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GWC Obtains Significant Settlement for Injured Bartender

GWC attorney Jacqueline C. Hickey has obtained a settlement for an injured bartender worth more than ten times the original offer. Bartender...

Illinois Prejudgment Interest Bill May Soon Become State Law

A recent Illinois prejudgment interest bill could help expedite settlements and verdicts for personal injury and wrongful death claims if it is...

GWC Proudly Sponsors WBAI’s 22nd Annual Judicial Reception

GWC Injury Lawyers LLC is a proud sponsor of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois' 22nd Annual Judicial Reception, which will take...

GWC Attorneys Honored as 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers

GWC Injury Lawyers LLC congratulates three of its attorneys for being honored as 2021 Illinois Super Lawyers, including GWC Managing Partner Louis...

GWC Secures Wrongfully Denied WC Benefits for Union Carpenter

GWC attorney Harris L. Elliott has obtained a favorable trial award for a union carpenter who was wrongfully denied workers' compensation benefits after being injured on the job. Union Carpenter Seriously Hurt in Job Site Fall On January 15, 2019, GWC's client, a 55-year-old union carpenter, arrived at an Indiana job site where he had been employed for six months by an Illinois-based construction company. During his shift, the carpenter slipped and fell on compacted snow while walking towards the restroom. When he...

GWC Attorneys Designated as Leading Lawyers for 2021

GWC Injury Lawyers LLC proudly congratulates seven of its attorneys for being named Leading Lawyers for 2021. Additionally, five of its young...

GWC Managing Partner Discusses Virtual Court Appearances on Windy City Live

Like so many other aspects of life since the COVID-19 pandemic began, courtrooms have gone virtual.  In this "Windy City Law" segment from ABC 7...

GWC Obtains Second Largest Settlement in Jo Daviess County History

GWC Partner Michael D. Fisher and attorney Louis Anthony Cairo have obtained $2,050,000.00, the second largest settlement in Jo Daviess County history,...

GWC Obtains Over $409,000.00 in One of the First Zoom Bench Trials in Illinois

GWC Injury Lawyers LLC obtained a $409,089.06 verdict for an injured Teamster in one of the first Personal Injury Zoom bench trials...