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Stewart C. Orzoff is the founder and senior member of the Orzoff Law Offices. He has been a licensed practicing attorney in the State of Illinois for the past 43 years. He represents both injured workers who have claims under the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act and individuals who have personal injury claims.

Mr. Orzoff is an experienced litigator and counselor. His expertise, particularly in the field of workers' compensation, is widely recognized by his peers as over 50% of his cases are referred to him by other attorneys who are not familiar with the intricacies of successfully representing a client in a workers' compensation claim. Among his attorney peers he is considered to be a lawyer's lawyer. Over the years he has trained many young men and women who worked for him as law clerks and have gone on to become successful lawyers and judges.

Throughout his legal career Mr. Orzoff has successfully represented injured workers from the entire spectrum of the work force. He has represented office workers, laborers, factory workers, tradesmen, airline employees, truck drivers, package & delivery drivers, public transportation employees, government employees, management personnel and many other types of employees from all aspects of industry in the State of Illinois. He has vast trial experience at the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission and in the Circuit Courts of Cook County and the surrounding counties as well as the Illinois Appellate Court. He is well known for his ability to successfully settle difficult cases due to his organizational skills and extremely high level of case preparation.

Mr. Orzoff takes pride in the personal service that he offers to all clients. At the initial meeting, he offers the client a complete explanation of their legal rights and he proposes a case plan which is designed to eventually bring the case to a successful conclusion.

Mr. Orzoff was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1943 and has lived in the Chicagoland area all of his life. He graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from the DePaul University College of Law in February of 1966. In May of 1966 the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois licensed him to practice as an Attorney and Counselor of Law before all of the courts in the state. At that time he was also licensed to practice before the United States District Courts for both the Northern and Southern Districts of the State of Illinois.

He began his legal career as a trial attorney for a large national insurance company and, at that time, he also began to plant the seeds for what is now the well-recognized Orzoff Law Offices. The impressive growth of his firm can be attributed to a network of referrals from satisfied clients and other attorneys.

He is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association and the Illinois State Bar Association. In 1999 he was admitted to practice as an Attorney and Counselor of Law before the Supreme Court of the United States of America.


Areas of Practice:

75% Workers' Compensation
25% Personal Injury
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certification/Specialties:
Mandatory Arbitration Program - Certified Arbitrator, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois


Bar Admissions:
Illinois, 1966
U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1966
U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1966
U.S. Supreme Court, 1999
Education:
DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1966
J.D.


Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois
B.A.
Major: Pre-Law


Representative Cases:
James Chrisos v. Hockersmith Transportation Services Co., 326 Ill.App.3d 1141 (Appellate Court of Illinois 2001)
Frank Leschkies, as Administrator of the Estate of Siegfried Leschkies, Deceased, v. Playboy Club of Lake Geneva, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, 465 F.Supp.80 (United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division 1979)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Gastro-Intestinal Research Foundation - University of Chicago Hospital, 2002 - Present
Board of Directors


Illinois State Bar Association



Illinois Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association



American Trial Lawyers Association



Languages:
Spanish
Fraternities/Sororities:
Nu Beta Epsilon

Chris Kennedy is an accomplished trial attorney concentrating in serious personal injury cases, including products liability, wrongful death, automobile and trucking accidents, construction and workplace injuries, and other high-stakes litigation. Christopher Kennedy has practiced in Chicago and Lake County since 1994, and has won numerous verdicts and settlements for his clients.

Our firm represents people invoived in accidents, but we also represent businesses in commercial litigation, and we provide legal services in a range of areas, including real estate, wills, estate planning, and probate. We have offices in the Chicago Loop and in Lake Forest, Lake County.

For a free consultation, please call us at (847) 295-0300 or (312) 829-7000. For more information, visit our website at www.kennedypierson.com.

