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Admissions
Illinois, 1995; Wisconsin, 1995; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, including Trial Bar; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.

Areas of Concentration
Workers Compensation, Employer Liability, Employment Law, and Benefits.

Memberships
Illinois State Bar Association
Chicago Bar Association
State Bar of Wisconsin (as Lynn M. Kreutzberg)

Appointments
City of Highwood, Illinois, Chairperson of the Fire & Police Commission, 2000 - present; Our Town Highwood, Vice-President, Board of Directors, 1999 - 2005.

Publications
Co-author: “Recent Developments in Employment Law,” 37 Tort & Insurance Law Journal 391 (2002).

Lecturer
“The New Industrial Commission: Arbitration not Mediation,” Panelist, Workers’ Compensation Claims Association, May 2004; “Acceptable Defenses,” presented at Workers’ Comp Update 2004 for the Council on Education in Management, April, 2004; “Medical Issues in Workers’ Compensation,” presented to Occupational Nurses Association; “Advanced Issues in Workers’ Compensation,” presented to National Business Council; “Overlap Between ADA, FMLA and Workers’ Compensation,” for Lorman Educational Services; “Investigating and Defending Fraudulent Claims,” presented to Council on Management.; “Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act and Retaliatory Discharge, Presentation to Council on Management, March 2009; “Amended ADA Act and Implications for Illinois Workers Compensation Claims”, Speech given at a trade organization April 2009.

Education
University of Wisconsin - Madison, B.A., 1989
University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., 1995

 

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