Chicago Law James E Murray Illinois Workers Compensation Lawyer

Law Offices
James E. Murray, Ltd.

Workers' Compensation - With Referral For
    Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice
Social Security Disability - Bankruptcy - Mortgage
   Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice
   Criminal - & Traffic Legal Services

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Mr. Murray has worked as a licensed Attorney in the State of Illinois since 1984 successfully representing injured workers throughout the state in all types of workers’ compensation cases. He first worked as clerk in 1982 and then as an associate statewide at Cohn, Lambert & Ryan beginning in 1984, representing large self-insured companies in downstate Illinois and injured workers in Chicago. Through his early experience as a defense attorney, he learned insurance defense strategies and how to anticipate and cut through them. Mr. Murray then became associated with Krol, Bongiorno & Given beginning in 1986. He was then a partner in the distinguished law firm of Krol, Bongiorno, Given and Murray, Ltd. for nine years from 1994 through 2003 in Chicago, Illinois. The firm's practice was concentrated in representing injured employees in Workers' Compensation Claims since 1962.

After building his own successful practice and a loyal client base, Mr. Murray opened his own law offices in order to utilize state of the art technology and provide more "Personalized Readily Accessible Service" and offer a established network of Associations in Widespread Areas of Legal Expertise including Personal Injury, Auto Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Social Security Disability, Bankruptcy, Mortgage Loans, Criminal, and Traffic cases . Over more than twenty years, he has handled thousands of cases for injured workers and their families. Mr. Murray establishes a direct relationship with his clients and does not divert them to other multiple clerks, paralegal or support staff. He sincerely believes in treating each client as an individual person and not as a court case number. After carefully listening to his clients and understanding their particular circumstances, he attempts to explain the law and their legal rights in clear, understandable terms so they can then plan their course of legal action together through the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission and the Court system. Mr. Murray has been successful in the Supreme (Millen v. KDA, Mid-City v. Goodrick) , Appellate (Admiral v. Davidson, Schneider, Inc. v. Zeitz) and Circuit Courts (Morales v. Chi Chi’s Resturant, Anderson v. City) as well as at the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission winning record six figure settlements (such as Becker v. Osco: $ 323,081.00 + $ 88,083.00, Michalec v. Interior Alterations, $ 249,000.00, Lipinski v. Kuriyama, $ 224,620.00) and highly favorable court decisions in disputed claims throughout the state including assessments of penalties for non-payment of benefits. He has earned a topnotch reputation as an experienced, aggressive advocate protecting the rights of the injured worker, as well as the mutual respect of judges and colleagues by being a gentlemen. His peers have described him as organized, thorough, bright, hard working, relentless, honest, diligent, ethical, professional, respectful and an advocate with high integrity. Mr. Murray is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and The John Marshall Law School. He is a member of The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association, The American Bar Association, The Illinois Bar Association and The Chicago Bar Association.

It is Mr. Murray’s goal to assist each and every client aggressively and comfortably through the legal process in order to protect their best interests and achieve the best possible successful results through trial or settlement. In his office, the Phone is Answered 24/7 with Paging, and Seven Year Message Storage in order to offer faster, accurate, more personalized service. This helps him be more readily available to you, allows him to provide quick answers to your questions and increase the level of service that his clients have come to know and trust over the last twenty years.

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