JOSEPH A. GAROFALO

Born: Chicago, Illinois, September 11, 1952

Admitted to bar: 1977, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: North Park College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); DePaul University (J.D., 1977). Recipient, Louis Kokoris Memorial Scholarship in Political Science and Law, 1973-1974.

Selected: Leading Lawyers Network - The Top Lawyers, 2004-2010; Illinois Super Lawyers, 2006-2010. Achieved the highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell.

Frequent Lecturer, Workers' Compensation and related matters. Lecturer, "Trial of a Workers' Compensation Case," Spring, 1984 and "Case Developments in Workers' Compensation," Spring, 1988, Chicago Bar Association.

Arbitrator, Circuit Court of Cook County, 1990.

Member: Illinois State Bar Association; Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association; Chicago Bar Association; Will County Bar Association; Justinian Society of Lawyers.

Reported Cases: Johnson Outboards v. Industrial Commission, 77Ill.2d 67, 394 N.E.2d 1176, 31 Ill. Dec. 799 (1979); Auto-Trol Technology Corporation v. Industrial Commission, 189 Ill.App.3d 1065, 545 N.E.2d 939 (1989).

Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers' Compensation Defense; Trials; Workers Compensation Appeals.

Email: jgarofalo@gshslaw.com