ILLINOIS PERSONAL INJURY & ACCIDENTS

* Abuse
* Accidents
* Animal Bite Injury
* Automobile Accident
* Auto Accident and Injuries
* Back Injury
* Bicycle - Bike Accident
* Birth Injury
* Boat Accident
* Brain Injury
* Burn Injury
* Car Accidents
* Construction Accidents
* Defective Products
* Discrimination
* Diving / Dive Injury
* Dog Bite Injury
* Drunk Driving or DUI Accidents
* Disabled Abuse
* Elder Abuse
* Fractures
* Highway Accident
* Industrial Accident
* Injured at Work - Work Injuries
* Jet Ski Accident
* Lead Paint Exposure
* Machine Accident
* Medical Malpractice
* Medical Negligence
* Motor Vehicle Defects
* Motorcycle Accident
* Nursing Home Abuse
* Nursing Home Negligence
* Pedestrian Accident
* Political Firing
* Products Liability
* Rail Road Injury Accident
* Railroad Accident
* Retaliation
* Semi Truck Accident
* Slip and Fall
* Spinal Cord Injury
* Swimming Accidents and Injuries
* Train Accident
* Traumatic Brain Injury
* Truck Accident
* Work Injury
* Worker Accident
* Workers Compensation
* Wrongful Death


Chicago and Lake County Illinois CORPORATE & BUSINESS MATTERS

* Acquisitions
* Americans with Disabilities Act
* Asset Protection
* Business Financing
* Business Operations
* Business Regulations
* Buy/Sell Agreements
* Bylaws
* Closing a Business
* Confidentiality Agreements
* Contracts
* Copyright
* Corporations
* Employment Agreements
* Estate Planning
* Family Partnersips
* Forms & Contracts
* Franchises
* Incorporation & Legal Structures
* Independent Contractor Agreements
* Intellectual Property
* Joint Ventures
* Labor and Employment Law
* Licensing Agreements
* Limited Liability Companies
* Limited Liability Partnerships
* Litigation
* Mergers
* Non-Compete or Noncompete Agreements
* Non-Disclosure Agreements
* Non-Profit Corporations
* OSHA
* Securities
* Separation or Severance Agreements
* Shareholder Agreeements
* Sole Proprietorships
* Starting a Business
* Stock Option Plans
* Succession Planning
* Trusts
* Wage & Hour Laws
* Wills

Chicago and Lake County Illinois Business and Corporate Real Estate Matters

* Adverse Possession
* Architect Agreements
* Assessments
* Construction Contracts
* Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CCR's)
* Developer Agreements
* Easements
* Engineer Agreements
* Environmental Compliance
* Foreign Nationals with US Real Estate Holdings
* Leases
* Ownership Considerations
* Zoning

Our firm, KENNEDY PIERSON & STRACHAN, LLP, represents people who live, do business, or encounter difficulties in these and other communities:

Arlington Heights
Antioch
Bannockburn
Barrington
Barrington Hills
Beach Park
Buffalo Grove
Deer Park
Deerfield
Des Plaines
Evanston
Fox Lake
Fox River Grove
Glencoe
Glenview
Grayslake
Green Oaks
Gurnee
Hainesville
Hawthorn Woods
Highland Park
Highwood
Island Lake
Kenilworth
Kildeer
Lake Barrington
Lake Bluff
Lake Forest
Lake Villa
Lake Zurich
Lakemoor
Libertyville
Lincolnshire
Lindenhurst
Long Grove
Mettawa
Morton Grove
Mundelein
North Barrington
Northbrook
North Chicago
Northfield
Park City
Prospect Heights
Riverwoods
Round Lake
Round Lake Beach
Round Lake Heights
Round Lake Park
Skokie
Third Lake
Tower Lakes
Vernon Hills
Volo
Wadsworth
Wauconda
Waukegan
Wheeling
Winthrop Harbor
Zion
Kenosha, WI
Lake Geneva, WI
Pleasant Prairie, WI
Racine, WI
Sturtevant, WI