Illinois Lawyers Michelle Patrick to Michelle Villanueva

Firm: VanDerGinst Law, P.C. - Injury Attorneys

4950 38th Ave , Moline , Illinois 61265 Zip code: 61265

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Michelle focuses her practice at VanDerGinst Law on all areas of personal injury law, including complex and catastrophic injury cases.. Michelle is a seasoned litigator with almost 20 years of legal experience including serving as class co-counsel in NB v. Norwood, a federal class-action lawsuit seeking treatment for thousands of disabled children living in Illinois.. Michelle is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law. She received her B.S. in Chemistry from Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State University) and worked as a chemist for several years before attending law school.. In law school, Michelle received the CALI Award for achieving the highest grade in her first-year property class. She was an associate editor for The University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy and President of the Myra Bradwell Association of Woman Law Students. She also participated in moot court competitions.. After graduating from law school, Michelle spent several years as a law clerk for the Honorable Joe B. McDade, United States District Court Judge, Central District of Illinois. During her tenure as a law clerk, she assisted court-appointed monitors in Johnson v. Board of Education Champaign Community Unit School District #4, Case No. 00-CV-1349 (C.D. Ill.), a school desegregation case.. Michelle also worked as a staff attorney for the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals drafting memorandum and opinions for federal appellate court judges in a variety of civil and criminal law matters.

Firm: Porro Niermann Law Group

821 W Galena Blvd , Aurora , Illinois 60506 Zip code: 60506

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Michelle D. Porro has been associated with Porro Niermann Law Group LLC (formerly Presbrey & Associates) since 1995. She graduated Magna Cum Laude as an Honors Scholar in Psychology from Western Illinois University in 1990 and received her Juris Doctorate from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1995. Michelle has fought to protect the rights of injured workers since 1995, and has handled complex workers’ compensation cases from trial through all levels of appeal, including petitions to the Illinois Supreme Court. She has represented injured workers for conditions as varied as heart attacks, brain injuries, repetitive trauma, occupational exposure and specific incidents that have resulted in findings of permanent total disability, wage differential and permanent partial disability, either via an award or a lump sum settlement.. In addition to representing her clients, she is presently on the Board of Managers for the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois State Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Section Council, the Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, the Workplace Injury Litigation Group, the Will County Bar Association and the DuPage Association of Women Lawyers where she served as President from 2000-2001.. Michelle served as Chairman of the Workers’ Compensation Committee for Kane County Bar Association from 1998-2005, served on the Illinois State Bar Association General Assembly from 1999-2005, was Chairman of the Workers’ Compensation Section Council for the ISBA from 2004-2005, and served on the Council from 2001-2006 and was reappointed from 2009 to the present. She has published numerous articles on various aspects of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act in the ISBA Workers’ Compensation Section Newsletter, the ISBA Bar Journal, authored the Workers’ Compensation chapter of the Arbitration IICLE, co-authored a Chapter in the ITLA Workers’ Compensation Trial Notebook, and has authored articles on various legal topics published in the DuPage Association of Women Lawyers Newsletter. Michelle has lectured on numerous occasions regarding Workers’ Compensation to the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Kane County Bar Association, and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Michelle is also fluent in Spanish.. Representative cases include: a judgment awarding permanent total disability benefits consisting of tax-free weekly payments lasting the natural life of the injured worker plus payment of lifetime medical related to injury for a school teacher with a spinal injury; $450,000 plus lifetime medical recovery for teacher who sustained a head injury; $356,000 plus funding of an MSA for a construction project manager who sustained injuries to his ankle; $305,000 for an operating engineer who underwent a lumbar fusion; and $262,000 for a pipefitter who sustained bilateral rotator cuff tears. Over her career, Michelle has recovered tens of millions of dollars in compensation for the benefit of her clients.

2275 Half Day Rd Ste 350 , Bannockburn , Illinois 60015 Zip code: 60015

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Citigroup

1515 E Woodfield Rd , Schaumburg , Illinois 60173

Firm: Pfizer Inc.

275 N Field Dr , Lake Forest , Illinois 60045

Firm: Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw LLP

71 S Wacker , Chicago , Illinois 60606 Zip code: 60606

Practice Areas: Civil ,Real Estate

3030 Salt Creek Lahe, Suite 202 , Arlington Heights , Illinois 60005 Zip code: 60005

Practice Areas: Education

Stratton Office Building 401 South Spring Stree Ro , Springfield , Illinois 62706

330 N Wabash , Chicago , Illinois 60611 Zip code: 60611

Practice Areas: General Practice

1418 W Henderson St Unit 1 , Chicago , Illinois 60657 Zip code: 60657

Practice Areas: Litigation

Illinois Attorney General 16 W. Cass Street , Joliet , Illinois 60432

253 E Wood St Ste 209 , Decatur , Illinois 62523 Zip code: 62523

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Administrative Office of The

2319 W Jefferson St , Springfield , Illinois 62702

Firm: Defense Information Systems Agency

2300 East Dr Bldg 3600 , Scott Afb , Illinois 62225

Practice Areas: Corporate & Incorporation

Firm: Westervelt, Johnson, Nicoll & Keller, LLC

411 Hamilton Boulevard , Peoria , Illinois 61602 Zip code: 61602

Practice Areas: Mass Torts, Divorce, Adoptions, Allocation of Parenting Time formerly Visitation, Allocation of Parental Responsibilities formerly Custody, Child Support, Guardian Ad Litem, Guardianship, Parentage, Relocation formerly Removal, Local Government Law, Simple Wills and Trusts

Firm: Michelle Kramer, Attorney At Law

1949 Berkeley Rd , Highland Park , Illinois 60035

Firm: Rich, Rich, Cooksey, & Chappell, P.C.

6 Executive Dr Ste 3 , Fairview Heights , Illinois 62208 Zip code: 62208

Practice Areas: Litigation

2926 N Rockwell St , Chicago , Illinois 60618

Firm: Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw LLP

71 S Wacker , Chicago , Illinois 60606 Zip code: 60606

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy

Firm: Meridian Leasing Corporation

9 Parkway North Blvd Ste 450 , Deerfield , Illinois 60015 Zip code: 60015

Practice Areas: Real Estate