in the areas of workers’ compensation
and personal injury litigation. He has tried over 200 workers’
compensation cases and numerous civil cases throughout the State
of Illinois. He handles all aspects of workers’ compensation
litigation including trials and appeals.
Jim is the author of various articles and speeches prepared and
presented for business groups and employers in the State of Illinois.
Selected workers’ compensation presentations include: “Injuries
in the Workplace in Illinois - Occupational Diseases vs. Ordinary
Diseases of Life,” 1993; “Workers’ Compensation
in Illinois - In Your Client’s Best Interest -- Ethical Considerations,”
1994; “Illinois Labor and Employment Law - Injuries in the
Workplace -- Examining the Workers’ Compensation Process,”
1995; “Advanced Workers’ Compensation in Illinois Medical
Issues and Their Role in the Complex Workers’ Compensation
Claim,” 1996; “Workers’ Compensation in Illinois
-- Hearings -- When Voluntary Settlements Cannot be Reached,”
1997; “Return to Work Issues Under the Illinois Workers’
Compensation Act,” 1999; “Benefits Under the Illinois
Workers’ Compensation Act,” 1999; “Advanced Workers’
Compensation in Illinois,” 2000; “Return to Work Issues
in Illinois,” 2000; “Introduction to Workers’
Compensation,” 2000; “The Employee Who Can’t Return
to Work: Wage Differentials, Permanent Totals, Vocational Rehabilitation
and Job Placement,” 2001. Business presentations include:
“Commerce 101 - Legal Issues,” 2000; “Legal Issues
in E-Commerce for Small Business,” 2001; “Creating and
Maintaining a Case Management System,” 2001; "The Employee
Who Can't Return to Work: Wage Differentials, Vocational Rehabilitation
and Job Placement," 2001; "Wage Calculations," 2001;
"Temporary Benefits and Termination of Temporary Disability
Benefits," 2001; "Injury Values Under the Illinois Workers'
Compensation Act," 2002; "Injuries in the Workplace -
Examining the Workers' Compensation Process," 2003; "Workers
Compensation in Illinois - Terminating TTD," 2004; "Medicare
Secondary Payer Statute and Settlements Under the Illinois Workers'
Compensation Act," 2004; "Social Security Disability Offsets
and Settlements Under the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act,"
2004; and "Advanced Workers' Compensation in Illinois - Medicare
Secondary Payer Statute and Social Security Offsets," 2005;
"Warm up to the Government: Social Security Offsets and Dealing
with CMS - Medicare Secondary Payer Statute", 2005; "The
Medicare Secondary Payer Statute and Settlements Under the Illinois
Workers' Compensation Act", 2006; Social Security Disability
Offsets and Settlements Under the Illinois Workers' Compensation
Act," 2006; "Terminating TTD," 2006; "Injury
Values," 2006; "Medicare approval re Workers’ Compensation
Settlements," 2006; "Handling Preexisting Injuries and
Repeat Claimants While Staying in Compliance with Illinois Workers'
Comp Laws." 2006.
Jim is also the author of the two most recent chapters in the IICLE
Illinois Workers' Compensation Practice Handbook - "Medicare
Secondary Payer Statute" and "Social
Security Disability Offsets."
Jim is also the author of CompCalc, Illinois Workers’ Compensation
software, that is used throughout the State of Illinois by insurance
companies, employers, attorneys, and several arbitrators of the
Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission to calculate workers’
compensation benefits. CompCalc can be downloaded at: www.illinoiscomp.com.
Jim is also the founder of www.illinoiscomp.com,
a web site devoted to workers’ compensation issues in Illinois.
Jim was also a co-founder of the Heartland Free-Net.
He is a member of the Peoria County, Illinois State, and American
Bar Associations, as well as the Abraham Lincoln Inns of Court.
Admitted to Practice:
State Courts of Illinois
United States District Court,
Central District of Illinois
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