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Clausen Miller Attorneys Named 2018 Leading Lawyers and Emerging Lawyers

The Law Bulletin Publishing Company, through its subsidiary Leading Lawyers of Chicago, has named 24 Clausen Miller attorneys Leading Lawyers and two attorneys Emerging Lawyers for 2018.

2018 Leading Lawyers

• Ivar R.

Ryerson And Shinkan Obtain Defense Verdict In Cook County–Plaintiff Asked Jury For Over $7 Million

CM partners Tom Ryerson and Scott Shinkan earned a jury verdict in favor of their client in a recent trial in Chicago. The pain management physician allegedly failed to timely diagnose a vertebral infection in a hospitalized patient.

CM Partners Victorious On Appellate Rehearing

In Stuckey v. The Renaissance at Midway, CM partners Rodd Elges and Melinda Kollross recently succeeded in the difficult task of convincing an appellate court to reverse itself on rehearing. The case involved interpretation of the Illinois Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act.

Ryerson And Shinkan Successfully Represent Pain Management Specialist

Tom Ryerson and Scott Shinkan of CM successfully represented a pain management specialist in a three week medical malpractice jury trial in Cook County, IL. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant MD in 45 minutes.

Court Allows Reformation Of Doctors’ Policy, Rejects Coverage

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently allowed reformation of professional liability claims-made policies to conform to the retroactive dates for additional insureds to the dates for the named insured, notwithstanding the insureds’

Clausen Miller Presents “Tips And Strategies For The Claims Professional”

Clausen Miller P.C. was invited to speak at an in-house Insurance Adjusters’ Licensing Symposium held on September 29, 2015 at a client’s corporate offices in New York City. Partner Mindy Medley presented a CE/CLE course titled “Tips and Strategies for the Claims Professional”

Ryerson Named Leading Lawyer In Illinois For 2015

The Law Bulletin Publishing Company, through its subsidiary Leading Lawyers of Chicago, has named Clausen Miller’s Thomas Ryerson as a 2015 Leading Lawyer for Medical Malpractice and PI Defense.

Mr. Ryerson has an AV® PreeminentTM rating with Martindale-Hubbell indicating the highest ranking in legal ability and ethical standards as determined by his peers in the legal community.

CM Team Defeats “Due Process” Claim Against Private Medical Association

CM Appellate Practice Group Co-Chair Melinda Kollross won affirmance from the Illinois Appellate Court, First District of an order denying injunctive relief and dismissing the complaint of a physician whose diplomate status and board certification were revoked by a private medical association after the physician’s license was restricted by a state medical board.