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lcombs@nbkllaw.com

 

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
State Bar of Wisconsin (as Lynn M. Kreutzberg)
Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association
City of Highwood, Illinois, Chairperson of the Fire & Police Commission, 2000 – 2005
Our Town Highwood, Vice-President, Board of Directors, 1999 - 2005
Disability Management Employer Coalition-Chicago Chapter, Board Member, 2010 -

Lecturer
“The New Industrial Commission: Arbitration not Mediation,” Panelist, Workers’ Compensation Claims Association, May 2004; “Acceptable Defenses,” Workers’ Comp Update 2004 for the Council on Education in Management, April, 2004; “Medical Issues in Workers’ Compensation,” Occupational Nurses Association; “Advanced Issues in Workers’ Compensation,” National Business Council; “Overlap Between ADA, FMLA and Workers’ Compensation,” Lorman Educational Services; “Investigating and Defending Fraudulent Claims,” Council on Management.; “Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act and Retaliatory Discharge,” Council on Management, March 2009; “Amended ADA Act and Implications for Illinois Workers Compensation Claims,” Trade organizations April 2009, September 2009; “Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act: A-Z,” Council on Management, March 2010; “Legal Strategy in Physician Depositions,” Trade organization, March 2010.

 

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

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

 

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